"Ah here’s the rub as we narrow and redefine what it means to be female."
I can't find it now, but I saw a tweet a few days ago by a trans women openly admitting that trans women want access to female spaces because they're terrified of men. Which is perfectly understandable. But it seemed lost on them the this is the same reason many wom…
"Ah here’s the rub as we narrow and redefine what it means to be female."
I can't find it now, but I saw a tweet a few days ago by a trans women openly admitting that trans women want access to female spaces because they're terrified of men. Which is perfectly understandable. But it seemed lost on them the this is the same reason many women want ALL males out of their spaces.
As I've said, the problem of male violence in male spaces is significant. And affects trans women most of all. But it isn't women's problem to solve. Women solved it for themselves by fighting for their own spaces. The idea that they should now accommodate males in these spaces because they wear a dress and lipstick, even if they genuinely "feel" that they're a woman, is ridiculous.
Or, rather, the idea that the decision about which spaces and under what conditions these males might be accommodated isn't 100% in the hands of women, and that they should be abused or slandered as bigots if they assert their boundaries with regards to these spaces is ridiculous.
I think the extremes of trans activism have done such a huge disservice to trans people in general with their misogyny and entitlement.
It's true that transwomen are at great risk of violence from men, possibly even moreso than non-trans men. Genuine transphobia is homophobia in a dress. So I *do* have sympathy for transfolk (transmen, with their weak bodies and vaginas, are also at great risk). But you're right, you put it well, this isn't women's problem to solve. Frankly, with so many people declaring themselves trans, they can do what women had to do to protect and support themselves from male assault - form their own services - domestic, rape, sexual assault, etc. They can include or exclude whoever they want.
"Ah here’s the rub as we narrow and redefine what it means to be female."
I can't find it now, but I saw a tweet a few days ago by a trans women openly admitting that trans women want access to female spaces because they're terrified of men. Which is perfectly understandable. But it seemed lost on them the this is the same reason many women want ALL males out of their spaces.
As I've said, the problem of male violence in male spaces is significant. And affects trans women most of all. But it isn't women's problem to solve. Women solved it for themselves by fighting for their own spaces. The idea that they should now accommodate males in these spaces because they wear a dress and lipstick, even if they genuinely "feel" that they're a woman, is ridiculous.
Or, rather, the idea that the decision about which spaces and under what conditions these males might be accommodated isn't 100% in the hands of women, and that they should be abused or slandered as bigots if they assert their boundaries with regards to these spaces is ridiculous.
I think the extremes of trans activism have done such a huge disservice to trans people in general with their misogyny and entitlement.
It's true that transwomen are at great risk of violence from men, possibly even moreso than non-trans men. Genuine transphobia is homophobia in a dress. So I *do* have sympathy for transfolk (transmen, with their weak bodies and vaginas, are also at great risk). But you're right, you put it well, this isn't women's problem to solve. Frankly, with so many people declaring themselves trans, they can do what women had to do to protect and support themselves from male assault - form their own services - domestic, rape, sexual assault, etc. They can include or exclude whoever they want.