The Uncancelling of JK Rowling

[NutellaEllaElla]

Gosh it is heartening to see even more evidence that the tide has turned. She's stuck to her guns and been too reasonable to be cancelled by the misogynists.

Times article here

Thanks to those that provided sensible balanced viewpoints

@hotdiggetydog

I've asked this a couple of time now. Can you answer? It's a really important point in your ideology.

If you also want to provide a valued viewpoint, you can't just ignore important questions.

*balanced viewpoint

Sorry for pause, Cock or no cock defines it for me.

So by that definition no TW in the ladies unless they've been through an invasive and painful procedure to remove their phallus, to somehow prove their woman hood.

And no TM in the gents unless they have had a pseudo phallus created

Gotcha. Seems a bit transphobic as well TBH but better than "anyone who identifies as a man can use male spaces" and vice versa

And the rest of the question? If woman is anything more than an adult human female, I am not one.

Many other people formerly known as women also aren't

Does it bother you to exclude me and those others from the category of women?

Another question re your definition. If a man loses his cock in an accident, you're saying g he's not longer a man. Is that right?

If a woman (a real one) of childbearing age can't conceive a doctor will refer her to a fertility treatment clinic.

if a transwoman of childbearing age can't conceive would the doctor do the same?

Yes, there's a difference in how they would be treated - and unless you are stupid you know exactly why!

What did I say earlier? 'It'll be hysterectomies next'.

Thanking you.

I guess the better question is this...

If a natal woman was born without certain natural female parts does she become recognized as a transwomen? Does she earn legal protections that transwomen receive?

Maybe men who've suffered from prostate cancer are transmen too! I think that means they deserve to have their gender confirming surgeries paid for by the government!

So now hotdogs a terf? If a tw has a cock so almost all of them then they are not actually a woman? Do you know anything about actual tw? Or did you think they've all had the sex change op you speak of?

Incredible twisting of my points but yeah have your fun

What? I'm just using the traditional argument tactics that TRA'S use! I would know I used to be one. I'm literally an expert. Lol

It doesn't feel good to be on the other side of it does it?

Not really. You've just not been clear. Can you explain yourself better?

Women who don’t have a uterus -either through birth defect or surgery- can’t produce sperm. Men who don’t have a uterus are healthy men. If they have their penis removed, they will still never produce eggs.
Biology is a terf. Fact.

Did you know that women, the old-fashioned kind, have longer duodenums than men?

There endeth today's first lesson in the biology of humans as a sexually dimorphic species. Thanking you.

No I didn't. I know our brains weigh less though. So many biological balances

Differences not balances damn autocorrect

I did not! That's fascinating. Are there theories as to why? Wonder if it's something to do with breastfeeding

My darling DD had to have a hysterectomy for medical reasons, because she’s a woman. My dear niece cannot become pregnant for other reasons, but those reasons arise from her being female.

How dare you imply these two women are in the same category as transitioned males. You should be ashamed of yourself.

Oh and by the way, I can no longer conceive or give birth, because of my age, and I’m definitely not in the same category as a transwoman.

In terms of our (lack of) understanding of the long-scale evolution of human gut size and morphology, it has been hypothesised that female humans are better able to buffer environmental challenges.

It could be argued that this links to their reproductive role.

Might also explain why women's gut function can go tits up in menopause ...

(Sciency bit: the study just published shows the logistic regression model for small intestine length with sex as a covariate showed a significant difference between males and females (F3,15 = 88.31, p = 9.291e−10). Specifically, the researchers found that females have consistently and significantly longer small intestines compared to males; t-value 15 = 2.245, p = 0.0403).

@AutumnCrow many things go tits up in menopause sigh...

BUT please carry on listing the biological differences

My mind immediately went to the way that our digestive system is crushed during pregnancy. I remember a weird thing where I had to lay on my left side in order for my food to properly process after eating. 😩

I've always been quite wary of pointing out biological differences between males and females in the human sexually dimorphic species, because they've been used historically as a stick to beat women with.

So this finding could be used to argue that gastroenterologists would benefit, during their specialist training, from a more detailed knowledge of female-specific small intestinal morphology and function (and how important it is to relate that to female endocrinology across the lifecycle, as pp have noted above).

Unfortunately the socio-political structures in which we live allow for an argument to be put forward that this new study confirms women's natural reproductive function and therefore that means it's 'unnatural' for them to have careers. Well, you all know the arguments. Women, know your limits! and all that.

That's why women in Victorian times had to change their bloody names to get a book published and taken seriously.

Yes and now it seems the script has been flipped. Now our simularities with men are being weaponized against us.