Violence Against Women

[EatsBrainsAndLeaves]

Just been reading this blog post which talks about women who Transition as violence against women. I agree with her.

[Warning from MNHQ - this contains graphic images]

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eats, I'm glad you agree with me, but I don't feel as if our positions have very much in common.

You must be aware that the way you're expressing yourself is deliberately offensive.

You still have not explained why you claimed to be an 'expert'.

I'm sorry, but I think you are being very evasive and very offensive, at the same time. Do you not realize this?

The views you're putting across sound like a parody of radical feminism by someone who wishes to discredit feminism. If you don't want that, please, can't you try to stop it?

LRD I am aware that some here find radical feminist views offensive. But I dont believe in changing radical feminist tenets and theory to make it more palatable to those who dont like radical feminism

Eats, I don't find radfems offensive, I do find you offensive, and believe that you are doing more damage than good to the cause of feminism.

But you don't really know much about radical feminist tenets? I don't think there's anything wrong with that, as I have said before - it's fine. But if you're still at the stage of asking lots of questions about the basics (as you are), I think perhaps that explains why you are struggling to put your point of view across honestly and in a way that doesn't needlessly offend.

I have absolutely no problem with radical feminists offending people. I suspect often, it shows they're doing it right.

But I think you're not doing that. You're claiming to be a medical expert on what are clearly extremely shaky grounds, and I for one find it really offensive.

This is a complicated debate, and lots of radical feminists put forward views that are incredibly controversial, but brave and honest and eloquent.

You're damaging their cause by pretending to be an expert and parodying their views. It may not be deliberate, but I am going to tell you that in quite plain language, because you do not seem to understand what the effect of your posts is.

Thank you for your advice LRD. But I do understand radical feminist tenets.

But, as was shown in the who are members of the patriarchy thread, you don't. You said yourself that you are new to feminism. There is no shame in allowing yourself to be educated.

Okay I am actually laughing out loud here now. But thank you for your genuine concern.

You're welcome. It was truly heartfelt

Andf back to my original post, the compassionate action is to support these women to live their lives in a way that allows them to be as "masculine" as they wish without mutilating their bodies. That seems a pretty obvious approach surely?

But, sorry, why the heck do you keep asking questions, then demonstrating you don't know the answers, if you secretly do know?!

Do you not get that it's rude and annoying?

Exactly AnyF It is like me saying I can count to 50 in spanish and anyone who tells me I can't speak spanish fluently is wrong because I can use google to translate the other words I don't understand. Just because I can count to 50 in spanish does not make me bilingual!

Eats, if you want to learn, there is a poster on here who works with trans teenagers, maybe read her posts on the matter. She IS an expert.

You're probably right, ala.

Eats, if you really do need to post and run as you often claim, it would be courteous to make your first post more of a full statement. For example:

"I think not enough is being done to find non-surgical solutions to gender dysphoria. I read this blog Xx that had graphic images showing that even after surgery many FTM transsexuals were unhappy with the results. Do other posters think more counselling/more support groups/more hormone treatment could improve matters?"

It really wouldn't take much longer to type and would mean people could see your point without having to try and access broken links, see things they weren't expecting to and above all decide whether to engage based on some idea of what you are talking about.

Okay Snatch, will do. I actually dont post and run, just dont spend lots of time here. Maybe 30 minutes at a time

I didn't look at the link yesterday, because I was on iPhone and couldn't open it. I did today.

I don't see what that blog adds to the discussion at all, Eats.

As I said earlier, I don't have a lot of knowledge about this, and that blog did absolutely nothing to inform me further.

Surgery of any kind is going to be a bit gruesome, but posting pics without any explanation, ie. who the person is, if he is happy with the results, how the acceptance in his family and workplace has been etc ... I don't see how it furthers understanding of the issues.

The point is that this cosmetic surgery to make women look like men doesnt even work. These are not pictures of surgery, but of the results afterwards.

Yes, but there is no explanation of that, or if these photos were taken mid way through treatment, or at the end of treatment.

And how should the reader know whether these were photos of people happy with the treatment or not?

Where is the rest of the story? And what about those who have gone through this treatment and the results have been good?