Natalie Wynn (Contrapoints) mentioned The Man Who Would Be Queen by J. Michael Bailey 2 times

There is a controversy that goes back to 2003 with the publication of a book called The Man Who Would Be Queen by Michael Bailey which proposed a bad theory of what it is to be a trans woman and a theory that sort of misrepresents us in ways that are kind of stigmatizing.

— Natalie Wynn (Contrapoints)

Blanchard’s theory likely would have been glanced at by a handful of sexologists before fading into the endless sea of forgotten academic publications had it not been given a major publicity boost by J. Michael Bailey, a Northwestern psychology professor who endorsed Blanchard’s theory in a 2003 pop science book titled The Man Who Would Be Queen. Great cover, Bailey. Very controversial, very provocative, very politically incorrect. I have been triggered. Well done. Now Bailey, I read your book which, considering how much I enjoy your cream, was just amazingly bad.

— Natalie Wynn (Contrapoints)