“She’s a trans woman who …. thinks many trans activists have alienated … feminists.”
Given feminists are the folks who have spent the last several decades vilifying men (and popularizing the “toxic masculinity” dog-whistle) I’m not sure that’s a bad thing. The absolute worst argument against trans activism is the purported evils men-actin…
“She’s a trans woman who …. thinks many trans activists have alienated … feminists.”
Given feminists are the folks who have spent the last several decades vilifying men (and popularizing the “toxic masculinity” dog-whistle) I’m not sure that’s a bad thing. The absolute worst argument against trans activism is the purported evils men-acting-as-women may do. Do bad people do bad things? Of course: but most people - even most trans people - aren’t bad.
Instead, the problem with trans activism is its made up “science” (there really are only two sexes folks) & its belief that children are old enough to make permanent, life altering decisions about their sexuality and reproductive future. If it wouldn’t be for the child component, I really wouldn’t care. A distant 3rd concern in my mind is the sport concern (and I put that as a concern for BOTH men’s sports & women’s sports).
But no matter how many anecdotes folks dig up, I won’t for a moment consider “safety” as a reason the trans activists have lost the plot. And don’t get me started on the old school, puritanical argument vis-a-vie nudity.
No, the primary problem in my mind is their “affirming” policies towards children. Let kids be kids. If little Jimmy wants to wear a dress, that’s one thing… it’s totally something else to push the belief that little Jimmy is old enough to decide whether he’ll ever want children.
“She’s a trans woman who …. thinks many trans activists have alienated … feminists.”
Given feminists are the folks who have spent the last several decades vilifying men (and popularizing the “toxic masculinity” dog-whistle) I’m not sure that’s a bad thing. The absolute worst argument against trans activism is the purported evils men-acting-as-women may do. Do bad people do bad things? Of course: but most people - even most trans people - aren’t bad.
Instead, the problem with trans activism is its made up “science” (there really are only two sexes folks) & its belief that children are old enough to make permanent, life altering decisions about their sexuality and reproductive future. If it wouldn’t be for the child component, I really wouldn’t care. A distant 3rd concern in my mind is the sport concern (and I put that as a concern for BOTH men’s sports & women’s sports).
But no matter how many anecdotes folks dig up, I won’t for a moment consider “safety” as a reason the trans activists have lost the plot. And don’t get me started on the old school, puritanical argument vis-a-vie nudity.
No, the primary problem in my mind is their “affirming” policies towards children. Let kids be kids. If little Jimmy wants to wear a dress, that’s one thing… it’s totally something else to push the belief that little Jimmy is old enough to decide whether he’ll ever want children.