Mr Fletcher has previously criticised the idea of women taking traditionally male screen roles, suggesting that young men were committing crime because positive male role models on TV have been replaced by female characters.
Schoolchildren who identify as trans are going through"nothing more than a phase", a Conservative MP has said.
"What is new is the way it is now viewed. It appears from the media that it is now seen by our children and young people that they may be or actually are transgender when it comes to feelings of being a boy or a girl. "But please be assured that a push back on this is desperately needed and if you do I will stand up for you at all times and champion your resolve.", suggesting that young men were committing crime because positive male role models on TV have been replaced by female characters.
"In recent years we have seen Doctor Who, Ghostbusters, Luke Skywalker, the Equalizer all replaced by women, and men are left with the Krays and Tommy Shelby ," the MP for Don Valley said."These programmes make crime look cool. At the time of his remarks, Mr Fletcher was criticised by Liberal Democrat MP Alistair Carmichael, who told the Commons:"It seems Nick Fletcher has stepped into the Tardis and taken a trip back to the 1950s, where his attitude belongs."
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