mathanxiety posted upthread about narcissistic rage, in response to howtorebuild and I agree absolutely that that's what it is.
Complete and utter narcissism - "I want to be seen as a woman and therefore I will compel everyone to accept me as one, even though I'm blatantly NOT one."
I've had many years of dealing with family-based emotional abuse, and the dynamics are scarily similar. The dominant narcissist type is the one who gets to define the roles within the family, and once they have decided that they or someone else has such and such an attribute, that perception becomes an accepted truth, no matter how far from reality it is.
So an abusive parent will portray themselves as a loving, dependable one, no matter how selfish and abusive they are; while their victims are always, always demonised. The child they abuse becomes "known" as lazy/ungrateful/selfish/difficult - in short, the problem one. All projections of the abuser, but all sustained by the dysfunctional family unit which is in thrall to the dominant narcissist(s).
I think something similar is happening here. The narcissistic type of transwoman who just wants to appropriate everything that belongs to women, and cares not one jot for the well being of actual women, is defining the roles with themselves as the victims (abusive parents are similarly always, always the victims in their own eyes of the children they abuse) and those women who speak out against them as the oppressors. A complete distortion of the real dynamics.
It's because I know the damage - the real, lasting damage - that these lies can do that I think the truth matters so much. I think it matters hugely that we don't go along with the idea that transwomen are actually women.
Some pp at the beginning said they couldn't see the point of all these threads (so why click on them, read them and post on them?!) but to me they have a massively valid point.
The more threads like these there are, the more women will read them and have their eyes opened to what is going on, as mine were earlier this year. And eventually I sincerely hope we will reach a tipping point, where the tide really turns and enough women wake up to the way we, women and girls, are yet again being absolutely shafted by this actual abuse of our rights and safety which is masquerading as liberalism. And collectively, we'll be able to do something about it.