It's so funny to me that Reddit is claiming TERFs were brigading different women's subs (like r/PCOS and r/pregnancy) like there weren't radfems in those subs to begin with

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[–]terfy_delight 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I have a dumb question, bc after thinking about this, none of this makes any sense. Why would transmen even be on a PCOS sub? Aren't their hormonal issues self inflicted and in a sense, desired? Why would they even need support from a PCOS support group?

Isn't PCOS, in general, triggering to anyone claiming trans, since you have to have OVARIES to have it anyway? There is no credible explanation on WHY a PCOS support sub would even need to be inclusive. It's an oxymoron. The absolute only reason they could complain about a PCOS support group is bc the existence of it is evidence that female exists. So women can't talk about PCOS bc sex organs invalidate trans people, and we're supposed to actually buy this doesn't hurt women.

[–]Irascible-harpy[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Because only women are diagnosed with PCOS. It's transwomen who object to being left out of the space and identify as women with hormonal imbalances. You've got to adapt the backwards think of gender ideology. A. Women can't have anything unless transwomen have it too (regardless of how useless or awful it is), and B. If transwomen are biologically female but have excessive body hair, low estrogen, etcetc, then it's due to hormonal imbalance and not intrinsic to sex.

[–]OrneryStruggle 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

PCOS causes hormonal problems with hormones other than testosterone, and arguably those are more common and dangerous. So even if a TIF is injecting T on purpose, she could be going there for support related to other PCOS symptoms like hyperinsulemia and hypercortisolism, which can lead to diabetes, severe anxiety/depression, insomnia, etc. I have PCOS but I don't have hirsutism, balding, weight gain mainly in my stomach, or any of the other symptoms that "make women look more male" except I build large muscle much easier. But it is really debilitating in other ways and has rendered me nearly disabled.

Lots of TIFs and enbys dont even take T anyway, they just "identify" as non-women.

[–]terfy_delight 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks for the info about PCOS. Im sorry to hear how it has caused you so many problems.