The idea of gender identity says gender is innate, and dictates one's sex. They are arguing that biological sex doesn't exist, that 'woman' and 'man' have no meaning, and that it's possibly to 'feel like a woman on the inside.'
I'm not here to defend intersectional feminism. As I said at the outset, I disagree with both camps of feminism in this fight. My point is that it's ridiculous to frame the other side as antifeminist just because they have differing beliefs regarding what constitutes womanhood.
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No it's not. Feminism is a specific analysis. It argues that women are not stereotypes -- we are not, for example, inherently passive, irrational, or emotional. If you argue that women are stereotypes and inherently 'feminine', that is an anti-feminist argument.
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Arguing for biological sex differences while denying psychological sex differences is not significantly less kooky than denying biological sex differences. Again you're just assuming a priori that your strain of feminism is right.
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You're moving the goalposts. I'm just explaining to you what the feminist analysis of gender is. You are free to disagree if you like.
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I'm not moving the goalposts at all. I'm addressing your argument directly. You're trying to argue that intersectional feminism is antifeminist for acknowledging an aspect of reality that runs counter to your ideology, to whit, psychological sex differences.
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I'm arguing that proponents of gender identity ideology are not making feminist (or coherent) arguments.
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And I'm pointing out that coherence or factuality has never been a requirement of feminism. You can dislike or disagree with the intersectionals all you want, so far you've given no argument other than naked assertion that they aren't feminists.
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Sigh. I've provided lots of arguments. You just declined to read the articles I sent to you. You don't like feminism, I get it.
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I skimmed them, encountered nothing I haven't seen before and responded to your overall points accordingly. If there's any specific argument you think I'm overlooking, name it, if not, stop deflecting to those articles.
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