GOOD VIBES

IN NORWAY, any child over the age of six can now legally change his or her sex.

“Daddy, guess what, I’m a female now!

“Daddy, what does female mean?”

Gender trends in the West are astonishing.

Last month, in the United States, a student responded to a reference to gender by commenting that there are two biological genders, male and female.

Furious teachers barred him from the class at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

In Asia, any student who answered a question on gender without saying that there are two biological genders, male and female, would risk getting thrown out of class.

East and West seem to be different planets on this topic.

In parts of Europe and the US, if a bearded man working as a professional sperm donor claims to be female, using the word ‘him’ for him (oops!) is a hate crime, and repeat offences can lead to a jail sentence.

This was on my mind as I have two family members travelling to Europe this week. I warned them to avoid all gender questions.

“But what if someone gives me a form and I have to tick a ‘male or female’ box?” one asked.

I told her that this would definitely be a trick question, and she should throw the form back in their faces, saying: “Your discredited binary gender categories outrage me.”

These days, if you meet a