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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Well, hello Emma Watson

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crumpet · 24/09/2025 22:11

www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-15130209/Harry-Potter-Emma-Watson-treasures-J-K-Rowling-trans-rights.html

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ThatCyanCat · 25/09/2025 14:05

Tandora · 25/09/2025 14:01

im describing the actual disagreement which is about whether trans rights are a threat to women's rights, not whether women are human and exist and have rights.

If trans rights aren't a threat to women's rights, why do you say women's rights are anti trans?

(Access to naked and vulnerable women and girls and getting your knob out among them isn't a man's human right, just so we're clear.)

ThatBlackCat · 25/09/2025 14:05

Tandora · 25/09/2025 14:03

Sterilising, chemically castrating and physically destroying children's bodies

nothing to do with the subject at hand. just the rantings and ravings of people who know nothing about the things on which they presume to speak.

Everything to do with the subject at hand, and we have the receipts of the damages done, and we, we - our side, are the ones getting Puberty Blockers stopped around the world. 😂 All your ranting and ravings are those of an ignorant and uneducated person and amount to nothing. Come back when you have any idea of what the issues are, as you are way out of your depth.

ThePoshUns · 25/09/2025 14:05

Mollyollydolly · 25/09/2025 13:59

Translation: Shove your golden bridge up your arse.

Queen.

Well, hello Emma Watson
ThatBlackCat · 25/09/2025 14:06

ThatCyanCat · 25/09/2025 14:05

If trans rights aren't a threat to women's rights, why do you say women's rights are anti trans?

(Access to naked and vulnerable women and girls and getting your knob out among them isn't a man's human right, just so we're clear.)

Exactly! If trans rights don't conflict with womens rights, why do the MRAs/TRAs get so angry at the SC judgement clarifying the rights of the female sex - in law.

Tandora · 25/09/2025 14:06

ThatCyanCat · 25/09/2025 14:05

If trans rights aren't a threat to women's rights, why do you say women's rights are anti trans?

(Access to naked and vulnerable women and girls and getting your knob out among them isn't a man's human right, just so we're clear.)

why do you say women's rights are anti trans?

I don't say that. It's you who think the two are in opposition. Not me.

ThatBlackCat · 25/09/2025 14:08

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ThatBlackCat · 25/09/2025 14:09

Tandora · 25/09/2025 14:06

why do you say women's rights are anti trans?

I don't say that. It's you who think the two are in opposition. Not me.

Then you agree with the SC ruling then. Good.

Glad we agree. 🤗

Tandora · 25/09/2025 14:10

ThatBlackCat · 25/09/2025 14:06

Exactly! If trans rights don't conflict with womens rights, why do the MRAs/TRAs get so angry at the SC judgement clarifying the rights of the female sex - in law.

What people are upset about are the impacts on the safety , wellbeing, inclusion and dignity of trans people. Because some of us care about those as much as we care about those of (cis) women.

ThatCyanCat · 25/09/2025 14:10

Tandora · 25/09/2025 14:06

why do you say women's rights are anti trans?

I don't say that. It's you who think the two are in opposition. Not me.

Then why do you complain when women have single sex spaces? What rights do you think trans people don't have?

MissScarletInTheBallroom · 25/09/2025 14:10

WinterTrees · 25/09/2025 13:12

My impression, as a detached observer, of Emma Watson is that she is someone who desperately needs to be liked. Her personality is that of a Good Girl - #BeKind isn't so much a slogan as her mission statement. It's a personality type I imagine lots of us recognise from school - the person who thrives on applause and gold stars, and being milk monitor, form rep, prefect, head girl.

How much of that is shaped by the character JKR wrote and EW was employed to embody from such a young age is interesting to speculate on. The fact is she was paid to perform from childhood; to parrot lines without thinking about their meaning, and getting head pats for it. I think that must have had a lasting effect on her. I'm sure global fame at such a young age brings huge pressure and her trauma response seems to be to fawn. (See that cringey interview with Paris Lees where she virtually prostrates herself at Lee's feet to assure him that she would willingly, gladly - nay be honoured - to share a toilet with him.)

