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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Katy Jon Went interviewed on Heretics

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ANameChangePresents · 15/02/2024 20:41

It's the most click-baity video title ever...

I Tell Trans Person A Very Difficult TRUTH (Heated!)

Currently watching this and thus far Gold hasn't really challenged Went that strongly, which I mean, is reasonable. It's not a boxing match. That said Went has deployed a tonne of tripe so far dressed up as 'reasonable'.

The argument that 'life is all about accommodating each other' (using religion coexistence as a metaphor) fails to mention how the accomodation in this instance is entirely one damn way...

If anything else (positive or negative) crops up, I'll post. Summary at the end.

Has anyone else here watched this yet?

I Tell Trans Person A Very Difficult TRUTH (Heated!) - Katy Jon Went (4K) | heretics. 29

Podcaster Andrew Gold debates trans person Katy Jon Went about trans activism, changing rooms, sports and autogynephilia (AGP). The pair have a fun and inter...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJtyG84oV4c

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rabbitwoman · 16/02/2024 21:50

And personally, I don't see much wrong with some gyms advertising themselves as allowing trans women to use women's facilities and some advertising themselves as not allowing trans women to use women's facilities. It would be self correction too, it would soon become apparent which ones were more popular and where more provision was needed. My reservation is that there MUST be some places for me where Katy cannot go. That's all.

WickedSerious · 16/02/2024 21:50

If he needed to get fit he could've taken up walking,no changing room required.

Woman2023 · 16/02/2024 21:59

And personally, I don't see much wrong with some gyms advertising themselves as allowing trans women to use women's facilities

Oh yes, because everyone lives near multiple gym facilities and has plenty of time to access them, so it doesn't matter if women have to undress with men.

Could you set your bar any lower?

OldCrone · 16/02/2024 22:04

rabbitwoman · 16/02/2024 21:14

Listen, I am bracing myself for a bit of a pile on, but I found it interesting and I found Went reasonable.

Dr Az Hakeem, who is my personal favourite go to expert, did say that AGPs are quite rare, they make up only 5% or do of trans women and most of the others are transvestites who are aroused by the actual women's clothing - be that the fabric or the idea of looking a certain way, rather than wanting actual female body parts, so I reckon it's becoe a bit overused.

And didn't we all say, at the very start, wear what you like, do what you like to yourself, as long as you don't think you are actually a woman and invade our spaces? And Went seems respectful of that. Even going so far as to saying the current trans lobby is overreaching....

Anyway, I thought it was worth watching the whole thing.

Do you have a link to Az Hakeem's comment about the 5%? Surely those transvestites who are aroused when they see themselves in the mirror dressed in women's clothing are also AGP, even if they have no intention of modifying their bodies. And aren't some of them just the ones who haven't modified their bodies yet? (I'm thinking of the old joke which DH mentioned in his autogynephilia article: What’s the difference between a transvestite and a transsexual? About five years.)

An AGP male is an AGP male whether he's gone the whole way with surgery, hormones etc, or just likes wearing women's underwear occasionally.

But I'm not sure what this has to do with KJW, since I think he has had surgical body modifications, so he's not just a transvestite.

rabbitwoman · 16/02/2024 22:07

Yup, the bar could be much much lower, the bar could be trans women ARE women and there is no choice anywhere, they will be given access to all women's facilities with impunity.

Believe me, I would rather, much rather, none of this was going on. But like I said, there will be a point when we have to coexist.

And of course there are more gyms in some parts of the country than others, I guess, but there are about ten in the fairly small town where I live so my proposed scenario would be possible. In my imagined town, though, I don't anticipate that the gyms which advertise themselves as allowing trans women in the women's facilities will be as popular as the ones which don't.....

ANameChangePresents · 16/02/2024 22:08

Nah. I'm sorry. The cloying pride he took in being invited into women's spaces. He was getting a thrill. He couldn't give two shits about boundaries.

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rabbitwoman · 16/02/2024 22:10

I think it's this interview - if not, it's the one with Stella o malley.

10ThousandSpoons · 16/02/2024 22:11

Watched a bit more. Why is Katy mentioning their sister's breasts?

Justwrong68 · 16/02/2024 22:14

The loud, awkward laughter, the mansplaining, the blaming his "lesbian" friend for going into the changing room. The references to his tits. Tiresome and sickening. Most of us women have been gaslit enough in the past to know it when we hear it.

afternoonoflife · 16/02/2024 23:52

Aren’t there usually cubicles within a large changing space, of either sex? In pictures of KJW their breasts aren’t very noticeable, if they wore loose clothing they’d definitely pass as a man in the men’s changing room, then they could just get changed in the cubicle.

