Who's a woman?

摘要

IN THE BATTLE over trans rights, no prisoners are taken. On September 15th J.K.Rowling (pictured), the author of the "Harry Potter" books and a critic of gender ideology, published a new book (under a pseudonym) in which a character occasionally dresses as a woman to stalk his victims. Accusations of transphobia and an online punch-up ensued. On this issue Ms Rowling, who is also known for her left-of-centre political views, finds herself, along with many other lefty British women, on the same side as the Conservative prime minister, Boris Johnson. This week it was the winning side. On September 22nd the government announced it would not go ahead with a change to the Gender Recognition Act that had been proposed by Mr Johnson's predecessor, Theresa May.