While watching the women's march today I just felt a heavy feeling start up in the pit of my stomach.
Certain placards, speakers and twitter feeds have made it clear that it has been hijacked by TRA's.
'Women' shouldn't be talking about reproduction and how it affects us?! Inviting Paris Lees to talk at a march that is supposed to be anti- threats to women on the internet?! Are you fucking insane?!
(that was directed to the world btw, not mners)
So I give up. If they want the word 'woman' I suggest we just let them have it. The word is meaningless apparently these days anyway, it can be defined however anyone wants. It's based on a 'feeling' that no one has been able to actually define to me.
I propose we make up a new gender (they are all made up anyway - might as well join in) and demand it's given as much consideration as all other genders.
I will from now on be a 'XX-er' or 'Double X-er'. That will go on all my official forms etc.
It's a very simple 'gender'. All you have to do to identify as an XX-er is to have two XX chromosomes.
That's it. Doesn't matter what clothes you wear, who you sleep with, how much makeup you've got on, whether you can get pregnant or not.
Also I'd like to see future crime/domestic violence/other statistics compiled on the basis on the XX-er gender.
This way we can focus on the issues that affect XX-er's specifically.
What do you think?
(Ok, so it's slightly tongue in cheek, just feeling a bit defeated today - have received a few death/rape threats for saying that women do not have male genitalia)