Exploitation

The father of a 17-year-old student is campaigning to change Britain’s banks because he cannot find one that will give his child, who identifies as genderqueer and non-binary, an account – because all the online application forms require customers to be either male or female.

Of course, if the goal here were really to open a bank account, the student in question could have simply flipped a coin and entered anything into the online form. But that would deprive the narcissistic daddy of a chance to get on the news and play a hero.

A normal parent would not encourage his kid in this lunacy but would react to the teenage playacting with quiet, mild indifference, following the rule of “hear, see and say nothing”, which is the only practical way to deal with the teenage acting out.

Instead, the poor kid is being exploited to let daddy draw attention to himself. Nobody seems to care that the teenager is taking all this shit seriously and might go through life feeling rejected for his “identity.” The greatest enemy here is not an online form but a stupid Dad.