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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

What TRAs or 'gender' advocates and 'gender critical' feminists agree on.

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WrongKindOfFeminist · 18/07/2026 11:21

Thought it might be useful to find points of commonality.

Ever the optimist! 😊

  1. Gender stereotypes can be restrictive and limiting.
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Helleofabore · Yesterday 17:10

Lexibletheflexible · Yesterday 17:09

Disagree that trans women aren't women and/or that they shouldn't be in female spaces and/or that they pose an increased risk to women's safety.

Link up the evidence

Lexibletheflexible · Yesterday 17:10

Helleofabore · Yesterday 17:07

So post those papers.

Let’s look at the methodology and the applicability to the general population and not just a self selected group with a bias that is not seen in the general population.

looking forward to reading them.

Are you going to reject all research that disagrees with you even if your own research poses the same methodological flaws? BecUse it sounds like you're already gearing up to say any research that disagrees with you isnt real research.

WrongKindOfFeminist · Yesterday 17:12

Look, share the figures you claim show that disprove the figures we've shared, like the YouGov polls and the Sexmatters polls.

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Helleofabore · Yesterday 17:12

WrongKindOfFeminist · Yesterday 17:10

Me, too.

Also curious what 'literature reviews' will relate.

We have shared the data and numbers. Look forward to seeing what interpretations of this will be presented.

I suspect we will just get the constant doubling down and it will fill up your thread.

WrongKindOfFeminist · Yesterday 17:12

Helleofabore · Yesterday 17:12

I suspect we will just get the constant doubling down and it will fill up your thread.

I suppose so.

It's a damn shame. And a pointless bloody derail, too.

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WrongKindOfFeminist · Yesterday 17:13

Lexibletheflexible · Yesterday 17:09

Disagree that trans women aren't women and/or that they shouldn't be in female spaces and/or that they pose an increased risk to women's safety.

But the evidence has been posted several times.

Polls show around 20% of women say that men should be in women's spaces if they say they are trans.

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Lexibletheflexible · Yesterday 17:13

Helleofabore · Yesterday 17:09

But it doesn’t mean ‘female’ only in the ‘female’ category. It has been used to describe Khelif and Semenya.

Making it inaccurate.

And I don’t believe the wider population understand the term and they certainly don’t understand the limitations of the term.

I understand cis female to mean someone without a DSD. Most people use it to describes women like me who was assigned female at birth based on the appearance of my anatomy and who feels that accurately describes any gender identity they feel they have, too.

WrongKindOfFeminist · Yesterday 17:14

Most people don't have a clue what 'cis' means.

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WrongKindOfFeminist · Yesterday 17:14

Which is why the polls that we've posted use terms like 'sex registered at birth'. To make it clear. Because most people do not use or understand 'cis'.

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Helleofabore · Yesterday 17:15

Lexibletheflexible · Yesterday 17:10

Are you going to reject all research that disagrees with you even if your own research poses the same methodological flaws? BecUse it sounds like you're already gearing up to say any research that disagrees with you isnt real research.

If you are not confident to defend your point with the data you insist will show it, that is your issue to deal with. if you don’t post it, how can anyone evaluate it?

Seems like a lack of confidence on your part. Some of us on this thread review data like this very frequently.

Lexibletheflexible · Yesterday 17:17

WrongKindOfFeminist · Yesterday 17:13

But the evidence has been posted several times.

Polls show around 20% of women say that men should be in women's spaces if they say they are trans.

The polls youve posted are only women, right? Because that is what I always said: About half of WOMEN.

Helleofabore · Yesterday 17:18

Lexibletheflexible · Yesterday 17:13

I understand cis female to mean someone without a DSD. Most people use it to describes women like me who was assigned female at birth based on the appearance of my anatomy and who feels that accurately describes any gender identity they feel they have, too.

Then you would be contradicting activists and experts who have written about male people with DSDs being cis women.

And if you have wrongfully made that assumption, then perhaps you cannot confidently assert the definition you are insisting it means.

Lexibletheflexible · Yesterday 17:18

Helleofabore · Yesterday 17:15

If you are not confident to defend your point with the data you insist will show it, that is your issue to deal with. if you don’t post it, how can anyone evaluate it?

Seems like a lack of confidence on your part. Some of us on this thread review data like this very frequently.

I said I will, I just don't have time to sit and find the studies now. I am on the move and using voice to type mostly.

Helleofabore · Yesterday 17:19

Lexibletheflexible · Yesterday 17:17

The polls youve posted are only women, right? Because that is what I always said: About half of WOMEN.

