While Republican leaders such as Ron DiSatan and others have been attempting to out-Trump Trump by enacting legislation against abortion, “wokeness,” transgender youth medical care, voting rights, and even books—in addition to spewing hatred toward those who do not hew to their religious beliefs—they’ve been blind to a massive cultural defection.
Hundreds of thousands of men have signed up for gender reassignment surgery. They’ve even established a new non-profit—“Begin Again”—to provide information and support.
Bob Baxter, CPA from Bakersfield, has taken the reins and ridden to the position of CEO. When the media finally twigged to the fact that men are choosing to undergo transformation, Mr. Baxter was besieged with phone calls and badgered for interviews.
Why, this story was bigger than Trump, bigger than Putin, bigger than any story in modern history! Who wouldn’t want in on that?
During Bob’s interview on The View, Joy Behar asks her, “Why do you want to be one of us?”
Bob, a.k.a. Bobbi, dressed in a sleek black pantsuit, says, “I’m sure it’s not escaped your notice that, generally speaking, women are thriving. Men? Not so much.” She scoots forward in her chair, hands folded in anticipation on the table.
“For starters, women are surpassing boys in high school and college. And the economic gains made by middle class families since the ‘70s are mostly due to the increase in women’s earnings. Ten million men, or one in three with only a high school diploma, are now out of the labor force. Many of these men might make great nurses or kindergarten teachers, but don’t pursue those occupations for fear of being called ‘fag.’
“As women, we can now participate in whatever profession we desire—welders, doctors, telephone line workers, lawyers, politicians—you name it, we can do it.
“For whatever reason, men lead in deaths from suicide and drug overdoses. At the height of the COVID pandemic, men died more often than women. Go figure.”
“Why do you think all this is happening?” asks Whoopi, fiddling with her glasses.
“Well, as you know, Whoopi, I’m not a sociologist, but I can tell you this. Trump and his millions of acolytes have ruined manhood for the rest of us. Either we become lying, cheating, gun-toting perps, or we’re left out and ridiculed. Hysterical masculinity does not cut it for most of us.
“Need I go on? We know we don’t have what it takes to be a Donald Trump, and quite frankly we don’t want to be crass vulgar scoundrels who promote violence. But we’re outnumbered. We decided we had to do something radical.
“For the first time in our lives, many of us now have friends. We couldn’t do that as men—share our hopes, dreams and feelings. Most men dare not do that. We thought it was better to swim over to the other side than flail against the tide of hysterical masculinity, which is about to drown us all.”
The audience of mostly women erupts in laughter and applause.
At the end of the interview, Jacob Cartwright, cameraman, approaches Bobbi to thank her for an excellent interview.
“You’re welcome,” says Bobbi, shaking his hand. “I appreciate the opportunity.”
“Um, er—,” says Jacob, shifting from one foot to the other, “Do you have a card?”
Rosie Sorenson is a humor writer in the San Francisco Bay Area. You can contact her at: RosieSorenson29@yahoo.com
From The Progressive Populist, December 1, 2022
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