"What Is A Woman?" - Matt Walsh's Latest Controversial Documentary.

You may have seen the title 'What is a woman?' floating around the internet this past weekend.

If you didn't already know, this new documentary written by and starring The Daily Wire’s, Matt Walsh is gathering itself a lot controversial attention and skepticism.

After catching wind of it from a YouTube ad, I felt compelled to watch it from the get go.

So what exactly is the documentary about and how is it different from any other trans-agenda criticism?

Matt's primary question, has been the same from the start, What is a woman? And though the question seems like an easy one to answer, we see that really isn't the case with those interviewed in the ninety minute documentary.

We are introduced to a variety of people, including therapists, a surgeon, and a gender ideology professor for example.

While the interviews seem to go well with the few, a common escalation is seen throughout the documentary.

Upon asking the 'experts' what a woman is, responses ranged from confusion, refusals to answer and being offended. Another response that was commonly seen was to define a woman as 'anyone who identified as a woman.' Yet, still not being able to define what a woman in fact is, as Matt searches for any sort of specific definition.

As for the congressman interviewed, who just looked at his PR team behind the camera, deathly afraid and refusing to answer anymore questions, it became astonishingly clear that this wasn't a harmless and simple question as we thought.

For example, at the start of the movie Matt asks Gert Comfrey, MTS, LMFT, Gender Affirming Therapist.

"..My mum who gave birth to me is a woman and my wife is a woman. But I haven't asked her. Maybe I should. Um, but if they're all women and a boy who sits down with you and says , I think I'm a girl, is actually one. Then what is a woman?"

To which Gert replies: "Great question, I'm not a woman so I can't answer that."

Matt then decides to take his quest to the streets of New York, asking strangers the same question. The first group of five women don't give an answer, instead all look puzzledly at each other.

Another stranger gives the response, "A woman is someone who likes to be pretty and thinks of themself as delicate."

To which Matt seems confused and says, "I'm pretty and delicate. I can be a woman, too.

"Yes, you could."

The third stranger, when asked, says that "a woman is anyone who identifies as a woman."

Matt: "They identify as a woman but what is that?"

"I honestly don't know."

Eight minutes into the documentary, we still don't have a definition of the word woman.

Dr. Marci Bowers, MD, talks about the surgeries she carries out like vaginoplasty and when asked about those who may regret the transition later on, lets us know that it is an 'extremely rare phenomenon.'

Matt later asks about her definition of a woman to which she replies,

"A woman is a y'know combination, of your physical attributes and then what you're showing to the world and the gender clues you give which hopefully match your gender identity."

Moving forward, some more confusing concepts emerge as Matt interviews a pediatrician Michelle Forcier, MD in Rhode Island.

"At what age can a child first begin to transition into another gender or identify themselves as a gender different from how they were born."

"There's research and data that show that babies and infants understand differences in gender."

The focus then shifts towards how, as a pediatrician, you could be confident of a child's gender identity issues as a reality while they still have a distorted grasp on other aspects of life.

"When I see a child who believes in Santa Claus, let's say this is a boy and he says, I'm a girl. This is someone who can't distinguish between fantasy and reality. So how could you take that as a reality?"

"As a pediatrician and a parent, I would say how wonderful my four year old and their imagination is."

This segment is only one aspect of the total confusion that the documentary seems to be leaning towards.

However, it becomes increasingly clear that a key theme is investigating the concepts and regulations gender-affirming and gender educational front-liners of society use, in order to discuss several key issues that aren't so commonly talked about yet in modern America. As one would expect these people to be the most aware and informed on gender identity topics and issues.

For example, when talking to Dr. Patrick Grzanka, Professor of women, gender and sexuality studies at the University of Tennessee, it seems like this altogether becomes a touchy subject to discuss when Matt uses the word 'truth'. It comes off offensive and for a moment, the interview becomes abrasive and looks like it'll come to a halt.

