This conflict between transactivists and all other interest groups arises from the extreme and essential narcissism of gender cult believers.
Because the notion of "gender identity" is so flimsy and superficial -- and artificial -- once removed from its biologically sexed origin, its supremacy must be forcibly rammed home by gender cult warriors: by downgrading or negating the validity of any other interest group.
Perceived conflicting interest groups must be deemed "transphobic" on a kneejerk basis should they dare to centre their own interests.
And I disagree that "Everyone has a gender identity". As a woman I cannot have a "gender identity" because it has been stolen from me by LARPing men.
I also disagreed with the comments about ‘everyone has a gender identity’, but I liked what it threw out there - dismantling the idea that trans ‘owns’ gender. How can you own a psychological/social construct? Especially one feminists have been fighting for decades and our advocacy is based on dismantling. Trans ppl can’t just adopt ‘gender’ and try to force it back into the world as a legitimate thing that can be utilised yet again to oppress women and devalue us, in the name of ‘inclusivity’. The only way it ‘belongs’ to TRAs is that it is patriarchal and trans rights activism is just another form of patriarchal oppression, so it’s just another men's rights movement trying to dismantle women's autonomy. That’s what they’re ‘owning’ and parading around so proudly. And so feminism is back at the beginning again having to explain that girls and boys can like pink or blue and it doesn't mean anything and shouldn’t change how we’re treated.
Excellent piece, thank you, I'm always surprised that more of the charities supporting autistic people aren't concerned about gender identity ideology as it is having such a huge affect on the lives of autistic people . I looked at https://genderkit.org.uk/ the other day, it seems a perfect instruction manual for the autistic mind to, it's not surprising they fall for the trans rhetoric. My grown up son, who has many autistic traits, has completely fallen for the being assigned wrong at birth and having a gender identity as an explanation, yet gender identity is just a list of regressive stereotypes and is curtailing autistic people's natural quirkyness into a series of rules.
This conflict between transactivists and all other interest groups arises from the extreme and essential narcissism of gender cult believers.
Because the notion of "gender identity" is so flimsy and superficial -- and artificial -- once removed from its biologically sexed origin, its supremacy must be forcibly rammed home by gender cult warriors: by downgrading or negating the validity of any other interest group.
Perceived conflicting interest groups must be deemed "transphobic" on a kneejerk basis should they dare to centre their own interests.
And I disagree that "Everyone has a gender identity". As a woman I cannot have a "gender identity" because it has been stolen from me by LARPing men.
I also disagreed with the comments about ‘everyone has a gender identity’, but I liked what it threw out there - dismantling the idea that trans ‘owns’ gender. How can you own a psychological/social construct? Especially one feminists have been fighting for decades and our advocacy is based on dismantling. Trans ppl can’t just adopt ‘gender’ and try to force it back into the world as a legitimate thing that can be utilised yet again to oppress women and devalue us, in the name of ‘inclusivity’. The only way it ‘belongs’ to TRAs is that it is patriarchal and trans rights activism is just another form of patriarchal oppression, so it’s just another men's rights movement trying to dismantle women's autonomy. That’s what they’re ‘owning’ and parading around so proudly. And so feminism is back at the beginning again having to explain that girls and boys can like pink or blue and it doesn't mean anything and shouldn’t change how we’re treated.
Excellent piece, thank you, I'm always surprised that more of the charities supporting autistic people aren't concerned about gender identity ideology as it is having such a huge affect on the lives of autistic people . I looked at https://genderkit.org.uk/ the other day, it seems a perfect instruction manual for the autistic mind to, it's not surprising they fall for the trans rhetoric. My grown up son, who has many autistic traits, has completely fallen for the being assigned wrong at birth and having a gender identity as an explanation, yet gender identity is just a list of regressive stereotypes and is curtailing autistic people's natural quirkyness into a series of rules.