@OldLang
"a man has had his say and we must agree"
I'm not a man, but why do you feel you can't disagree? I mean everyone else has, and I certainly haven't insisted that anyone agree with me. Honestly - disagree all you like - there's nothing I could do about it even if I wanted to.
@aliasundercover
"You transitioned as an adult, and you've mentioned having a daughter. I assume therefore that you have used your female penis to have sex and father your child."
I don't have a daughter - I was talking hypothetically when I said I would be wary of sending my female daughter naked into a room of naked strangers, even if they were all female. Same for any young relative of any sex in any room of naked strangers.
"Why then are you so keen to deny 'transgender' children the ability to enjoy having sexual relationships as adults and to have their own children?"
I'm not, I'm keen for trans children to alleviate their dysphoria and to also live as normal a life as possible. Having lived through a testosterone puberty as a trans girl, and knowing many trans kids and adults, I know, through very bitter experience that nearly cost me my life, which is the preferable path. And I'm sure you wouldn't want a trans girl to end up suffering the same distress as a detransitioner would you?
"Early transition where a child never goes through puberty will leave them infertile and with impaired sexual function. What is your motivation for campaigning for more children to be treated with these drugs with such an appalling outcome?"
They do go through puberty - that's what happens when they stop blockers - they either go through a testosterone puberty or an estrogen puberty. Fertility is an issue, but there are options to store gametes. This is possible because blockers are not given until puberty has actually started.
@ArabellaScott
"What is a woman?"
I did answer that - I borrowed Shon Faye's definition which I felt was about the most accurate one I've heard:
"'Woman' is a loose, shifting constellation of biological, political and cultural phenomena which varies according to context, place and time. While it's possible to notice strong correlations among these; it is impossible to mandate exclusive criteria."
And of course "man" is also a loose, shifting constellation of biological, political and cultural phenomena which varies according to context, place and time...
You may prefer a GC definition of "sex", but then you have to decide which one - do you go with the gamete people? Or the gonad people? or the chromosome people, or even the socialisation people? The fact that you have so many options to choose from might give you some hint that Shon is onto something.
"Should woman be entitled to single sex spaces?"
That depends on how you define any single sex. I would have to think about exactly which types of people I am uncomfortable sharing the women's facilities with me.
"Should women be allowed to say no to a male?"
You can say "no" to whomever you want. The validity of that "no" will depend on why you're saying it. If it's "no" to a black man who wants to come into a bar with his white friends then you should be ignored. If it's no to a trans man entering the women's toilets, that might be valid if they look passably male.
@EdgeOfACoin
"I want words to have clearly defined meanings"
Everyone does, and it would make life easier, but unfortunately, biology is complex and doesn't care about lexical preferences.
@Winesalot
"Having people disagree with you is not monstering, having people point out how offensive your posts might be is not monstering."
I agree. Suggesting I'm a rape apologist who wants children to die to prove my point however, is monstering.
@AlpacasPackOwls
"I wanted an answer about whether MTF respect that a (natal) woman's experience of the world is different to theirs, but as far as I saw, the answer never came."
The term "MTF" is somewhat out of date, and the term "natal" something of a misnomer, but in answer to your substantive point, experiences aren't monoliths. As a trans woman I share a range of experiences with some women, and not with some other women. For example, because I pass, I experience everyday sexism like almost every other woman in the world, whilst not sharing street transphobia with lots of other trans people, but I can't have periods, which is something I share with a relatively small number of women. In Japan I have the privilege of being treated like a local, and I don't experience the racism that black women might experience in the same place. So, there is no single unifying experience of being a woman.
@TyroTerf
"It pisses me off on behalf of other women, but it also pisses me off as a woman whose reproductive system works. I don't want to be considered a proper female just because I've bred; it doesn't make me special!"
I completely agree with you. The very basis of pretty much my whole position is that no one should be defined by their reproductive organs or what they can or can't do with them.
@StellaAndCrow
"That's what I'd like regarding "sex identity" - a description of what it is, even if I can't experience it myself."
No problem. Here's a page on gender identity development in children. Don't worry - it's not from a trans site, it's from the American Academy of Pediatrics - a professional body of 67,000 pediatricians:
www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/gradeschool/Pages/Gender-Identity-and-Gender-Confusion-In-Children.aspx
Quote: "gender identity" refers to an internal sense people have of who they are that comes from an interaction of biological traits, developmental influences, and environmental conditions. This may be male, female, somewhere in between, a combination of both or neither. "