But now the tide is turning. Common sense and critical thinking have entered the room. The prevailing narrative is being modified, and suddenly the girl who was a queen bee in the 'right-thinkers' gang is now looking round and realising she's a bit isolated; a lot of the clever, cool people are no longer standing behind her and she's left with... well, an awkward collection of characters.

She defines herself as being clever, being insightful and nuanced - a PhD in creative writing! - and she must be wondering if some of the fawning things she did to belong in the gang ('all bar one') now make her look a bit... unkind. A bit stupid.

With good reason. They do.

I'm guessing she now needs to find a way back. To continue being liked, living up to her privileged 'kindness' values, while also finding some way of staying relevant.

Great post.

I read this and thought that because she spent her teenage years filming the Harry Potter movies, Emma Watson missed out on her true calling in life, which was to be head girl.

It's a really interesting point you make about to what extent her character was shaped by playing Hermione. Because whilst Hermione was a straight A student who desperately sought praise from her teachers, she also had the courage to go against the grain and defy authority when it really mattered. She fought unpopular causes even when others ridiculed her for it (the house elves, for example), she broke the rules repeatedly when there was a good reason to do so (brewing polyjuice potion, being a founding member of Dumbledore's Army, breaking into the Ministry of Magic), and ultimately she sacrificed her final year at Hogwarts to drop out of school and fight Voldemort, risking death in the process.

Emma Watson isn't that character at all.

Emma Watson might look like (a prettier version of) Hermione Granger, but she is actually Percy Weasley.

ChocolateTriflefortwo · 25/09/2025 14:11

Tandora · 25/09/2025 14:10

What people are upset about are the impacts on the safety , wellbeing, inclusion and dignity of trans people. Because some of us care about those as much as we care about those of (cis) women.

Are you campaigning against male on male violence or for unisex spaces then?

ThatBlackCat · 25/09/2025 14:12

Tandora · 25/09/2025 14:10

What people are upset about are the impacts on the safety , wellbeing, inclusion and dignity of trans people. Because some of us care about those as much as we care about those of (cis) women.

Trans people are male or female. They are not a third sex.

And you don't get to sully the waters by using 'trans people'. A male is a male is a male. Even in a dress. A male has no right to be 'included' in female spaces. The 'safety', 'wellbeing' and 'dignity' of males is NOT females problem. We only care about the safety, inclusion, dignity and wellbeing of the female sex.

Males are - by definition - not 'included'.

miraxxx · 25/09/2025 14:13

miraxxx · 25/09/2025 14:12

Jk Rowling has given her answer to the ferret-faced one.

https://x.com/jk_rowling/status/1971191971709587676

Full quote : "A little reminder for anyone who may be regretting their very public sprint to the front of the mob and is now trying to discreetly shove their pitchfork out of sight."

Namelessnelly · 25/09/2025 14:15

Tandora · 25/09/2025 13:56

what comment was that?

er no that's how you want to frame the disagreement.

the actual disagreement is whether supporting trans rights is a threat to women's rights.

So if there is no conflict between trans rights and women’s rights, why do trans people get so upset when women assert their rights to sex based spaces?

Butchyrestingface · 25/09/2025 14:20

Tandora · 25/09/2025 14:10

What people are upset about are the impacts on the safety , wellbeing, inclusion and dignity of trans people. Because some of us care about those as much as we care about those of (cis) women.

I definitely think the safety, wellbeing, inclusion and dignity of trans people should be considered. Had trans people been willing to campaign for the development of third space facilities I'd have been fully on board with that and supported it.
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But they weren't. They wanted to encroach on women's rights to single sex spaces and their safety, wellbeing, inclusion and dignity. So here we are. 🤷‍♀️

Namelessnelly · 25/09/2025 14:25

Tandora · 25/09/2025 14:10

What people are upset about are the impacts on the safety , wellbeing, inclusion and dignity of trans people. Because some of us care about those as much as we care about those of (cis) women.

Why do you only care about women in the construction industry? Are other women not worthy of consideration? So if there is a conflict of rights and a male states he wants to access a female only space abd a woman says no,whose feelings should take precedence?

Tandora · 25/09/2025 14:26

Namelessnelly · 25/09/2025 14:15

So if there is no conflict between trans rights and women’s rights, why do trans people get so upset when women assert their rights to sex based spaces?

why do trans people get so upset when women assert their rights to sex based spaces?

They don't get upset about this at all.

