This thread is essential reading for everyone but I think @MForstater would find it especially useful.https://twitter.com/chasestrangio/status/1105859324285468675 …
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But that makes no difference to their sex. I am a woman. That is my sex. I do not claim a gender identity, but I am obviously female. Women benefit from single sex spaces and sports, we have laws against sex discrimination (and also in the UK discrimination against trans people)
Being male or female is innate. We are born w the potential to gestate or impregnate, and it is impossible to switch. Historically the 
have dominated the 
. I am not saying women should be limited to our reproductive biology, but to pretend it does not exist will not serve
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In saying that difference is essential, not constructed, you’re basically condoning the corollary idea that men and women have different “biologically based” strengthens and weaknesses... and that we should therefore have different roles in society. No?
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No not at all. The difference between having the kind of body that may be able to impregnate or the kind of body that may be able to gestate is essential, it is not conditioned! And it has significant impact on people's lives. Doesnt mean we should play different roles in society
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