Yeah, this is just linguistic sleight of hand. Once upon a time, trans women were called transwomen (no space) to avoid exactly this kind of confusion. But the ideologues actively *want* confusion. So they declared that omitting the space was bigotry and hate and blah blah...
Yeah, this is just linguistic sleight of hand. Once upon a time, trans women were called transwomen (no space) to avoid exactly this kind of confusion. But the ideologues actively *want* confusion. So they declared that omitting the space was bigotry and hate and blah blah...
The "trans" in trans woman serves exactly the same purpose as "fake" or "wannabe." It doesn't denote a type of woman but the absence of womanhood. As others have noted, a more accurate term would be trans identified male or maybe some other word altogether that differentiated them from men.
"Trans woman" is a polite fiction. A kindness used to respect a desire we know isn't quite true. We do this kind of thing in lots of areas of life and I'm fine with it. Again, the issue is just enshrining it in law.
"A trans person: is a person."
Yeah, this is just linguistic sleight of hand. Once upon a time, trans women were called transwomen (no space) to avoid exactly this kind of confusion. But the ideologues actively *want* confusion. So they declared that omitting the space was bigotry and hate and blah blah...
The "trans" in trans woman serves exactly the same purpose as "fake" or "wannabe." It doesn't denote a type of woman but the absence of womanhood. As others have noted, a more accurate term would be trans identified male or maybe some other word altogether that differentiated them from men.
"Trans woman" is a polite fiction. A kindness used to respect a desire we know isn't quite true. We do this kind of thing in lots of areas of life and I'm fine with it. Again, the issue is just enshrining it in law.
> Again, the issue is just enshrining it in law.
And perhaps coercive organizational policies and regulations, even if they are not strictly laws.