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Jun 29, 2023

UBC prof's top parenting tip: Let kids see penises, private parts

An activist University of British Columbia professor is under fire for claiming young children should be exposed to adult genitals — to prepare them for seeing naked trans people. Subscribe now to

An activist University of British Columbia professor is under fire for claiming young children should be exposed to adult genitals — to prepare them for seeing naked trans people.

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Journalism professor Katja Thieme made the comments on social media.

The comments were an apparent shot at swimmer Riley Gaines who has been at the forefront of the battle against trans athletes in general and controversial rival Lia Thomas in particular.

The professor took umbrage with a video Gaines appeared in.

In her response, the academic sniffed: “Hey, want to know one of my all-time excellent parenting ideas? Let. Little. Children. See. Penises. And. Vulvas. Of. Various. Ages. And. Sizes. In. A. Casual. Normalized. Totally. Safe. Way.”

She added: “The world will thank you for it. And so will those children when they grow up.”

Gaines has been at the forefront in the fight against including trans athletes in women’s sports.

The University of Pennsylvania’s Thomas had raced for the Ivy League’s school’s men’s team until 2019 when she moved to the women’s swim team.

Gaines noted: “I felt like I was going into the race with my hands tied behind my back.”

Not good enough for the academic, who slammed Gaines as a transphobe.

“Gaines gets tearful about the emotional effect it had on her that Thomas was holding the trophy which she had also won,” Thieme said in the July Twitter thread.

“That’s just whiny. What a sore not-even-loser.”

And Thieme doesn’t like it — not one bit — that some women feel uncomfortable sharing a change room with a biological male. That, she said, triggers “anti-trans activism”

“Teenage girl on the swim team sees or claims to have seen a trans person in the nude in the women’s changeroom. Her anti-trans parent or parents kick into high gear,” the academic wrote.

“They lean on coaches: Tell trans folk to change elsewhere. Coach says, no, we can’t, that’s discriminatory.

“They lean on the club admin: Send a warning message to all members that trans folk are using these facilities. Admin says, hell no, that’s crazy and would be very wrong.

“They contact Riley Gaines or other transphobes of their choice, they organize protests, events, meetings, hearings, and whatnot.”

Thieme has now locked down her Twitter profile.

No wonder. One person responding on Twitter called her the “definition of grooming”

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