What they get upset about is the exclusion of trans people (specifically trans women) from these spaces.

You understand the exclusion of trans women as necessary to protect women's sex based rights. So does JKR. I don't. Neither does EW. That's what the disagreement and upset is about.
We are not going to agree clearly, but we can at least be honest about where/ what the disagreement is.

MissScarletInTheBallroom · 25/09/2025 14:28

Tandora · 25/09/2025 14:10

What people are upset about are the impacts on the safety , wellbeing, inclusion and dignity of trans people. Because some of us care about those as much as we care about those of (cis) women.

What impact do you believe the Supreme Court judgment has on those things?

MissScarletInTheBallroom · 25/09/2025 14:30

Tandora · 25/09/2025 14:26

why do trans people get so upset when women assert their rights to sex based spaces?

They don't get upset about this at all.

What they get upset about is the exclusion of trans people (specifically trans women) from these spaces.

You understand the exclusion of trans women as necessary to protect women's sex based rights. So does JKR. I don't. Neither does EW. That's what the disagreement and upset is about.
We are not going to agree clearly, but we can at least be honest about where/ what the disagreement is.

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You're entitled to disagree but you must respect and obey the law.

You are entitled to your opinion that the feelings of trans identifying men should trump the rights of women and girls to have single sex spaces.

But it is a minority opinion.

Tandora · 25/09/2025 14:31

MissScarletInTheBallroom · 25/09/2025 14:28

What impact do you believe the Supreme Court judgment has on those things?

You and I have conversed at length across multiple threads about what I believe the impact on those things to be, so why are you pretending otherwise? A rhetorical strategy perhaps?

Namelessnelly · 25/09/2025 14:31

Tandora · 25/09/2025 14:26

why do trans people get so upset when women assert their rights to sex based spaces?

They don't get upset about this at all.

What they get upset about is the exclusion of trans people (specifically trans women) from these spaces.

You understand the exclusion of trans women as necessary to protect women's sex based rights. So does JKR. I don't. Neither does EW. That's what the disagreement and upset is about.
We are not going to agree clearly, but we can at least be honest about where/ what the disagreement is.

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But women exclude males with a trans identity from female spaces because they are not female. What part of single sex spaces confuses you? The only criteria to be a “transwoman” is to be male. So why would they be allowed in female single sex spaces?

Tandora · 25/09/2025 14:32

MissScarletInTheBallroom · 25/09/2025 14:30

You're entitled to disagree but you must respect and obey the law.

You are entitled to your opinion that the feelings of trans identifying men should trump the rights of women and girls to have single sex spaces.

But it is a minority opinion.

Thank you for mansplaining the right to freedom of thought and the rule of law to me 😃

ThatCyanCat · 25/09/2025 14:32

Tandora · 25/09/2025 14:26

why do trans people get so upset when women assert their rights to sex based spaces?

They don't get upset about this at all.

What they get upset about is the exclusion of trans people (specifically trans women) from these spaces.

You understand the exclusion of trans women as necessary to protect women's sex based rights. So does JKR. I don't. Neither does EW. That's what the disagreement and upset is about.
We are not going to agree clearly, but we can at least be honest about where/ what the disagreement is.

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why do trans people get so upset when women assert their rights to sex based spaces?

They don't get upset about this at all. What they get upset about is the exclusion of trans people from these spaces.

And that's the same thing, and the root of your dishonesty. Since you and everyone else on the planet knows this is absurd and dishonest, you are losing.

Women have a right to single sex spaces. Men are excluded because they are not women. If women let men in, they are not asserting their right to single sex spaces. You think male entry to female spaces is a human right. It isn't. You think women should have no right to exclude men. They should.

Trans identifying men can use male spaces or unisex spaces. The latter is all there is when anyone can identify their way into either one. They are not denied anything except the capacity to force their beliefs on unconsenting women and prevent them from having their own suitable space.

You know all this, of course. I don't know why you think male self image trumps all, but you're losing more every day. You cannot win on lies and absurdity and you should be grateful you got it for as long as you did.

usedtobeaylis · 25/09/2025 14:35

Framing it as 'trans exclusion' is so utterly dishonest that I can't believe anyone gets away with it, especially is a feminist context. It's a crock of utter horseshit.

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