I do disagree, yes. It is possible to express a gender critical view in a less offensive way. That these are statements of fact (as I stated at the start) doesn't meant they do not (foreseeably, and deliberately) give offence.
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No. That is not the point I am making. You say if only we had used inoffensive phrasing "Love & respect for all, but women only spaces are important" no one would have found it offensive. But that is exactly the phrasing that just about *everyone* has come into this using.
So your argument b) shuts down every expression of the gender critical position, because some people find the position itself (that women as a category excludes male people) offensive (or at least use offence taking as a means to shut it down.pic.twitter.com/GPAWirVX9b
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No. But if you can express the same gender critical view whilst giving either no or less offence, that is the morally correct course, all other things being equal.
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Sure but in practice you can't say the definition of woman at all without giving offence. The offence taking dial has been turned to 10 for every possible expression of it. So using the offence taking as a measure of the morality of the people using the definition will be off.
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