The first portion of the interview does however, appear to go well as Dr. Patrick freely shares his knowledge for quite a while. He goes on to tell us that he believes that gender and sex are and are not two separate things, stating that they are both also deeply intertwined.

And while this portion of the documentary is uncomfortable to watch, an eyebrow raising point does arrive eventually when Matt says:

"Someone can make a statement about themselves that could be untrue. For example if I were to say I am a black man. Would you accept that or would you be skeptical?"

To which Patrick replies,

"Are you black? Are you African American? Are you biracial?"

"I don't think so."

"You don't look that. It doesn't tell me that's a genuine statement of who you are."

"Okay, that's my point. I can make a statement of who I am that is incorrect."

"Of course, I think it's well established that human beings can lie."

"Or not even lying, I could just be mistaken."

"Yeah."

The point raised here is not regarding those with a solid grasp of who they are but instead, a person being mistaken about their self-identity and the possibility of that ever occurring.

Miriam Grossman, MD, an adolescent and adult psychiatrist, reveals a book with a sticker of the age 10 and over. Inside, she shows an extremely explicit diagram of what appears to be two individuals taking part in sexual activity. This being included in a children's book was disturbing to see and think about. And builds to the obvious question of, how is this something beneficial and appropriate for children?

"One of the drugs used is Lupron, right? Which have been used to chemically castrate sex offenders."

"You know what? I'm not sure we should continue this interview. Because it seems to be going in a particular direction."

"You're a medical professional."

"I am a medical professional."

"You don't wanna talk about the drugs that you give to kids?"

"I'm a physician and I use medication. You're choosing exploitive words."

"I'm using a word from a dictionary."

Matt's then searches results from his phone and defines chemical castration as:

The administration of a drug to bring about a marked reduction in the body's production of androgens and especially testosterone.

Michelle calls the terminology 'malignant and harmful.'

Matt suggests that 'some may argue that using chemical castration drugs for children may be malignant and harmful.'

To which Michelle concludes that it 'depends on the context for which we care for children.'

The documentary involves important people like congressmen and pediatricians, people who are educated on different fronts and ultimately, those whose work have lasting impressions with people on the receiving end. In a way, they can be referred to as 'the experts'.

It involves uncomfortable exchanges and sheds light on topics, not eagerly pursued by most, due to the fear of being tagged transphobic. Which we know, can be one of the worst things to be labelled as.

But by involving people who have been directly affected by this, many alarming topics have been brought to attention.

One such person whose experience is hard to ignore, was Scott (Kellie) Newgent, founder of Trevoices who made some shocking statements.

"I will never be a man. Is it transphobic for me to tell the truth?"

Hearing Newgent's experiences was difficult to watch and perhaps more significantly, difficult to ignore.

“Nobody would help me, including the doctor that did this to me, because I lost my insurance. I get infections every three to four months. I'm probably not going to live very long.”

Matt then asks, "Was there any real discussion on the risks and side effects?"

To which Newgent weepily replies,

"No, no there's not. I know that people want to think that there is. But there aren't. The truth is that medical transition is experimental.”

“We’re butchering a generation of children because no one’s willing to talk about anything.”

Matt's approach to the deeply disturbing information or rather, lack of, is to discretely bring in a sarcastic or humorous tone to the overall documentary. We can see that in the first few minutes of the movie as well.

It comes off as well thought out and planned, effectively communicating to the viewers the intended purpose. And no, it's not what you think it is.

The bold and informative documentary concludes with the answer being revealed by Matt's wife as simply being,

An adult human female.

This is where the documentary ends and Matt seems happy to finally have an answer to this heavy question.

When the screen turns black, you are left with unanswered questions that should have been answered by the experts. And while this will probably anger many people who watch it, I think it's vital we differentiate who we're targeting this anger towards.

Whether it's big pharma who profit from the use of their drugs or policy makers who brush prevalent issues under the rug to aid their careers.

Regardless of your views, this documentary is made for all people to watch.

If you haven't seen it already, you can watch it on The Daily Wire.