Welcome to PulsePoint Episode 3 for 28th March – the latest media stories and research related to family and society that you need to know about – issues from both New Zealand and overseas that the Family First team have been monitoring and researching over the last week. It’s time to cut through the spin and uncover the real issues.
On this episode of PulsePoint:
- In an exclusive, we reveal that ACC now refers to women as womxn.
- Protestors paint over a rainbow crossing in Gisborne to protest drag queens in libraries.
- One year since the Posie Parker fiasco at Albert Park, it’s revealed that the Labour party has employed the key activist.
- Age verification laws for porn sites gather steam in the US.
- New research suggests that woke people are depressed. 6. Young people say that time away from their screens is… a good thing.
You can check out all these stories and more on our website FamilyFirst.nz. We’ll keep watching the news… so that you don’t have to.
TRANSCRIPT:
Episode – 3 Pulse Point
In this episode of PulsePoint, we’ll cover these news stories:
- In an exclusive, we reveal that ACC now refers to women as womxn
- Protestors paint over a rainbow crossing in Gisborne to protest drag queens in libraries
- One year since the Posie Parker fiasco at Albert Park, it’s revealed that the Labour party has employed the key activist
- Age verification laws for porn sites gather steam in the US
- New research suggests that woke people are depressed
- And finally, young people say that time away from their screens is… a good thing
Intro: Welcome to our the 3rd episode of PulsePoint – It’s time to cut through the spin and uncover the REAL issues.
1. Previously we reported that ACC NZ had released documentation to employees requiring them to ‘Support the transition of another employee, that a refusal to use preferred pronouns would constitute discrimination or bullying, and that the person changing their sex can use the toilet of THEIR choice.
Now, ACC staff have contacted Family First to inform us of a new policy which declares that at ACC, 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐱𝐧 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞. Yes – 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐱𝐧!
The policy paper says: 𝐼
𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚 ‘𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑥𝑛’ 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑒, 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛, 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑚𝑒𝑛, men, 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑛-𝑏𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒.
Further on, it says:
𝑀𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑝𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑒:
* 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒
* 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑦 𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑛-𝑏𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑦 – 𝑛𝑜𝑛-𝑏𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑑𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑟 𝑓𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑒
We’re pretty certain that If they have menopause, then they’re definitely female.
And while you would hope that ACC would be focused simply on helping injured people to recover and rehabilitate, they appear to be more focused on gender ideology.
The real question is whether the new government will demand that the public service focus on their core services and base their staff policies on biology and not ideology.
2. Residents of the New Zealand town of Gisborne have painted over the controversial rainbow zebra-crossing.
Fed up with the sexualisation of children through transgender ideology being pushed onto their children, Parents have taken matters into their own hands. A Library in Gisborne had planned to have drag queens read story books at a public event.
Parents from destiny church blocked off the main road in protest and painted a layer of white over the rainbow zebra crossing.
“In a social media post, the library earlier sed it had “something fabulous for curious and fun-loving rangatahi youth ages 16 plus”. “Join our guests Erika and Coco Flash for a storytelling, lip syncing, and singing interactive performance. Bring along your friends, join us for a fun and glitter-filled frolic.
While we can never condone vandalism, it is important to accurately frame what this protest was. This was not a hateful anti-trans protest as the mainstream media would suggest. This was a protest against the sexualisation of children. Religious or not most people are not in favour of children being exposed to this material.
Interestingly, the law also says that (Padastrian) (pedestrian) crossings should be white stripes on the road so that they stand out to motorists.
Go to our website familyfirst.z and check out the latest mcblog that looks into the backgroung of drag queens.
3. 1 year since the Posie Parker rally for women at Albert Park Auckland which resulted in a 70 year old woman being punched in the face and Posie Parker being escorted by police from the park after being assaulted by pro-trans supporters, it’s been revealed that the activist that led the violent protest is now working for the Labour Party in Parliament.
Shaneel Lal identifies as ‘queer trans’ and uses they/them pronouns.
Shortly after his part in stirring up the violence against women in Albert Park in March 2023,
Lal got the Kiwibank ‘Young New Zealander of the Year’ award, which surprised and offended many people.
His social media posts show a disturbing level of hate and offensive material. Ironically his insults towards the NZ Herald gained him a job as a columnist there for a period of time.
According to researcher Katrina Biggs on her substack,…..as well as being employed as an assistant for an MP, Lal is also said to be employed by Labour as a policy researcher.
Biggs says “It’s hard for me to imagine a bigger insult to women from Labour than to employ the man who was instrumental in whipping up the worst mob violence against women ever seen in New Zealand, and which shocked much of the world.”
4. The state of Indiana has become the ninth state in the USA to age verification legislation, joining Louisiana, Utah, Montana, North Carolina, Virginia, Mississippi, Arkansas and Texas. The new law requires pornography companies to check the ages of their online consumers. Age verification laws empower parents to protect their children online by making it harder for children to access harmful content like pornography. Nineteen other states besides Indiana hope to pass age verification laws this year. The measure enjoys support from both Republicans ABD Democrats.
Some states have also added age restrictions to social media. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a bill that bans children aged under 14 from social media platforms and requires 14- and 15-year-olds to get parental consent, a measure supporters say will protect them from online risks to their mental health.
The real question is – will New Zealand do likewise and act to protect the wellbeing and mental health of our young people.
5. Academia is finally catching up on what most sensible people know about wokeness. A recent psychology study out of Finland found that woke people were more likely to be anxious, depressed, and unhappy and where even politically left, individuals reported a lower level of mental well-being.
The study developed a scale to measure an individual’s commitment to progressive ideologies such as critical social justice principles and found that three out of five women viewed ‘woke’ ideas positively, yet only one in seven men felt the same way.
Simply put, women agreed more with woke ideals than men, in particular female university students in the social sciences, education and humanities and individuals who ticked the ‘other’ gender. Men, along with individuals in STEM jobs, were more cautious of woke beliefs.
The popularity of progressive attitudes amongst the Finnish population was not as widespread as researchers anticipated; however, what is clear is that wokeness in Finland is a gendered phenomenon.
6. A recent study conducted by Pew Research found that teens who spend less time scrolling, experience more joy and peace.
The study found “Roughly three-quarters of teens say it often or sometimes makes them feel happy (74%) or peaceful (72%) when they don’t have their smartphone,”.
Dr. Laura Erickson-Schroth, the chief medical officer at The Jed Foundation explains that the biggest potential harm from screens is its effect on sleep.
“Being in front of a screen before bed means you’re being exposed to blue light, which can suppress melatonin production and make it more difficult to fall asleep or get quality sleep,” Fox 25 reported.
Other harmful effects include information overload cyberbullying, comparison, jealousy and envy.
A Pew research associate and lead researcher, Colleen McClain said “One thing that’s important to note is that screen time isn’t just a teen issue. It’s a family issue,”.
Therefore, it is important for parents to model proper boundaries regarding screen time since kids and teens learn most from those, they are closest to, starting with parents.
And that’s the latest episode of PulsePoint. You can check out ALL these stories AND MORE on our website familyfirst.nz. We’ll keep watching the news… so that you don’t have to.
Have a wonderful and reflective Easter weekend.
See you next time.