Woman2023 · 17/02/2024 00:01

if they wore loose clothing they’d definitely pass as a man

"Pass" as a man?! In what possible scenario would Went fail to be recognised as a man?

afternoonoflife · 17/02/2024 00:05

Yes wrong word! All their language has rubbed off on me. I was just trying to say his excuse for not using the men’s changing room was rubbish.

Rightsraptor · 17/02/2024 00:29

Katy shares the GC stance on prisons, sports & domestic violence refuges if I understood correctly. The area where Katy differs from women like me is changing rooms (no mention made of hospital wards).

This is surely because Katy is vanishingly unlikely to be in a prison, domestic violence refuge or in a sporting event as such. However, Katy might find Katyself in a leisure centre changing room and so Katy has decided this is OK. Katy can use the women's area. Katy is borderline diabetic and so exercise is recommended.

But what of the women who are borderline diabetic and need to exercise? What of them, remaining shut up in a cubicle until they hear Katy's male voice disappear maybe? Where can they go to change?

Changing rooms are basically male and female, not 'those with D cup breasts' and those without.

theothersideofmidnight · 17/02/2024 00:44

KjW: "I've had men refuse to share a space with me".

Me: "I'm not refusing to share a space with you. I'm kicking your sorry arse out of mine".

Datun · 17/02/2024 00:46

rabbitwoman · 16/02/2024 21:14

Listen, I am bracing myself for a bit of a pile on, but I found it interesting and I found Went reasonable.

Dr Az Hakeem, who is my personal favourite go to expert, did say that AGPs are quite rare, they make up only 5% or do of trans women and most of the others are transvestites who are aroused by the actual women's clothing - be that the fabric or the idea of looking a certain way, rather than wanting actual female body parts, so I reckon it's becoe a bit overused.

And didn't we all say, at the very start, wear what you like, do what you like to yourself, as long as you don't think you are actually a woman and invade our spaces? And Went seems respectful of that. Even going so far as to saying the current trans lobby is overreaching....

Anyway, I thought it was worth watching the whole thing.

AGP can take various forms apparently.

One is the fetish over the clothes, one is the fetish over women's anatomy, one is the fetish over female bodily functions, and one is a fetish over perceived feminine occupations, like knitting. (Jane Fae used to knit).

Referenced here from a review of Debbie Hayton's book about AGP.

Instead we have the supposed four types of AGP mind explained to us, these are: transvestic (clothes), behavioural (getting turned on by typical behaviours of a woman, i.e. sexist tropes), anatomic (wanting a female body) and physiological (‘arousal by the fantasy of having female body functions’,

https://the-lies-they-tell.org/2024/02/11/review-of-book-transsexual-apostate-by-debbie-hayton/

Review of book: ‘Transsexual Apostate’ by Debbie Hayton

Mother would throw her laddered tights in the bin and little Dobbie would retrieve them, covered in potato peelings, ‘or worse’ (Loc 142) and wear them. He was aged five. There is no ad…

https://the-lies-they-tell.org/2024/02/11/review-of-book-transsexual-apostate-by-debbie-hayton/

WickedSerious · 17/02/2024 08:18

Woman2023 · 17/02/2024 00:01

if they wore loose clothing they’d definitely pass as a man

"Pass" as a man?! In what possible scenario would Went fail to be recognised as a man?

One where everyone is blind and deaf and standing forty feet away from him.

ZuttZeVootEeeVo · 17/02/2024 08:26

"Claire's outrageous thoughts" on twitter is enlightening on this topic.

https://twitter.com/claireOT/status/1464550079273000960?s=19

She explains that male sexuality is different to womens, and often develops to focus on instant gratification, which can be all encompassing.

Society develops to balance male and female needs, and without shame, some men would focus on their sexuality all of the time without any concern of the consequences to themselves and everyone around them.

Making a paraphilia socially acceptable means men are allowed to perform it all of the time and involve everyone around them.

Men with paraphilia will constantly push boundaries and are likely to develop others.

Read it if you can, she explains it much better than i can.

