Hi feminists 💪
So I consider myself and always have done a feminist. However, I have a gay son and so am very tuned into the whole LGBT ideology. I would never go to countries, for example, whose whole ideology is based on female suppression and oppression. I would not pay into their economies. For the same reasons I avoid holidaying in countries whose stance on being gay is at odds with our own. There are so many layers to peel off (and potentially to make your head explode) in this GC debate I almost don't know where to start. But I have been reflecting this week on how I feel about what DR said (lots of expletives in here - I am fully behind JKR). Having been very vocal myself about the sheer unfairness and utter disrespect to women athletes when allowing trans men to compete against them (but that's a whole other arm of this debate) this week's debates have forced me to examine many of the other contentious issues and opposing viewpoints.
I firstly have to separate however what we are talking about in this debate. Trans women who have had surgery and live as women - and those who have not (and many who have never intended to but live as women). If you said the first category 'is a woman' I would agree. I would also not mind or care/feel uncomfortable undressing in a changing room with them or being in the same hospital bay. However, the same cannot be said for the latter group. And those, in my opinion, are not women. Does this mean then that by accepting the first category as women I am essentially betraying my own sex? I can't see that. But I can see it relative to the second category. I feel they are two very different angles. But maybe I am naive. I just know how I feel. From a completely different angle - if women have a culture - which of course they do - how is it ok to say AWAT when that ridiculous white woman who decided one day she felt like 'becoming a black person' and proceeded to physically change her appearance to then say she was black - caused understandable uproar. So that's not ok. But saying you are a woman because you feel like one is? Please understand I am playing devil's advocate here to test theories. Can ppl please separate out (if this is possible) how they feel about trans who have completely transitioned and those that have not and maybe will not. Interested in all your views.