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“Sex is a result of colonialism”

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SmugglersHaunt · 21/01/2023 22:42

Just saw an old friend I’ve not seen in a long time. We were talking about this and that then got on to trans issues. She said that binary sex is a concept that comes from colonial times and racial oppression etc. I actually couldn’t argue as it was so nuts. Apparently I’m akin to a QAnon person for believing in biological sex. She basically said I’ve been radicalised.

Apparently men won’t ‘dress up as women’ to enter women’s spaces, as ‘they can more easily ‘dress up as a policeman’ to abuse women. Everything I said was shouted down. Cases like Karen White etc are apparently not true.

I’m (probably stupidly) shocked. I have read a lot of this shite over the years, but to hear it from someone who I‘ve known for a long time was bewildering. I honestly can’t understand how anyone goes along with this. Not sure why I’m posting this but just want to vent I guess.

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KatMcBundleFace · 21/01/2023 23:26

See also:
twitter.com/therestofus5/status/1109526326006800384

Your friend has been radicalised I'm afraid op.

I'm so sorry.

KatMcBundleFace · 21/01/2023 23:23

In the oldest story we've got, they knew what a woman was. Look up Shamhat, in the epic of Gilgamesh

9thFloorNightmare · 21/01/2023 23:19

I’m feeling more and more old and old school, outdated, backwards, rigid etc and I’m only 45 but I can’t make sense of this new way of thinking. My daughter is 15 and has so far not subscribed either.

AutumnCrow · 21/01/2023 23:13

So all those ancient texts about the differences between the biological sexes (or alluding to them) - Aristotle, Plutarch, Soranus, Pliny - didn't exist? What about Genesis / Torah Bereshit? The earlier Sumerian records?

This is all just nuts. And ignorant.

Tinysoxxx · 21/01/2023 23:06

Yeah, presumably it's why it's called the 'missionary position'.
I am now coughing from drinking my tea and laughing at the same time. OP- you have to text your friend back with this gem.

It is truly amazing that invertebrates can reproduce, let alone vertebrates.

IcakedefargeIam · 21/01/2023 22:58

Yeah, presumably it's why it's called the 'missionary position'. Until the Europeans showed up, native people had been randomly plugging bits of bodies together. It's a wonder their populations hadn't died out. Let's ignore that many cultures had different customs and rituals specific to each sex.

It's arrogant and racist.

HighWindows1 · 21/01/2023 22:48

Yes, because those who lived in the areas we colonised didn't understand basic biology until we arrived. Can't these racists hear themselves?!

Rightsraptor · 21/01/2023 22:48

Sorry, OP, but your friend is now an ex-friend. But you are well out of it IMHO.

BlackForestCake · 21/01/2023 22:44

Someone has been radicalised and it's not you.