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by aaaja 1y ago
Andrea Long Chu's perspective includes celebrated takes like: > Sissy porn did make me trans. Also: > At the centre of sissy porn lies the asshole, a kind of universal vagina through which femaleness can always be accessed. Getti
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by aaaja 1y ago
When a male takes estrogen it doesn't undo a lifetime of male sex development and existing as a male, nor does it give him a female reproductive system. So how could taking estrogen grant him an understanding of what it feels like to b
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by aaaja 1y ago
> In my experience with trans women I know, they still seem to relate primarily to men (they still gravitate towards male dominated interests) whereas many gay men I know seem to relate primarily with women, and gravitate towards women i
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by aaaja 1y ago
Pregnancy requires a female reproductive system. It is impossible for males to be pregnant. The reason that "trans men" can become pregnant is because they are female.
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by aaaja 1y ago
It shows that the glass ceiling for this role no longer exists. Keep in mind that many women and girls have been socially conditioned to believe this type of job is not for them. Headlines like this can be inspirational in pushing back agai
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by aaaja 1y ago
Yes. Sperm cells are haploid. If the sperm that fertilizes the egg has an X chromosome, the baby will be female. If it has a Y chromosome, the baby will be male. There are rare exceptions for genetic disorders relating to sex development, b
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by aaaja 1y ago
It implies a sexist worldview. Just like using racial slurs imply a racist worldview.
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by aaaja 1y ago
The bulk of low-effort hostile responses to her article in male-dominated spaces like HN really just illustrate her point over and over again. It is satisfying to read the engaging and curious reflections, like your own. Let us hope for mor
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by aaaja 1y ago
If you think that's bad you should see the ones targeting women. They are much, much worse. Example: r/womenarethings The subreddit description: > Women are things. Objects. > They should be enjoyed, used, and they should
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by aaaja 1y ago
It's part of a wider pattern. Reddit banned a whole load of radical feminist subs and refused to remove the extreme misogynist ones that promote sexual violence like r/DykeConversion and r/DegradingHoles.
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by aaaja 1y ago
> The rules, especially on reddit, are thus enforced as unequally. Misandry is more than enabled, it's boosted. One of the subreddits claimed by this paper to be "misandric" was banned by Reddit. That's the opposite o
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by aaaja 1y ago
It was central to the point she was making. If the police arrested her for saying a man is a man, it would make headlines across the world, and if it went to court her lawyers, who are very good at what they do, would have a field day chall
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by aaaja 1y ago
> unfortunately very man-like Of course, because they are men. Being a man who calls himself a woman is the defining factor of "transwoman". Most of these men intrude upon or demand access to women's spaces despite knowing
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by aaaja 1y ago
No it's not. Latest tweet is a retweet about the assisted dying bill going through Parliament. Next is about women's rights to single-sex spaces in context of the recent Supreme Court ruling. Three tweets down is a retweet about a
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by aaaja 1y ago
Yes, I am aware that the commenter I replied to is framing JKR's advocacy for women's rights, some of which she conducts on social media, as "culture war nonsense". I commented because I disagree with this dismissive and
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by aaaja 1y ago
https://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/j-k-rowling-writes-about-... https://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/my-article-for-the-sunday... https://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/my-article-f
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by aaaja 1y ago
CAIS is a better example. Even then it's overrepresented in athletic competition compared to the general population. Swyer syndrome isn't a condition compatible with an athletic career because of the bone weakening caused by hormo
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by aaaja 1y ago
Sports governing bodies in the UK are rapidly rewriting their policies to stop these men from competing in women's sports, after a recent Supreme Court judgement ruled this amounts to unlawful sex discrimination against women. So hopef
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by aaaja 1y ago
He looks gaunt and balding in the second photo.
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by aaaja 1y ago
I expect the holder of that witch-burning placard is very much aware that "JK" will be taken to mean "JK Rowling". It's no coincidence. That so many of these activists are holding signs which advocate the torture an
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by aaaja 1y ago
https://x.com/helenlewis/status/1913857239691006057 Some photos of the placards, including "Bring back witch burning ... JK" and "The only good TERF is a ____ one" with an image of a person bei
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by aaaja 1y ago
Have you found that other adoptees feel similarly about or at least are more sympathetic to your ideas?
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by aaaja 1y ago
What would be the point of that? I'd be surprised if it got past an ethics committee. Aside from this, the male pelvis isn't shaped to accommodate a womb, and males don't have the hormonal milieu to enable pregnancy. The clos
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by aaaja 1y ago
You may be thinking of species like the white-throated sparrow. These have two morphs with distinct behaviours which lead to there being four mating combinations. Still two sexes though.
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by aaaja 1y ago
The woman in the article has a DSD that only affects female sex development. Plus she has working ovaries. From either of these facts one can conclude that she is female. I don't know why you think this is a conservative lie. It is not
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by aaaja 1y ago
> I would like to reflect on the timing of this - the UK Supreme Court just ruled something about a woman is a “biological” definition - and I am willing to put a lot of money on many people on both sides of that contentious debate stru
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by aaaja 1y ago
They're not synonymous but a vast amount of pornography available online constitutes violence against women. The commercial sex trade, including both porn and prostitution, is a multi-billion dollar industry that seeks to normalize ext
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by aaaja 1y ago
> Most organisations have not yet committed to concrete changes but have pledged to review the judgment. I think there's a real risk that organizations are going to drag their heels on this and then do not even the bare minimum, l
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by aaaja 1y ago
The law does actually protect trans-identifying individuals via the "gender reassignment" characteristic. So for instance an employer can't disadvantage an employee for having that protected characteristic. What the Supreme C
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by aaaja 1y ago
Well they are women - specifically, women who call themselves men - so this is not a problem.

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