I don't think it essential that people agree on transgenderism or whether gender is cultural/biological to discuss equality.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
no, but I think we have to be careful when we talk of gendered brains because of it.
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Replying to @helenstaniland
When speaking of gendered brains give the evidence of gendered brains. I have done this.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @helenstaniland
I entered this conversation to urge feminists to try to find common ground and represent each other's position fairly.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @helenstaniland
To have more productive conversations. Tedious hours on who has the right definition of 'woman' which is the whole problem
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Replying to @HPluckrose
it's a laudable aim, but given the definition of woman matters very much, some people will spend time on it.
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Replying to @helenstaniland
And they are not in any way prevented by my declining to take a side.
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no, but you *have* 'taken a side'.https://twitter.com/hpluckrose/status/789932988347940872 …
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Replying to @helenstaniland
Oh jesus. Complete point missage. This is why I'm no longer doing this. Just scream at each other. I no longer care.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
no, I get it, I'm also saying that you might want to believe yourself to be neutral, but I'm not certain that it's the case.
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