You can colour me totally surprised that the good people of development twitter (at least most who've chatted with me) say they believe that male people can be woman, in some real sense. And that insisting we need a word for female people is old hat (and mean and not inclusive).
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So we end up being "gender essentialist" (associating womanhood w having a 'ladylike brain' or conforming to gender stereotypes) instead of recognising women as a sex w particular needs (reproductive rights, privacy) & who have been oppressed as a sex thru prescribed gender roles
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There are ppl w gender dysphoria who have surgery, and others who just like to dress in gender nonconforming clothes. We should smash stereotypes & support diversity! But this doesn't have to mean believing that
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