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Glosswitch's response to Rebecca Solnit's stupid Guardian article

63 replies

RoyalCorgi · 17/08/2020 15:32

She puts it very well, as always.

grahamlinehan.substack.com/p/the-strategic-ignorance-award

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Muttonindistress · 17/08/2020 17:05

Sorry cross posted with OldCrone. And she put it much better too.

Muttonindistress · 17/08/2020 17:04

@AnyOldPrion

”Women are less likely to be assaulted by a male person claiming to be a woman than a male person claiming to be a man”

Is this actually true? Are there any studies to back it up? My understanding was that criminal offending was similar, even after significant transition, so once you add in transvestism, which is a paraphilia, plus men who are simply chancers, it seems unlikely that the rate of attacks on women would decrease.

I assume this is because there are more men than transwomen, rather than because transwomen are less likely to offend.
OllyBJolly · 17/08/2020 17:04

Excellent!

OldCrone · 17/08/2020 17:03

”Women are less likely to be assaulted by a male person claiming to be a woman than a male person claiming to be a man”

I assume that's just because there are more men who claim to be men than there are men who claim to be women.

AnyOldPrion · 17/08/2020 16:59

”Women are less likely to be assaulted by a male person claiming to be a woman than a male person claiming to be a man”

Is this actually true? Are there any studies to back it up? My understanding was that criminal offending was similar, even after significant transition, so once you add in transvestism, which is a paraphilia, plus men who are simply chancers, it seems unlikely that the rate of attacks on women would decrease.

DianasLasso · 17/08/2020 16:57

I enjoyed reading that!

SunsetBeetch · 17/08/2020 16:52

Great response. She's a brilliant writer.

And I'm really liking @glinnner 's website. I think getting thrown off toxic twitter has done him good.

ArabellaScott · 17/08/2020 16:49

Ooh, she has a right turn of phrase, that Glosswitch. Hope she writes a book, I bet it'd be about a thousand times more interesting, nuanced and compelling than Solnit's unsatisfying output.

RoyalCorgi · 17/08/2020 16:39

There's a special place in hell for women like Solnit - women who know perfectly well what the difference between men and women is, but who pretend not to know because they think it makes them more clever/sophisticated/right-on. "Strategic ignorance" is a very apt term.

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queenofknives · 17/08/2020 16:27

Blistering and brilliant letter. I hope Solnit reads it.

Boeufsurletoit · 17/08/2020 16:25

Rebecca Solnit is one of those people I've always thought I ought to like, but felt there was something a bit off about her. Now I can put my finger on it: her feminism is a vanity project.

Gibbonsgibbonsgibbons · 17/08/2020 15:59

“What I’m seeing here is not a challenge to patriarchal thought. On the contrary, you’re supporting its endless repackaging.” Star

JustTurtlesAllTheWayDown · 17/08/2020 15:52

Excellent response