I defend JK Rowling and talk about trans women not being real women, but I want to clarify my full views here: Trans experiences are absolutely valid, I think transitioning is the best move for them, I think treating them as their preferred gender is a good idea, I think a lot-
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of anti-trans fears (e.g., public toilets) is overblown due to the effects of estrogen on sex drive and behavior, and I think fully passing trans women are not really that meaningfully different than actual women and it doesn't make sense to make a big deal out of the difference.
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This is kind of JK’s position too, she’s mostly being taken to task over made-up stuff
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How do you tell if a brain is a woman brain?
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"trans women aren't real women"
nobody's saying they're the same as cis women, but trans women are – yes – "real women"
after some time transitioned, the lived reality of a trans woman, day-to-day, has a lot more in common with that of a cis woman than a cis man, no?
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What is a "real" women? Im very very tired of this argument. The whole thing with being trans is that you dont identify with the gender assigned at birth so saying "uR nOt a rEaL woMAn" seems a little redundant.
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I think trans women are women, but agree someone can respect trans rights even if they think trans beliefs are false (or even harmful). Analogy: I think Muslims have false & harmful beliefs, but anti-Muslim discrimination & bigotry are widespread & horrible and must be stopped.
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The literature suggests that transitioning rarely causes trans people to feel better about their situation, and in many cases make it worse because they will expect a specific result and when that doesn't happen they feel even more hopeless.
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Two issues:
1- Discriminating between passing and non-passing. What about cis women who don't pass? They appear masculine or androgynous. Are they discernably different than femmes? ...
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