Michael Knowles Challenges a Leftist Critic Over Sydney Sweeney’s Ad — Is the Real Problem Sex or Gambling? Michael Knowles: Am I misogynistic, Leftist Blondie? Leftist Blondie: I think you’re misogynistic for many different reasons. The critique was not that women cannot make themselves into sexual beings. It’s about the end goal being used as a political bludgeon to say, “Look, we get to own the libs now and we also get to promote gambling.” People who are low income or have substance use disorders are more prone to addiction. Sydney Sweeney is here to sell you sex in order to get you to opt into gambling for sports. Michael Knowles: You’re saying Sydney Sweeney should not have used her sexuality in the way that she chose because it advances things that you object to. So, isn’t that a contradiction? Leftist Blondie: No, it’s not a contradiction. The point is that the end goal is bad. If I use my charismatic personality to sell someone cocaine, I think I’m doing something wrong. Michael Knowles: So, what you’re saying is, “Hey, girl, you should not use your sexuality in this way. You should use your sexuality in a way that I approve of.” Leftist Blondie: Of course. I think that people should use their sexuality in ways that I approve of. Michael Knowles: So the problem isn’t the sex, the problem is the gambling. Leftist Blondie: Of course, absolutely. Michael Knowles: The sexual appeal is the tool to the end goal of getting people to gamble. So the sex isn’t the problem, but I think the other ladies on the panel would say that the problem is the sex more than it is the gambling. Do I have that right? Other Panelist: I saw the ad and I was like, “This is so offensive, just her being naked.” She’s basically naked, mostly naked, on screen, and I think that is the problem with the ad. Michael Knowles: Given where we are in the culture, our culture is filled with people who think there should be absolutely no limit whatsoever to the use of one’s sexuality. We’re not going to go from that to the Victorian age. There has to be some kind of intermediate stage. Would you at least agree it’s moving us in the right direction, or do you think it’s moving us further down the wrong direction of puritanism and vice?

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A landmark Finnish study has found a sharp rise in psychiatric illness among adolescents following sex-alteration procedures. The peer-reviewed study, published in Acta Paediatrica, tracked every young person under 23 who contacted Finland's gender clinics between 1996 and 2019. A total 2,083 individuals were studied, with 16,643 matched controls. They were followed for up to 25 years. Finland's health registers are mandatory, which means no one opts out — this is the complete national picture. The numbers: psychiatric morbidity rose from 9.8% to 60.7% in adolescents who underwent feminising reassignment, and from 21.6% to 54.5% in masculinising reassignment. Even after adjusting for prior psychiatric history, gender-referred adolescents faced five times the risk of male population controls, and three times the risk of female controls. "Psychiatric needs do not subside after medical gender reassignment," the authors concluded. Referrals after 2010 arrived sicker. 47.9% had already needed psychiatric treatment before their first clinic visit, against 15.3% among controls. The authors' read: for some adolescents, gender distress may be secondary to other mental health challenges. The evidence keeps mounting. The silencing continues anyway. How many more adolescents will be told this is "care"?