Hi Sarah - thanks for engaging again. I am not a radical feminist...(1/)
-
-
Replying to @MForstater @SarahEOV
And as the Economist notes "TERF" is a used as a slur to incite violence against women and to try to shut down opinion. https://terfisaslur.com (2/)pic.twitter.com/NcITE4K4La
2 replies 1 retweet 2 likes -
Replying to @MForstater @SarahEOV
Anyway to answer your question... "how does the sex-based definition of womanhood view those who have had surgeries to remove organs, or have been born without them” Are they forever in the" other" category (3/)
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @MForstater @SarahEOV
Seriously no. I've never heard any one say this. Women who've had a hysterectomy are women. Woman who've had mastectomies Women who are infertile. Women with MRKH born without a vagina. All women. (4/)
1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @MForstater @SarahEOV
Women who've suffered FGM and had their clitoris excised. Still women. It was done to them because they *are* women.
Post menopausal women are women. (5/)2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @MForstater @SarahEOV
Why does feminism exist? No its not simply because of 'exclusions'. If that was the case we would not need specific protections & policies for women, and other vulnerable groups - these exclude people not in those groups (6/)
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @MForstater @SarahEOV
@GoonerProf is really good on this. do read her speech https://forwomen.scot/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Rosa-Freedman-FWS.pdf … (7/)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
In most situations you are right people should not be excluded from anything because if their sex and men & women should not be segregated or differentiated (8/)
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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/)
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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/)
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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)
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.