“I’ve read all the arguments about femaleness not residing in the sexed body, and the assertions that biological women don’t have common experiences, and I find

“I’ve read all the arguments about femaleness not residing in the sexed body, and the assertions that biological women don’t have common experiences, and I find them, too, deeply misogynistic and regressive.” That’s quite a thing to say without elaboration. I don’t have a well developed view about where femaleness resides and am not well read, but I find it hard to believe that such arguments are essentially “deeply misogynistic and regressive”. I respect her for elaborating on her views and sharing her experience — I admire her courage. But comments like this, and the joke about “growing a pair,” don’t convey the empathy she might.