#OnlyFemalesGetCervicalCancer is trending on Twitter!

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Twitter has decided that saying "Only females get cervical cancer" is hateful.

Twitter to ban tens of thousands of accounts due to this ‘hateful conduct’.

So now ... it's trending on Twitter.

Take that, Twitter.

mobile.twitter.com/search?q=%23onlyfemalesgetcervicalcancer&src=trend_click

As a pp said:

The amount of people on that hastag saying 'well transmen get cervical cancer so clearly men do too' who then answer 'transmen are female' with 'sex and gender are different! bigot' is astounding to me? Yes, sex and gender are different things. Sex would be female. Gender can be whatever they want? So..how is it bigoted to mention sex, when even TRAs say that sex and gender are different things?!

Wasn't the banned poster saying this to a transman who was discussing their own experience of cervical cancer, though? I have to say, it seems extremely insensitive in that context. Still true, and still far less offensive than other, still standing, posts, but not the Spartacus moment I would choose.

You shouldn't be penalised for expressing a scientific fact, however "insensitive". This is why we are where we are. People need to be able to speak the truth.

Males have told women that their miscarriages and abortions are "cis privilege" and not been banned.

You can't expect someone who believes in challenging female erasure to nod along and say "oh yes some males get cervical cancer" when a FTM person says that's why it's not a female health issue. It's not true.

Males have told women that their miscarriages and abortions are "cis privilege" and not been banned.

Like this vile specimen in a pregnancy group that pretended to be pregnant, and pretended to give birth to a stillborn. Any women who called him out were banned from the pregnancy and birth group

There is nothing about women and our bodies and experiences that is off limits to them. Nothing.

My heart goes out to any woman who has suffered from cervical cancer, trans men included. But I'm sick of kindness and compassion being demanded of women when we're being shown nothing of the sort ourselves. Enough is enough.

^^Picture didn't attach so here's the link

twitter.com/feministbirther/status/1263383086751866880

Ugh, FFS

My heart goes out to any woman who has suffered from cervical cancer, trans men included. But I'm sick of kindness and compassion being demanded of women when we're being shown nothing of the sort ourselves. Enough is enough.

My feelings exactly. Our female socialisation is taken advantage of.

The second time this week I have seen ‘abortion regret’ used a gotcha for not discussing detransition.

Both times written by a transwoman. And both times it struck me that no female not under the influence of an ideology would say something like this. And both times, I was not surprised by the person who did use it as they have both been aggressive misogynistic activists. And both seem to believe they are better women than the rest of us.

There is a huge push to link being concerned about puberty blockers and such..with being a right wing anti feminist homophobic..etc etc. Hence the constant attempts to make out that one is like the other. They reckon say it enough, people will believe it. Similar to how they were saying that making it so hormones and such can only be given at 18, would mean young girls cannot have abortions. Or something like that. Link said TRA bollocks to actual feminist cause to pretend feminists are anti-feminist..

Also like hell do I believe the toted only 0.5% of transitioners detransition stuff. Seems from the same statistical school as mermaids suicide stats.

one big thing i have seen few people mention (apologies if someone has up the thread!) is people with english as a second language. At work I spoken to many people who can make conversation just fine, but do not know specific medical/anatomical terms.

Trans people know what sex they are even if they do not identify with it - ESL people would know the words 'man' and 'women' but much less likely to know 'cervix' or maybe 'prostate' or 'thyroid' unless it a medical problem they already have. Soooooo whats the answer there I guess!