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I'm not talking about the bathroom issue, but responding to your question about physical gender. I'm in favour of permissive laws about this and similar scenari
by theoh 11y ago
I'm not talking about the bathroom issue, but responding to your question about physical gender. I'm in favour of permissive laws about this and similar scenarios.
The bigger problem here is things like so-called TERF (trans-exclusionary radical feminism) in which high profile feminists who display contempt for transgender people are unfairly lumped in with innocent people who
are merely aware of the limitations of current medicine. That discussion (the TERF discussion) is a painful one to engage with. But maybe bringing that problem up is a non-sequitur.
- mikeash 11y agoMy question was rhetorical, intended to point out the difficulty of even using that term in the first place. Seems to me that the bigger problem is bigoted legislators who think it's OK to force their religious values on other people, not some group of radical feminists I've never even heard of before and who I'm guessing have very little power.
- theoh 11y agoFWIW, I'm mentioning the TERF label not because it's "radical" but because I think, in the psychological battle for tolerance on all sides, it's near the front line, and it's very emotive. If you aren't near the front line, in whatever way, I agree that it may seem less important than protesting intolerant legislation. http://www.feministcurrent.com/2015/11/10/why-i-no-longer-hate-terfs/ http://www.feministcurrent.com/2015/11/10/why-i-no-longer-ha...