What is a Woman? (2022)

The controversial film from last year is now available on Twitter.  Matt Walsh declares that, though he thought he knew what a woman was, some doubts have arisen in recent years.  In order to clarify, he set out on a quest across the country and even around the globe to find out What is a Woman? 

Among those he asked to define a woman were academics, participants of a Women's March, doctors, politicians, and even random people on the street.  Most of those asked either could not give a definition or refused to give a definition.  One politician ended the interview rather than provide any answer to the question.  Those who did give a definition tended to provide a circular one: a woman is someone who identifies as a woman.  This reluctance to pin down a definition is tied to the rise in transgenderism.  To provide a biological answer would be to exclude transgender women from womanhood.  Walsh interviews a transgender man who paints a grim picture of his experiences.  He also addresses the issue of transgender women participating in sports.  One woman - interviewed anonymously - detailed her experience of being displaced in sports by transgender women.  Why an anonymous interview?  She feared being labeled transphobic, which would stain her forever.  Opposition to transgender athletes has been labeled bigotry by many.  Also covered is the debate over pronouns.  Walsh talked to Jordan Peterson on this subject, who rose to prominence on that very topic.  At the end of the film, he still had not been provided with a definition for a woman, so he asked his wife.

"Adult human female."

It is noteworthy that among his interviews were a transgender man - who claimed no knowledge of how women feel - and a transgender doctor whose specialty was transgender patients.  As such, he didn't only talk to those who had negative experiences with transgenderism.  Most of those he interviewed were on the transgender side of the debate.  However, it should be noted that Walsh and Daily Wire edited the film; a skilled editor can flip the meaning of almost anything through clever cuts and remixed questions and answers.  He also has some dramatizations of himself, which was silly.  Even so, recommended to those interested in the view of trans-opponents.