Do you think someone asks a baby boy what their gender is before they circumcise him?
No they don't - which is exactly my point. Discrimination is based off sex not gender.
Incidentally it's beyond offensive to compare circumcision to FGM.
. Sexism and gender based discrimination is not the same worldwide. It is not the same in every culture
But women in every culture the world over experience sex-based discrimination. And they have an almost identical level and experience of discrimination than other women in their culture. That's my whole point.
I would have massive issue with a women from the UK pretending that they are a half First Nations Canadian women, or even thinking they can pretend we have the same issues. Just like an African American will have an issue with a white person pretending to be them. Just like a transperson would have issue if I pretended to be trans.
Which is exactly why gender critical women have an issue with men claiming to be women and appropriating our sex. Because it's appropriated through a claim of "womanhood" which can't be defined without seemingly using sexist stereotypes. There is only one way to be a woman, and that is being an adult human of the female sex. Sex is what defines us and our lives not gender.
Because the person is appropriating a unique culture, not half the human race, which is no more a unique culture than men are a unique culture
A race is not a "unique culture". There is only one definition of a woman and one definition of a man. You cannot slip into the other because you think you "feel" like the opposite sex. "Woman isn't a culture" is just sloppy semantics.
My vagina is not a unique part of my identity or culture. 4 billion people have them. Nothing unique about it.
But having a vagina (no one said it was unique what a bizarre statement) totally and completely defines how you're treated, and oppressed, by society. It's not by accident that sexism is more often than not weighted towards women. And the vast majority of sexism is rooted in how our anatomy functions.
Female is not a culture
No it's not. EXACTLY. Female is a person based on their anatomy. You can't appropriate that. Appropriation is NOT just about appropriating "cultures" - it's about appropriating experiences and beings.
Also, what spaces? What fucking space exists in the world that only open in the presence of a vagina. Tell me that and I'll worry about transwomen getting into them
Female toilets
Changing rooms
Brownies, girl guides and other female only groups for young people
Girls-only schools
Female only gyms
Female only clubs (book clubs, dinner clubs)
Breastfeeding and mothers support groups
Rape and abuse support groups for women
Breast cancer and ovarian cancer support groups
Female Domestic violence shelters
To name but a few. Men Neil in none of the above. Men who claim womanhood belong in none of the above. All of the above have been fought very very hard for by feminists. They didn't just fall out the sky, and men certainly didn't fight for them for us. So a man clip clopping along with his claim that he is female because of [insert stereotype or wish washy nonsense] and pushing his way in is something many of us will not stand for