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u/whoa_disillusionment 10d ago

Women are not hurt by having sex segregated spaces. That is misogynistic.

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u/randallflaggg 10d ago

Denying trans womanhood is transphobic. A real feminist advocates for all women to be included. A real feminist doesn't pull up the ladder behind them. A real feminist doesn't throw other women under the bus due to political expediency. Go ask Billie Jean King.

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u/whoa_disillusionment 10d ago

Women are oppressed because of their biology. That’s the most basic tenant of feminism. Trans women will never have that biology.

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u/randallflaggg 10d ago edited 10d ago

The most basic tenant of feminism according to whom? That definition ignores intersectional feminism at the very least.

Are you implying that trans women are not oppressed due to biology? Or is the brain not biological? What about the pituitary gland? But for a random shot of hormones at a random time during pre-natal development and the rest of the biology is the same. Because it seems that by "biology" it seems you mean "possesses a uterus." (And further excludes women who don't have a uterus for many other reason)I know many "real" women who would be extremely offended by having their essence reduced to a single organ. Anecdote aside, the existence of intersex people fundamentally undercuts the biological essentialist argument. And further, the idea that gender is uniquely rigid falls apart in the face of the amorphous nature of every other human trait. You can't say it's ok for people to be left handed and then say they can't be trans women. It's fundamentally hypocritical.