These arguments are based on fear of the “other” and potential extreme dangers that are NOT useful for women’s empowerment conversations. Exclusionary feminism does nothing except perpetuate the current social hierarchy.
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But in some situations sex segregation is needed. Eg sports. If everything was mixed sex no women would qualify. So we exclude men from womens sports. Do you really think it would be better w no segregation? (9/)
Post menopausal women are women. (5/)Similarly with single sex areas. No these are not based on "extreme fear" just ordinary risk assessment and privacy. Most men are perfectly nice, but this doesn't mean that most women feel comfortable in mixed sex open changing areas. So exclusion... (10/)
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I think what you are saying is not that exclusion or segregation per se is bad, but exclusion based on objective sex is bad but it exclusion based on subjective gender identity is good? It's not at all clear why this would be the case either in principle or practice. (end)
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