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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions
MargotBamborough · 18/05/2023 16:35

I'm fairly sure no "TERFs" would call Maya Forstater "cis", given that we don't believe any such thing exists.

She has been persecuted for telling the truth though, so that much is accurate at least.

I find the tone of this article really revolting. You can just imagine the kind of po-faced, sanctimonious, professional offence taker who wrote it. The kind of person most normal people would cross the street to avoid. If you got stuck next to them at a birthday dinner you'd be praying for the grim reaper to come and take you now and wondering where you'd gone wrong in life to end up having a friend in common with this annoying prick.

CreateaUsername27 · 18/05/2023 16:35

Forstater has since claimed that trans children typically outgrow their “gender distress,” which is caused by “stirrings of same-sex attraction, undiagnosed autistic-spectrum disorder, trauma from sexual abuse and, for many teenage girls, living in a sexist, porn-saturated world.” Similar arguments have been used to justify the denial of trans children’s gender identities and their access to gender-affirming healthcare.

Not biased at all are they in their summary!
If Maya is correct and there are good reasons not to medicalise children then it would be her who is fighting for 'trans' children to be not subjected to experimental and unsafe medical treatment and trans lobby groups who are harming their own.

jellyfrizz · 18/05/2023 16:32

"Forstater has since been revered by TERFs as a truth-telling cis woman persecuted for her free speech."

I'm fairly sure Maya Forstater would not describe herself as cis. Misgendering - tut, tut.

AutumnCrow · 18/05/2023 16:30

Line one: 'folks'.

ArabeIIaScott · 18/05/2023 16:28

A terf is anyone who says Andrew Miller is a man.

Anyone who says Isla Bryson is a man.

Anyone who says Katie Dolatowski is a man.

StephanieSuperpowers · 18/05/2023 16:26

It's an example of you don't have to be stupid...what's the point of writing an article about something you haven't bothered to understand?

Toseland · 18/05/2023 16:08

Lol - yeah transwomen, where are you in standing up for women?!

MargotBamborough · 18/05/2023 14:49

Christ, I lost the will to live after two paragraphs.