Thank you for confirming you have not even bothered to review what has been posted.

nicepotoftea · Yesterday 17:19

Lexibletheflexible · Yesterday 17:00

No, it's a term people who are in this field use to describe non-trans people. Ignoring peer reviewed research that uses it is anti-academic.

Cis = on this side Trans = on the other side.

The terms can only make sense with reference to another concept, whether that is the Alps or the Atlantic. In this case the reference point is gendered identity.

Stonewall:

Someone whose gender is the same as the sex they were assigned at birth. For example, a cis(gender) woman is someone who was assigned female at birth and continues to live and identify as a woman.

If you don't identify with a gendered identity, there is no reference point, and the idea that one would identify with a 'gender that is the same as the sex assigned at birth' (by what? not receiving an education if one lives in Afghanistan?) is deeply offensive to many people.

Insisting on clear language is not 'anti-academic'.

Lexibletheflexible · Yesterday 17:19

Helleofabore · Yesterday 17:18

Then you would be contradicting activists and experts who have written about male people with DSDs being cis women.

And if you have wrongfully made that assumption, then perhaps you cannot confidently assert the definition you are insisting it means.

People with DSDs are a tiny number of people. When people say cis, they mean not trans. Do show these activists who say these athletes are cis women though since we are all for evidence.

Lexibletheflexible · Yesterday 17:21

nicepotoftea · Yesterday 17:19

Cis = on this side Trans = on the other side.

The terms can only make sense with reference to another concept, whether that is the Alps or the Atlantic. In this case the reference point is gendered identity.

Stonewall:

Someone whose gender is the same as the sex they were assigned at birth. For example, a cis(gender) woman is someone who was assigned female at birth and continues to live and identify as a woman.

If you don't identify with a gendered identity, there is no reference point, and the idea that one would identify with a 'gender that is the same as the sex assigned at birth' (by what? not receiving an education if one lives in Afghanistan?) is deeply offensive to many people.

Insisting on clear language is not 'anti-academic'.

If you were called a girl at birth because you have a vagina and you're OK with that and feel like it is apt for you for whatever reason, you are cis. That's all it means. You aren't trans. You don't have to ID as cis but if you deny being cis then I'd assume you mean you aren't the gender you were stated to be at birth.

Lexibletheflexible · Yesterday 17:22

Helleofabore · Yesterday 17:19

Thank you for confirming you have not even bothered to review what has been posted.

No, I haven't. But summaries referred to people and I assume you all wouldn't lie about what is in the link you posted. Would you?

Helleofabore · Yesterday 17:22

Lexibletheflexible · Yesterday 17:19

People with DSDs are a tiny number of people. When people say cis, they mean not trans. Do show these activists who say these athletes are cis women though since we are all for evidence.

How about you start backing up your claims, and even fucking reading what has been provided, before you start demanding women do more work for you.

spannasaurus · Yesterday 17:23

Lexibletheflexible · Yesterday 17:02

I tend to stick to literature reviews because they collate information from smaller polls.

Are you saying that a smaller poll size gives more accurate results than a larger poll size?

Helleofabore · Yesterday 17:23

Lexibletheflexible · Yesterday 17:22

No, I haven't. But summaries referred to people and I assume you all wouldn't lie about what is in the link you posted. Would you?

The data is right there linked in each post. I suggest before you continue to double down with your own rejection of data, you actually review it first.

Lexibletheflexible · Yesterday 17:24

Helleofabore · Yesterday 17:22

How about you start backing up your claims, and even fucking reading what has been provided, before you start demanding women do more work for you.

Why are you swearing like that? Why are you so angry? You need help.

Helleofabore · Yesterday 17:24

spannasaurus · Yesterday 17:23

Are you saying that a smaller poll size gives more accurate results than a larger poll size?

I think that is supposedly some kind of reverse logic. I don't believe I covered that in my research units....

Helleofabore · Yesterday 17:25

Lexibletheflexible · Yesterday 17:24

Why are you swearing like that? Why are you so angry? You need help.

Says the person who uses Chat GPT to back up their claims. I am not angry. I am making a point. I always swear, is it not allowed for women to swear?

BridgetYourFortyDaysAreUp · Yesterday 17:27

Lexibletheflexible · Yesterday 17:22

No, I haven't. But summaries referred to people and I assume you all wouldn't lie about what is in the link you posted. Would you?

You appear to be digging yourself a hole, and trying to deflect the discussion onto "cis" and "not cis" because perhaps you don't have any real data? I would recommend you stop digging. I'm sure we are all interested to review your data. We won't forget, so you can take whatever time you need.