Loose Women’s Andrea McLean apologised to viewers today after guest, model Rain Dove, accidentally turned the airwaves blue.
The American, who identifies as a gender capitalist, made the error during a panel discussion on gender identity but quickly realised the mistake and apologised.
Rain dropped the s-word (yes, the one rhyming with ‘hit’) while discussing the fact everyone faces challenges in life.
“You have to look at everyone as an individual, not a set of genitals. Look at them as individuals through their personal experiences. Everyone, no matter who you are, is gonna get [swears]… sorry! I can’t say that!”
Laughing, Rain pointed out: “I’m American!”
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Andrea replied: “I hear your point but we do apologise! We have run out of time and it’s nothing to do with you saying that. We have genuinely run out of time.”
Rain works as both a male and female model and joined the Loose Women panel for a gender discussion on Tuesday.
Rain said of being a gender capitalist: “This is a huge step and I hope it sends a message out to people you can be exactly who you want to be and there are people out there who still love you and it’s a safe place. The world is changing.”
Describing what it means to be a gender capitalist, Rain said: “It’s someone who recognises there are certain advantages and disadvantages to being a specific sex or gender.
“A good example is if I were alive during the time of the Titanic. As a male, I would get a job on the boat as men got paid higher and there weren’t really any women who got hired. But as soon as that ship was sinking, they said women and children first.”
Rain went on to give the panel another example of gender fluidity in practice.
“If I want to go to a club and save money because women are deemed sexual objects you’ll save money with no cover charge and people buying you drinks. You just have to be strong enough to put up your boundaries.
“But if I want to go home after that with a few drinks in my body, I would go home presenting myself what we deem to be male or masculine, as it’s safer. You don’t get bothered and are less likely to be mugged.”
Rain continued: “I think the goal is to change this from a moment to a movement. As people we didn’t choose our bodies. Nobody called us up when the cells were dividing and said, ‘What skin colour do you want? What genitals? What size do you want to be?’ We came out as unique individuals and we’re getting punished for something we didn’t choose.”
The Loose Women panel admitted they felt nervous discussing gender issues on the show as they feared putting their foot in it and offending someone.
But to Rain, a “pronoun is just a sound” and the important thing is that the pronoun is said with positivity.
“For me, I feel like my life changed and I was free when I dropped labels but for some people they are free when they know their label,” Rain said.
“I think it comes down to getting to know somebody, having positive intentions and being as respectful as possible.”
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As for whether Rain is attracted to men or women: “I know I have a preference for a specific type of genitalia as I can navigate them a bit better, but I don’t know what my future holds and I don’t want to hold myself from love because of a label.
“We are so limited by the need for food, shelter, gravity, so why would we want to limit ourselves any more? Love is one of the only free things that smacks us across the face and we should embrace it.”
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