IWillReportAllTransphobicPosts
In that context I meant that my dd does not have a male body. In fact very few people know she is even trans. A lot of her own friends are jealous of the way she looks. Calling transwomen ‘male bodied’ is offensive.
I understand. Believe me. I'm not hard of thinking. Neither am I unkind.
But, through no fault of yours, there is a huge chunk of information missing from your narrative.
You are, quite rightly intent on protecting and supporting your child.
We all get that. We're not monsters.
But the thing you have to remember is what happens to women when they are categorised in any way beyond pure biology.
It's almost always disadvantageous. Sexually available, nurturing, supportive, good at housework, better at multitasking, irrational, illogical, emotional.
It's the very basis of feminism. Deciding that woman mean something other than biology.
You deciding that a male is now female, based on something outside of biology is only perpetuating that. It's damaging to women.
It's also damaging to your child. They can never change sex. And they will never, ever be able to convince everyone they meet.
They are being set up to fail, if they don't fully understand their limitations.
The fact that you think their friends are jealous of them, because of your definition of womanly, means you just fail to understand why women are disadvantaged.
Women should not be jealous of the performance of femininity.
Pushing femininity as the ideal of women, is what holds women back.
Femininity should not have a value attached to it. Unfortunately, it does.
The fact that you are perpetuating this means you don't really understand.
I'd be interested to know what you think are the characteristics of the word 'womanly'. Have you ever asked yourself?