I’ve been thinking about what Gender Critical REALLY MEANS after Nancy Kelley equated this to being anti semitic. Some observations, based on thousands of FWR posts in this forum:
Gender critical means criticising stereotypes ; We’re critical of stereotypes imposed by patriarchy. We reject teaching children the belief that stereotypes equate to gender identity. We say let toys be toys. Let children wear what they want. Let girls and boys play with what they want, dress how they want, play the sports that they want and do what they want. We reject adults teaching children that wanting to have fun, means that they are born in the wrong body or that ‘doctors got it wrong’. Thousands of females had short hair and wanted to climb trees or play with the boys. It’s fine. Thousands of males wanted to dress in beautiful clothes or play with dolls. It’s fine.
Gender critical means Demanding Equality ; We want fairness and equality for all groups and categories of people, including the female sex class. This means ‘nothing about us without us’ where each category is free to represent themselves in policy and law. To be inclusive you need categories; erasing a category = erasing their rights. . One category doesn’t have the human right to erase another category. One category does not have the human right to define another category to which they don’t belong.
Gender critical means Prioritising Safeguarding ; Nothing comes above the safety of children. EVER. Every female has a tally and at certain times needs single sex spaces, including refuges.
Gender critical means Oppression Critical ; standing up against the oppression silencing women in universities, political parties, public bodies, workplaces and social media.