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"I don't need you to believe I'm a woman"...but I still get whatever I want

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WeeBisom · 11/08/2026 15:04

https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/i-dont-need-you-to-believe-im-a-woman

I've just read this article which was gushingly endorsed by Jesse Singal. The author is a non-passing TIM who admits that he isn't really a woman and hasn't really changed sex. And it's ok, he doesn't need us to believe he's a woman! Despite that, even though he's not a woman, and knows he's not a woman, he still claims that he has 'rights' to have access to women's spaces and services. We don't have to believe he's a woman, but we have to be fine with letting him do whatever he wants and taking all our stuff anyway.

His argument for being allowed to use women's toilets boils down to 'freedom': it's more free to not police spaces and let people do what they want, than to have boundaries in place. There is no analysis whatsoever of why toilets and spaces are segregated by sex. No analysis of safety or dignity risks to women. The thought that women might just not want to hang out in spaces with males doesn't cross his mind.

I think he's right to say that the mantra of 'trans women are women' doesn't work, and people don't believe it. But where the argument falls flat is his insistence that even though he's not really a woman, and no one has to believe it, he STILL is entitled to women's rights.

I don’t need you to believe I’m a woman

The important thing is that you believe in my rights

https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/i-dont-need-you-to-believe-im-a-woman

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Wishesandhorses · 11/08/2026 17:22

Redintoothandclaw · 11/08/2026 16:25

And some people, both in the US and here, want to abolish prisons. It's hard to understand that mindset. What do they think would happen?

I think its one of those things that's no thoughts, only vibes.

Wishesandhorses · 11/08/2026 17:20

Yeah, no mate. Women have rights as well as you. You'll be fine in the mixed sex space.

(Amazing isn't it, all the batshit pouring out this week.....)

Luckydog7 · 11/08/2026 17:13

'screw you guys, i do wha ah want!' (in the voice of cartman from southpark) basically.

Redintoothandclaw · 11/08/2026 16:25

And some people, both in the US and here, want to abolish prisons. It's hard to understand that mindset. What do they think would happen?

nicepotoftea · 11/08/2026 16:14

In summary, I think he is saying that trans people in America should move away from 'TWAW' and appeal to American dislike of government control, so healthcare and toilet use should not be regulated.

I think the situation is much more polarised in America, so it really is a criminal offence to use an opposite sex toilet in some states, which is not the case in the UK .

It's very libertarian, doesn't acknowledge that other people have rights and doesn't translate to the UK.

TheywontletmehavethenameIwant · 11/08/2026 15:49

I failed to see that he's made an argument, just another self-absorbed, trite homily of 'why I'm so special'.

Seems to me he's admitting no one's falling for the bullshit any more, so why don't they just cut to the chase and say outright because 'I wanna'.

Igmum · 11/08/2026 15:46

“Trans women are not women and I look really odd. Now can I use all of your single sex spaces?”

Errrrrm - no.

Chersfrozenface · 11/08/2026 15:19

OK, "Cassie Pritchard", you're not a woman, you said so yourself. You are, in fact, a man.

Therefore if you can use women's single sex spaces, so can every other man.

That'll be a 'no' from me.

NecessaryScene · 11/08/2026 15:15

Sure, 'trans women are women' is insane, and was part of what made it obvious (at least to me) we had a problem.

But dropping the insanity doesn't make the now-obvious policy problem of men taking women's stuff go away. We're not going to un-notice, or care about the problem less.

JellySaurus · 11/08/2026 15:08

The new face of Anarchism.

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