Transwoman comparing gender reassignment surgery to a miscarriage

[Fizzbombs]

I started a thread about this in AIBU tonight but I think it's better placed here after a suggestion I come to the feminist chat.

An episode of embarrassing bodies was on tonight, what I now know to be an re-run of a previous episode - on transgender people.

An intersex woman was talking to her MTF transgender friend about surgery, at which point the transgender friend compares the surgery (removal of packaging) to be like a miscarriage "falling out onto the floor"

Skip to 38.50 for the part I'm referring to

www.dailymotion.com/video/x51fsau

As somebody who has miscarried I'm deeply offended and saddened that a transwoman would have the gall to compare the two.

Well, it just shows you that those born male have no idea about what it is to be a woman in a physical material sense.

Deeply offensive and like away says above it shows just how those born male have no idea what it is to be a woman. The utter absurdity to compare it to miscarriage but then to go there about "falling out on the floor". Truly deeply offensive.

Wow. That even surpasses Caitlyn Jenner’s comment about the hardest part of being a woman is choosing what to wear every day.

My life and my reality is nothing like that. It in no way matches my experience of womanhood.

I’d like to say more but don’t think I can without a fuck tonne of swearing and a ban.

I’ve had four miscarriages, by the way. I did not choose to voluntarily modify my body and have an unwanted appendage removed!!!

My miscarriage wasn't a wad of bloody packing coming loose it was a tiny human being which was expelled by two days of uterine contractions. They have no idea do they? Women are merely boobs and a hole.

That’s just horrible. What an awful thing to say.

People sign up willingly to have gender reassignment surgery. So much so that they may pay a lot of money for it. Does this sexist fool think most women want to have miscarriages?

I have come across all sorts of people who make shit comparisons to miscarriage and to being bereaved of a child.

It's not remotely limited to one demographic in society.

Talk to any group of bereaved parents if you were not previously aware how common (and unrelated to sex/class/gender/colour/incline/employment) this is.

Wow they are just desperate to attempt to appropriate anything arent they.

It's not healthy to be so needy.

The usual blinkered, self-absorbed delusional nonsense, insensitive, unempathic, failing to take adult responsibility for a choice FFS. And so so evident of having no idea what it is to be female.

‘Gender’ is plain and simple sexism. And misogynists are ignorant fools.

Want to ‘act like’ a woman - so do it but don’t take this ‘logic’ to the next conclusion.

More sexist shit from the TRAs.

I got harassed on Twitter for running a m/c chat for biological women given it was to discuss the possible ongoing physical effects.

I was told I was excluding transwomen and their experience was valid.

Just bang on about your poor wee prostate.

Agree with you all

A horrendous thing to say

Completely stupid comment, and i bet they all smiled and fucking nodded on the programme as well

I think sometimes these idiots just say outrageous crap to try to get someone to attack this/them and say something awful back. It’s a lovely way to play the victim
Isn’t it?

Offensive.

This episode was filmed in 2012! Complain to the Really channel for repeating it if you must

The usual blinkered, self-absorbed delusional nonsense, insensitive, unempathic, failing to take adult responsibility for a choice FFS. And so so evident of having no idea what it is to be female.

This. And 'crass'. The word 'crass' comes to mind.

It's no less crass for having been made in 2012.

Immature. Very very immature and self absorbed.

Disgusting, vile and misogynistic behaviour.

^I think sometimes these idiots just say outrageous crap to try to get someone to attack this/them and say something awful back. It’s a lovely way to play the victim
Isn’t it?^

Yes.

I honestly don’t think it was said to offend. At all. Is it a great comparison, no! However, I think she choice to use it as an example to refer to the great amounts of blood. I don’t think it’s “deeply offensive”. It definitely shouldn’t have said, though. Insensitive.