Evan Urquhart

@emily_esque @emilybazelon Do we have a firm understanding of what transness is and what causes it?

@v_urq @emilybazelon No on etiology but we have a firm understanding of its ontology: that trans women ARE women and trans men ARE men.

@emily_esque As I understand it, we know trans women are women because they feel and say they are. The writing hewed to what we know atm.

@v_urq @emily_esque this is also true of Cis women then, not cause of biology, as your own case proves. So why the special mention for TW?

@v_urq @emily_esque I.e. Women (Cis + Trans) are women because they say they are not anatomy. Why do you insist on separating out TW?

@v_urq @emily_esque you don't seem to understand the logical and rhetorical flaw in talking only about TW when it's the case for all women

@torreypeters @emily_esque I hit this language problem all the time in my writing. When I say "women" trans women assume they're excluded...

@torreypeters @emily_esque When I separate out trans women I'm asked why I make it seem like they are different.