I cant see how we can allow a little bit of a paraphilia into society, or a few men to perform their paraphilia and not have any negative inpact on society.

https://twitter.com/claireOT/status/1464550079273000960?s=19

ZuttZeVootEeeVo · 17/02/2024 08:46

WickedSerious · 17/02/2024 08:18

One where everyone is blind and deaf and standing forty feet away from him.

Men with gender are forever trying to suggest that them ending up in a womans space, dressed in clothes that they are turned on by, or even undresed, is something that's just happens to them. It an series of events thats out of their control.

KJW says he was the most reluctant trans person - that it was the last option.

He says that he needs to swim to save his health, but men dont want him in male facilities, or its not appropriate for his breasts to be in male facilities. So what else can he do but be a man in a towel in the womens changing room? He even blames women - his female friend encouraged it.

But every single step was his choice and his responsibility.

WarriorN · 17/02/2024 08:47

He even let us know the size.

Saw that clip and told me all I needed to know.

Woman2023 · 17/02/2024 08:54

afternoonoflife · 17/02/2024 00:05

Yes wrong word! All their language has rubbed off on me. I was just trying to say his excuse for not using the men’s changing room was rubbish.

Thanks for the explanation, as a friend of mine sometimes says we're 'furiously agreeing' with each other.

WaterThyme · 17/02/2024 10:02

I hope KJW’s clitoris is the full shilling as described in an article about research by Dr Helen O’Connell: “ It […was…] not just a small nub of erectile tissue, described in some texts as the “poor homologue” of the penis. Instead it was an otherworldly shape, with the nerve-rich glans merely the external protrusion of an organ that extended beneath the pubic bone and wrapped around the vaginal opening, with bulbs that become engorged when aroused.” A bit smaller than a woman’s hand.

I hope KJW hasn’t been sold a pup.

If you want to see the original, you’ll have to hold your nose about the Guardian and stuff about women and “people with vaginas”: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/nov/01/the-sole-function-of-the-clitoris-is-female-orgasm-is-that-why-its-ignored-by-medical-science

The sole function of the clitoris is female orgasm. Is that why it’s ignored by medical science?

Medical textbooks are full of anatomical pictures of the penis, but the clitoris barely rates a mention. Many medical professionals are uncomfortable even talking about it

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/nov/01/the-sole-function-of-the-clitoris-is-female-orgasm-is-that-why-its-ignored-by-medical-science

Rightsraptor · 17/02/2024 10:12

The more I think about KJW invading women's changing rooms, the crosser I get, both with KJW and the female friend who decided unilaterally that it was fine.

KJW self-describes as not 'passing' as a woman (I agree totally), having a male voice (yes) but having D cup breasts. So any woman in that changing room would see and hear a man. With breasts. Do KJW and friend really have no concept of the distress that would cause a lot of women?

And this was in a Bannatyne gym, where birth sex applies.

I hope Bannatyne gyms ban KJW and the enabling friend.

Justwrong68 · 17/02/2024 10:32

afternoonoflife · 16/02/2024 23:52

Aren’t there usually cubicles within a large changing space, of either sex? In pictures of KJW their breasts aren’t very noticeable, if they wore loose clothing they’d definitely pass as a man in the men’s changing room, then they could just get changed in the cubicle.

Edited

Literally

Datun · 17/02/2024 10:46

WaterThyme · 17/02/2024 10:02

I hope KJW’s clitoris is the full shilling as described in an article about research by Dr Helen O’Connell: “ It […was…] not just a small nub of erectile tissue, described in some texts as the “poor homologue” of the penis. Instead it was an otherworldly shape, with the nerve-rich glans merely the external protrusion of an organ that extended beneath the pubic bone and wrapped around the vaginal opening, with bulbs that become engorged when aroused.” A bit smaller than a woman’s hand.

I hope KJW hasn’t been sold a pup.

If you want to see the original, you’ll have to hold your nose about the Guardian and stuff about women and “people with vaginas”: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/nov/01/the-sole-function-of-the-clitoris-is-female-orgasm-is-that-why-its-ignored-by-medical-science

The clitoris is astonishing, isn't it. Here's another fabulous pic. The clitoris in yellow, with attendant female sex organs.

Plus the clitoris has at least twice the number of nerve endings than the tip of a penis, and God knows how many more after that's been operated on.

I hope KJW hasn’t been sold a pup.

i'm willing to bet they're not actually shown these photos.

I remember that other TRA psychologist, Meg John Barker, claiming that there's no difference between a penis and a clitoris, other than the length 🙄

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