There was an article in the FAZ the other month “Die Überwindung des Fleisches“. FAZ is a socially pretty conservative newspaper. What especially surprised me was that the article went into the split in the feminist movement and transhumanism, rather than just the impact on children experiencing gender dysphoria.
The (unofficial) translation is available in full on another feminist forum. It’s probably not allowed to post the whole thing here, right? If you want to find the whole thing, just search for a quote from the translation in “” and the search engine will probably find it.
Here are some choice quotes:
The overcoming of the flesh
The transgender movement wants to legally abolish the physical sex: Silence about risks and side effects By Thomas Thiel
Is gender feminist? This is a controversial issue in the women's movement. Those who declare the term woman to be a "mere" social construct can no longer fight for women's rights, say opponents. Gender advocates, on the other hand, see women only as a transitional phenomenon on the way to fluid gender. Gender does not have to be feminist, Judith Butler, the patron saint of the gender movement, has already said. Butler is concerned with the confusion of gender roles. In contrast to the social sex (gender), the physical sex (sex) should not play a role.
Transgender activists around the world are currently making efforts to anchor the separation of gender and body in national laws. They have already succeeded in Norway and Argentina, but in the United States the corresponding amendment, the Equality Act, has yet to receive the Senate's blessing. In its strategy paper "Adults only?" the international transgender association Iglyo names the goal of its efforts: Gender transition should become a simple speech act. Where it is associated with surgical and hormonal interventions, medical and legal hurdles are to be removed, especially for children and adolescents. Minors should be able to change sex as early and spontaneously as possible - without a medical report, an adjustment period and parental consent. The magic word is self-determination. To each his or her desired gender.
In this country, the FDP and the Greens have presented drafts for a self-determination law that for long stretches seem as if they were written by the activists themselves. At the age of fourteen, everyone should be able to decide annually whether they are legally considered a man or a woman. Physical aspects play no role in this. The declaration at the registry office is sufficient.
Women's associations such as the German section of the Women's Human Rights Campaign, which see "trans" and "gender" as an anti-feminist movement, are up in arms against the amendment, which, they warn, would take away the basis for protecting women from violence and discrimination. Men transformed into women purely by language could sneak into restrooms and collective showers, women's prisons or women's shelters, the very places where women seek refuge from men. Any form of women's advancement would become obsolete if a man could redefine himself as a woman, from a supervisory board member to a female supervisory board member, in one sentence. And how many female Olympic participants would there still be if men were able to infiltrate their competition?
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