It’s a funny thing…much of the time, or most of the time, or nearly all of the time, BBC Woman’s Hour seems to know perfectly well what a woman is. It is, after all, in the title of their program. Their daily program that they put on every weekday.

The man. Her beloved sister. Ordinary words used in an ordinary way.

Women’s groups. No footnote to explain what “women’s groups” might be; no apology for talking about women; no mention of trans anything.

I wonder why they can do it most of the time but then go all skeptical and “You know many people would say” when they’re talking to women who know that men are not women. I wonder what’s going on in their heads. I wonder how they make the sums come out right.