@HobgoblinGold
Sex is not binary. Genetics, neurobiology, and hormones all play a role. A persons genitalia can vary throughout life depending on all the aforementioned (and more). This can me made more complex when there are differences between an individuals sexual characteristics versus what they feel inside. additionally, ascribing someones gender by simply what they have between there legs is reductionist and demonstrates complete limitation on the complexity of sex and gender. Transgender people are real and it is time we acknowledge this.. Defining or preventing someone from assigning there own sex identity based on misunderstood or defragemented scientific and dehumanizing
Sex is binary and it is not our job to educate you about the basic facts of life. Kathleen Stock, however, has done a great job. Why not read her book, educate yourself and then, if you have any sensible argument (not just toy throwing) to suggest otherwise, I think we would be interested to hear it.
There is no evidence of any relationship between what is between someone's legs and how they feel - that's exactly the point. If you feel that you need to change your body to change your identity, then you are the one suggesting a relationship between one and the other, not anyone else.
If gender is a polite work for sex, then you prescribe nothing. If gender is a way of drawing attention to the various societal expectations which are loaded differently onto men and women, then it is much more helpful to challenge such expectations rather than entrench them for future generations by saying that you don't identify with the expectations most loaded onto your sex and therefore you must be the other sex. If gender is a matter of identity then there are as many gender identities as there are people on the planet. In the absence of any convincing evidence of some commonality in identity between people with male and people with female bodies, it would be completely inappropriate to assume any commonality of the the which would be needed to state that there is such thing as a 'male identity' and a 'female identity'.
No-one is arguing that trans people are not real - what a silly statement. Religious people are clearly real, I just don't believe in their religion. No sensible person would suggest that means I don't believe Christian/ Muslim etc. people are real. Women are real too you know?
Sex is not an identity, it is a fact. Assign your own identity to your hearts content but you need to understand that some things are actually just objective fact.
What is actually dehumanising is systematically attacking the language which is needed to discuss the vulnerabilities of women and the increased vulnerability related to facts such as the medical establishment failing to understand that women's bodies are not just small male bodies. We know these things btw because of science. Suggesting these things aren't true/ don't matter or that they apply as much to people born male is truly horrid tbh and suggests a complete denial of male privilege.