Daughter of Jan Morris says he was a "lousy parent."

 Jan Morris (left) - James Morris (right)

I've managed to obtain a copy of this Sunday Times article, by Suki Morys, the daughter of the writer and journalist, James Morris, who underwent gender reassignment in the 1960s, and surgery, and become known as Jan Morris.

Suki Morys says that very little was ever written or said about the effect that Morris's transitioning from male to female had had on her family and her mother, Elizabeth. She describes her father as a "lousy parent who was 'neglectful, bullying, and sexist" and who damaged all four of his living children in one way or another."

Suki says that although Jan Morris believed in "gender fluidity" he/she held extremely sexist views about women. Apparently, he/she believed that women should train as a secretary, get married, have babies, and then look after the family. Morris, she says, wasn't in the least maternal, couldn't cook, clean, or hug his/her children, and disliked the very idea of "family."

Suki doesn't say who did his/her cooking and cleaning, bit I think we can have guess at that.