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[–]crodish 20 insightful - 7 fun20 insightful - 6 fun21 insightful - 7 fun -  (6 children)

A woman is a woman is a woman is a woman is a woman is

[–]Confuzzled 18 insightful - 6 fun18 insightful - 5 fun19 insightful - 6 fun -  (5 children)

LOL imagine that with other things “what is a dog?” “A dog is an animal that identifies as a dog” admittedly, this example isn’t accurate to the situation, but still funny!

[–]VioletRemi 12 insightful - 4 fun12 insightful - 3 fun13 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

At least they are not going "what is woman? It is female" and "what is female? It is woman" cycle yet.

[–]sisterinsomnia 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

But now 'female' also means nothing more than an identity. We have no trans-acceptable words for describing a biologically female human being, and so we have no name for the group which suffers from sex-based oppression of all types.

A trans woman recently wrote that because that person identifies as a woman that person's body therefore is female. #nodebate, I guess. But that body is not female and cannot become female, and we really need to hold on to our words before we become mute.

[–][deleted] 8 insightful - 5 fun8 insightful - 4 fun9 insightful - 5 fun -  (2 children)

My cat def identifies as a human with no opposable thumbs or credit cards or driver's license. I'm pretty sure she identifies me as a cat with opposable thumbs, credit cards and a driver's license. Who's mis-speciesing whom? 🤔

[–]Realwoman 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I also want to speak up about species oppression. I identify as a tree, I know I'm a tree, I've been a tree ever since I was born/germinated but I'm still denied tree rights, such photosynthesis enabling surgery and branchification. Please validate me

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

You're valid! No need to be green to be a tree! After all, it's not easy being green, but nobody ever sang about how hard it was to be a tree. Unless you're a Charlie Brown Christmas tree. Tree power!!