I am neither goady nor ignorant. I'm slightly more intelligent than average and well educated. I am also not japbab. Feel free to report my post and MN can check IP addresses. I haven't sharted for many a year.
No one here has a job to educate me, but explaining why I'm wrong as opposed to sneering comments would be much more productive. Especially as this thread will stand forever (even if deleted in its entirety
or just certain posts by MN) and therefore could be a resource on the internet.
There are specific consequences for victims that are unique to rape by a man
That's a little misguided as you can only be raped by a man. A woman inserting anything in another woman or a man is sexual assault. There are specific consequences for rape of a man. I suspect that loss of masculinity is one. Women may have been accused of inviting a rapist by a short skirt, a male victim is probably likely to feel they could and should have fought their attacker off.
and no doubt would request to be put into a women's prison...
No doubt? That's a little Daily Mail-ish.
What part of living as a woman involves forcibly penetrating people with your penis?
None. No part of being a man does either. I'm not quite sure what this rhetoric was supposed to illustrate.
@xStefx I think there are male and female brains. It's my area of expertise (PhD) and my profession and because I believe there is a difference, I believe that some people can be 'in the wrong bodies'. I think there are typically male and female personalities, aptitudes and traits.
I think that you should acknowledge the way they feel as it does you no harm and if their life is made easier with a little more thought or tact then you should do them that favour. As I suggested earlier, I see it no differently to not telling a homosexual that they're anthropologically 'weird' and simply being glad that they've found happiness in a same-sex relationship.
If a guy says he is born in the wrong body - then it seems like we have to bend over backwards to accommodate "her" and treat her like a woman
When has this ever happened to you? Can you give me a single occasion where you had to bend over backwards to accommodate a trans person?
If men and woman being born in the wrong body is a real thing
Do you disbelieve it? Some trans people are rapists and murderers but the vast majority aren't. Do you think they're just having a laugh? Do you struggle to believe that they really feel this way? Do you talk in the same way about ADD of homosexuality because the majority used to.
its just your personality
I think my personality (intellect etc) is more important than my genitals. That has been the basis of my feminism throughout my life.