As a 'sex/gender expert' I will believe that if my female child exhibits behaviour that is coded masculine then she is a boy. Because as a 'sex/gender expert' I think that socially constructed patriarchal norms determine biology.https://twitter.com/Literature_Lady/status/1170034994288500748 …
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Replying to @janeclarejones
It's absolutely extraordinary that educated people who genuinely believe themselves to be feminists could think that what determines whether a person is a man or woman is whether they embrace the stereotypical norms of a patriarchal system.
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Replying to @PhilosophyExp @janeclarejones
I know it's not good form for a man to explain feminism to a woman - it looks terrible, I know - but this stuff is just such bollox. (You know all this, I realise. Just venting.)
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Replying to @janeclarejones
It's bonkers. If you cash out their position it's going to turn out they think you can identify out of oppression. If gender is a free for all, just a matter of how you identify, then there's no systemic sex-based oppression. Except IT WON'T BLOODY WORK. (Still venting!)
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Replying to @PhilosophyExp @janeclarejones
Can I just say it's hugely refreshing to hear this coming from a man - so few bother to even engage.
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Thanks. Feminist theory is part of my academic background, & every now & then I'm overwhelmed with incredulity at how 2nd wave feminism is mangled by the gender fetishists, & then there's a little outburst, about which I always feel a bit sheepish, because guys doing feminism...
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