No indeed. And when men wear make-up, heels, dresses they don't become women. But the norm seems to be that we should pretend they do to avoid hurt feelings.
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No it was more of a test case wondering what people think the definition of 'woman' is in a practical setting. The thing with the
#manels thing is it is already based on saying lets get women to the point of being at least *underrepresented* on panels (1 person out of 3+)
That seems like a low bar already we are shooting for, given that women are 50% of the popn. Obviously everyone who takes the pledge is using their own guide. there are no rules. But I think in general when 'gender identity' is substituted for 'sex' it means women pushed aside
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The fact that folks judge that the presence of someone male who identifies as 'part female' is enough to give up the possibility of bringing a single actual female person onto the panel (with the non trans bloke volunteering to step aside) seems like skewed priorities to me
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Again, I'll refer to the statistics. You are using a hypothetical case to generate concern about a wave of trans people sweeping aside women from panels. It just doesn't happen with enough frequency to really matter in the grand scheme of things.
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Given the many ways in which women are under-represented and trans people are discriminated against, worry about trans people being favored seems like a very strange place to focus ones energy on when fighting for women's rights.
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I know it does Dina, and I don't think that there is a conflict between supporting trans people *and* women's rights (and obvs the manel question was more of a thought experiment than a suggestion that manels is the place to focus energy) but I do think the move to equate...
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