Hi all. As I age feminism interests me more and more, I am quite late to it and am picking my way through the ideas and theories. On the trans issues...I work with a woman who was born a man, has had reassignment surgery and is married to a man. In the professional environment there has never been any question of her not being treated as a woman, using female toilets etc. I didn’t know her pre-transition and I don’t think of her as a trans woman, just as a woman albeit biologically she is not. She defines herself as a woman, the word trans doesn’t feature and people meeting her now would never know she’d been born a man unless someone else told them. I anticipate that no sensible person has any issue with the decisions she’s made and living the life that makes her happy. However I’m unsure how any views she may express in relation to issues affecting woman would be perceived. Would feminists consider her views invalid by virtue of her chromosomal make up? She’s a high achieving business owner and I know she’s experienced sexism from men in professional negotiations. Can she call that sexism? Is there a distinction in how we perceive her experience and views compared with Monroe Bergdorf? I realise my views are for me to define but I want to be informed when I do that so I ask these questions with open minded curiosity. Thank you!