Well I still don't know what a woman is and I'm proud to say so

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I think this is satire. Although there are plenty of men who give this impression.

www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/well-i-still-dont-know-what-a-woman-is-and-im-proud-to-say-so-20250417256432

Your thread title had me worried there!
I think it's satire 😂but honestly, I've read so much genuine stuff in the last few days that's written just like this that sometimes it's difficult to tell

The Daily Mash is a satirical site.
Interesting really because their leadership tends to be very woke TWAW of late.
I'm off to read the comments ,😀

Nobody should be able to say what is or isn’t a woman. Because, as Professor Stephen Hawking said, ‘Women are a complete mystery.’ If the man who unravelled black holes doesn’t know, who does?

// 😂😂

I love the Daily Mash

Hé didn’t seem to be in much doubt on a ahem personal level, though.

It made me laugh. And I am a poodle.

No, you misunderstand. (You're probably not alone.) Hawkins knew fine well what a woman is.

Hawking said something and you knew what he meant. For this to be true, you both need to know what the words he used meant.

You know what 'Women are a mystery' means. So you know what "women" means. So you know what is or isn't a woman. As did Hawking.

Hawkins didn't say anything like, "The meaning of (the word) 'women' is a mystery," did he?

(Is this an example of so-called "use/mention" confusion? Look it up if you're interested.)

Knowing what words mean is important for understanding everyday discourse as well as in law. Trans rights activists at first managed to confuse themselves over the meaning of words such as "woman", then tried, with some success (!), to confuse others.

Don't be confused. Use your common sense. A transwoman is a man, a transman is a woman. When we talk of men - in everyday terms as well as in law - we include those men who are transwomen. (TWAW can't be true... Why? Because a man can't be a woman.)

We always knew this. It's just common sense. That it needed clarifying at the Supreme Court is a bit gobsmacking, given how clear it all is. But there you go. We do live in strange times.

I think I know this is satire. But because it comes in a slew of pro-trans (ignoring women articles) it’s hard to say! It doesn’t read that much different to all the NHS Policies we’ve been auditing TBH 🙄

@arbo the quote you're eplying to is part of the Daily Mash satirical article.

Ha! Thanks. A deliberate use/mention confusion? Oh well.

@arbosaid: Don't be confused. Use your common sense. A transwoman is a man, a transman is a woman.

I have got used to this upside down concept but seeing it written down still makes me momentarily confused. It's part of the whole language mangling effort that's been going on, up is down, black is white, men are men and boys will be boys, trans women are men women, women are cistern cinematic cystitis cis. It's been very effective from the point of view of confusing me.

As to the article at the top of the thread, I could see that it is satirical immediately, because it made me laugh very loudly and disturb the neighbours.

Sorry yes I quoted the article. It’s clearly taking the piss isn’t it?

It's attempted satire, but not very funny.

Yes it's the Daily Mash. That's all it does. I used to be a fan but they went downhill. I'm surprised they've published this because i unfollowed a couple of years ago when they kept writing TWAW type bollocks.
Maybe they lost too many readers and got new writers in

That article is hilarious! So glad to see the Daily Mash see the light, they've been right dicks in the past.