I have been shocked by the amount of public support the original letter has gotten. And, of course, I am also glad for the even greater support I’ve seen for the counter-letters. But I think we all have lots more work to do to create inclusive spaces for Trans people in academia.
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I am reluctant to comment because this is such a loaded issue. I dont think the signatories are denying the existence of trans people. I think they are agreeing that both sex and gender are complex and there are multiple ways to talk about it.
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I wish that “sex and gender are complex” is what I saw in that letter. I saw just the opposite. The letter (and other public writing of the contributors) argues that biological sex is undeniable and associates biological sex in an unnuanced way with genitalia and chromosomes.
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I see the letter (and other writing of the contributors) as denying gender as a category distinct from sex. As someone who has taught queer theory for many years, I am in favor of complex discussions of all these things. I see the letter as shutting down those conversations.
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And let us all be clear here, TERFs are another entry point for white supremacy and please don't tell me academics can't uphold white supremacy. That is so laughable.https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1088180524504571908.html …
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Replying to @dorothyk98 @Jessifer and
Actually the lesbian-shouldn't-prefer-vaginas thing sounds like an "incel" (involuntary celebacy) argument, which is an unfortunate twist because incel arguments are associated with white supremacy and violence against women.
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Replying to @ambrouk @dorothyk98 and
It’s not an incel argument. At all. The point is that it reduces a person’s identity to their genitalia and that is dehumanizing. No one is forcing her to date a trans woman here but it’s really a roundabout way of denying trans and nb people their gender identities.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @ambrouk and
I honestly don’t understand. Why is it dehumanising to be categorised by sex any more than it is to be categorised by age or disability? We use categories to help organise society to keep people safe and prevent discrimination e.g. medical treatment, accessibility, etc.
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Replying to @davykind @AdmiralHip and
I'm reading Invisible Women about the gender data gap and there are many illustrations that if we were *more* specific about sex and gender we could design the world better for bodies and lives. The world is designed for default man and that doesn't help anyone.
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Replying to @ambrouk @AdmiralHip and
I heard the author talk about the issues covered in her book. Very interesting. We are still so far from equality and yet ATM all the noise is about men who want to be women. 52% of popn hugely disadvantaged and yet what REALLY matters is men’s rights!Why do women tolerate it?
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Well you really proved that you don’t get it. Trans women are women. Get this transphobic nonsense out of here.
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