Teacher refuses to back down on 'Dr. Phil,' defends science of biological sex when confronted by trans activists

A fifth grade teacher stood his ground on "Dr. Phil" this week by defending biological sex and refusing to back down when criticized by trans activists.

On an episode focused on "gender inclusivity" in schools, Dr. Phil and his guests debated, among other topics, Oregon's Menstrual Dignity Act, which mandates that every school bathroom in the Beaver State make menstrual products available to students. Several of the guests argued that putting menstrual products in boy's bathrooms is absolutely necessary. But the teacher, whose name is Ray, had enough.

"Men do not menstruate. Only women menstruate," he declared.

A trans activist named "Jordan" immediately pushed back. "Cis-men don't menstruate, but trans men do menstruate — same as non-binary people," Jordan said. "Menstruating is not exclusive to women."

"Yes it is. Yes it is," Ray said. "If your [sex] chromosomes are XX and you're young, you menstruate. If you're XY, you don't."

Jordan responded, "Correct," and claimed Ray was "excluding" a whole group of people, referring to trans men.

"They're not men," Ray responded. "They're women dressed as men. You are not a man. You can pretend to be a man, and that's OK. That’s perfectly fine. Live your life."

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In another part of the show, the advocates of trans ideology claimed that young children, toddlers even, experience gender dysphoria. One guest claimed that gender identity is "solidified" by age 4. To that, Ray bluntly responded, "That is not true," explaining that many young boys who exhibit gender dysphoria often grow up to be gay or lose it altogether.

Later in the show, an audience member confronted Ray by asking why he cares "so much" about trans ideology. Ray responded that he doesn't but that trans activists want those who disagree with them to care. The audience member responded that they actually want people like Ray "to stop being hateful" and "to be quiet."

"I disagree with you, and so you call it hate," Ray said. "But there's no hate in my heart at all."

"You are being hateful. When you tell somebody that identifies as a man that they're not a man — that's hateful," the audience member responded.

"That's not hateful. That's a fact," Ray shot back.

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