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"Possibly helpful language for responding to *transphobia* in feminist groups"..... http://www.deanspade.net/2019/12/10/possibly-helpful-language-for-responding-to-transphobia-in-feminist-groups/ … Watch how the language of "cis" "gender" and "transphobia" works
You'd think a basic minimum of feminism is women able to meet to discuss shared issues & how society treats males & females. But no, there is no word for female people; ie formerly known as women. A subgroup (those that haven't declared themselves men or NB) are deemed "cis"
What if the "cis" women in a feminist group want to sometimes meet without males? No that is not allowed You are never allowed to use the resources of the feminist group to create space for the female people.pic.twitter.com/eQ79MQf3qA
You can have a meeting focused on the "cis women", but only for the purpose of discussing their priviledge over feminine identifying males. The males decide whether the females are allowed to do this "self work" alone or only under observationpic.twitter.com/pp6PRzovS2
It is deemed "transphobic and sexist " to talk about the how society treats males and femalespic.twitter.com/sVmZbltJg4
Sounds crazy?
This is happening in every university Femsoc, every online feminist group, Girl Guides, womens charities, programmes for women in STEM etc...
This language is promoted in schools, media, UN, human & womens rights orgs, funders and NGOs.
(HT @STILLTish)pic.twitter.com/aHcq3OCwZc
Organisations that "do feminism" and "do work for women and girls" are accepting and promoting the idea that it is phobic to have a word for women, or to allow women freedom of association!
We have at the very least to start telling people not to ‘miss sex us’ every time we are called ‘cis’ or referred to as ‘uterus’ or ‘period’ havers, or ‘pregnant people’ etc
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