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If they wanted to be truly informative, they could add full-colour photographs of mastectomies and phalloplasties, with vintage photographs of Chinese women's mutillated feet for historical/political context.

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Does anyone have a suggestion on who to contact at the Science Museum to raise concerns about this? On the contact us page it seems like collection enquiries might be the nearest thing - scmobjectenquiries@ScienceMuseum.ac.uk

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I think that a tersely-framed Op-Ed reminding them of their mission and of children's rights would be the best way to give pause to directors and funders.

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Yes what why how? Why is this necessary what are they trying to prove?

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That male supremacy trumps science if one manages to cow civil servants into submision...

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That is disturbing.

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That is just vile! I’d be mortified if I took my kids to the museum and saw that.

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Oh my word, it really is very frightening. The propaganda is just everywhere, and it’s hiding in plain sight. As you say, after Savile especially, you would think there would be mainstream outrage, but those of us who see are just reviled when we point it out.

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That is so messed up!

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Corporate "donations" are the lifeblood of museums. So if Big Pharma can write up puberty-blocking agents and elective surgeries on children as "scientific", they will attempt to.

What next? The Stupendous Story of Round-Up?...

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who the hell decided this unscientific porn show was suitable for kids.

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My god. It's everywhere. How can we stop this without going down the dystopian authoritarian road?

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Thanks for the above. But getting off the transgender issue for a moment, check out this showing what women can do are are doing:

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Derrick Jensen radio interview:

August 23, 2020 @ 10:38 am

Resistance Radio - Osprey Orielle Lake

Osprey Orielle ori-elle Lake, Founder and Exec.Dir. of the Women痴 Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International, Serves on Executive Committee for the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature, Author of award winning book 繕prisings for the Earth: Reconnecting Culture with Nature.

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