zozzle

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by zozzle 9mo ago
No, you're getting confused between two separate concepts.
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by zozzle 9mo ago
Which views of hers do you consider to be extreme?
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by zozzle 9mo ago
Phyllis Schlafly is an odd comparison to make. She argued that women should stay in traditional roles and out of public life (while as you mention, not following her own advice), whereas JKR and other feminists take the exact opposite view.
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by zozzle 9mo ago
> but that definitely seems to accurately describe the arc Rowling has taken over the last 7-8 years. What a bizarre time we are living in when "men aren't women" and "women should have single-sex spaces and rape cr
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by zozzle 10mo ago
That's not what bio-essentialist means. Khelif is male, and that was already known when JKR made her remarks, which were accurate. It is certainly not anti-feminist to be opposed to males in women's sports, especially not a sport
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by zozzle 10mo ago
I was rate-limited so didn't reply. And when I went back to that thread the next day and remembered you were pretending not to know what the male sex is or human sex development works, decided not to bother wasting any more time.
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by zozzle 10mo ago
Second-wave feminism explicitly challenged and rejected biological essentialism, which is the misogynistic belief that women are biologically suited to roles like housework, taking care of a husband, raising children and so on, and should d
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by zozzle 10mo ago
Point is that second-wave feminism, and radical feminism in particular, centred on recognising sex as the basis of women's oppression under patriarchy. This led to advocacy for women-only spaces to protect against male violence and pre
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by zozzle 10mo ago
Second-wave feminists like Germaine Greer, Janice Raymond and Sheila Jeffreys?
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by zozzle 10mo ago
All that link shows is you have a long-running habit of disparaging outspoken feminists.
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by zozzle 10mo ago
> the BBC gave JK Rowling a Russel Prize for her anti-trans manifesto It wasn't an "anti-trans manifesto", but a thoughtful explanation of her reasons for speaking out on the sex and gender issue, where she discusses her
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by zozzle 10mo ago
Not coherent how? I addressed your claim about three different definitions and provided context as to why Banda being withdrawn in anticipation of failing sex verification falls into the pattern seen previously with Semenya, Khelif, etc. I
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by zozzle 10mo ago
Having testes leads to male-typical levels of testosterone which, barring androgen insensitivity, leads to male puberty. These are three integrated steps in the male developmental pathway, not three different definitions. We can agree to di
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by zozzle 10mo ago
No this is about barring males with the physical advantage of male development from competing in the female category. JKR was commenting on the BBC giving their Women's Footballer of the Year award to a player who had been withdrawn fr
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by zozzle 10mo ago
I'm not jumping between definitions, I'm using the single definition that is relevant for women's sport: anyone who went through male puberty retains an irreversible performance advantage and therefore should be excluded from
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by zozzle 10mo ago
Semenya took a case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and lost. The published ruling revealed that Semenya has a disorder of sex development that only affects males. Semenya later acknowledged in an interview of being "born without
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by zozzle 10mo ago
I do wonder, have you read anything she's written on this topic? I'm intrigued as to how you've managed to misunderstand her argument so comprehensively.
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by zozzle 10mo ago
How so?
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by zozzle 10mo ago
Athletes in the female category with male-typical testosterone levels are either female and seriously unwell, female and doping, or male. Banda hasn't been excluded for doping and is apparently fit and healthy. Therefore the most reaso
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by zozzle 10mo ago
Barbra Banda failed a sex verification check issued by Zambia's Football Association, who then preemptively withdrew Banda and others from competing in WAFCON on this basis. One would have thought the BBC could have picked a better can
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by zozzle 10mo ago
JKR isn't advocating for anyone's human rights to be taken away, and she's never said anything of the sort. Her core point is that women and girls need single-sex spaces, services and other provisions because because male dom
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by zozzle 10mo ago
JKR has never advocated violence, never denied anyone's humanity, and never called for any group to be eradicated. Hitler did all of those things on an industrial scale. What on earth compelled you to equate the most evil mass-murderer
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by zozzle 10mo ago
JKR's views are pro-women, not anti-trans. The negative impact on women and girls is the reason why she's talking about this at all.
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by zozzle 2y ago
> JK Rowling could have lived out the rest of her life as the world's most beloved billionaire, with generations of adoring fans pouring out love at every opportunity. All she'd have to do is avoid making wildly controversial