Why do some people view JK Rowling as transphobic?

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Where do people get the idea that JK Rowling is transphobic from? Where? I’m having this argument with an acquaintance who tells me she’s the most transphobic person on earth but cannot point to one single thing that she’s done or said that’s transphobic. Is this the widest held totally bullshit view ever?

I just want to add this ...

The argument 'women are unsafe in their own homes therefore we should make public spaces less safe for them' is as morally bankrupt as it comes.

Do you even hear yourself @Northernlightsss

Time was, they used to hide being MRAs.

Their overarching argument seems to be "JFK writes at length and thoughtfully about a range of subjects, often related to her own experience. In order to make her sound awful we have to take her words out of context, bastardise quotes, and remove all the empathy and compassion from them. We hope that people won't look more deeply"

Oh and some men feel uncomfortable in the gents and we should always pander to the wishes of men.

Or something

It all the same old same old. The benefit of this thread to me is staying abreast of the false allegations made against her.

IRL i am now well equipped to debunk any nonsense i might come accross about her from people with second hand opinions.

It's worth noting that if she hadn't said a word about JA - not one single tiny word - she would have then been heavily criticised for not saying anything about the case.

It’s been eye opening to me too. An acquaintance is always saying how transphobic she it. Atleast now I have the confidence to ask for examples.

Women CANNOT have anything that is just theirs. It’s not fair to the menfolk!!

100%

JFK!!!!!!!!

I've uncovered the conspiracy.

Just adding a post to say nothing much.

I think the TRAs had that covered.

They've gone beyond that now. Basically incels.

You can’t reason with crazy!

You really cannot argue with crazy

I'm sneakily quite impressed with Northernidiotsss' indefatigability, given that (I assume it's a) he has no logical arguments and no data. Well, obviously the magical TRA fairy data that we would all be able to find if we just googled it, despite the fact that lots of us do and it's not there.

Remember a few years back when the big put-down to GC people was "Educate yourselves"? Well, we did. We have. And here we are, with a whole raft of information and data and research that backs up our views.

This is "I know you are, but what am I" level of argument from @Northernlightsss
2/10 must try harder. Take a time out.

I fully expected “violent and sexual criminals tend to be male” to be met with “your mum tends to be male”.

It must be hard to be TRA through. Really they only have two ways they can justify their demand to replace sex with gender, and both reflect very badly on them.

Either:
Deny sex as we experience and understand it exists ("it's all toooooo complicated to know what sex anyone really is") or deny it has meaningful consequences to people's lives especially to the risks and injustices experienced by people whose bodies are female("women commit crimes as well you know, and anyway women just naturally prefer to have less money and less power") and come across as an ivory tower fantastist who has lost touch with reality.

Or

Accept that sex exists and has consequences for people of female body, but claim the needs of male people have to take precedence over female, and come across as just an old fashioned misogynist with a pink and blue retread.

How do TRAs think they were conceived if sex doesn’t exist?

Absolutely. A rock and a hard place.

And seems like @Northernlightssshas opted for B.

MRA/Incel/Misogynist route.

As you say, tale as old as time.

This is so.

The issue that female people have rights that are based purely on their body’s needs and that a group of people’s belief about their subjective reality that is not based on material reality does not have priority is hard for some people to accept.

Hence we get the constant emotionally manipulative appeals and coercion.

Bailey - sorry Northernlightsss will never agree with anything as long as he see an opening to be rude and condescending and call women stupid for being unable to follow his word salady bullshit through ridiculous twists and turns and backtracks.

And the constant distraction of ‘case by case’, proportionality, and personality and behaviour traits.

It really is irrelevant to access of single sex provision what personality and behavioural traits someone has. It matters fuck all to that access.

And yet, how many times do we see those terms used to justify the inclusion of male people. Because if the language is destabilised, some people erroneously believe the concept of sex is destabilised.

The tactics that we see repeatedly just are dishonest at this point.

A lot like accusations about JK Rowling

Oh, there are minor genital differences sure, but they don't mean anything. No more significant than eye colour really.

Certainly not something important like a desire to wear spinny skirts.

Some important links

People should read what she says herself and not the regurgitated poorly written articles labelling her as transphobic. Here is the link.

https://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/j-k-rowling-writes-about-her-reasons-for-speaking-out-on-sex-and-gender-issues/

And here is the link for beiras place.

https://beirasplace.org.uk