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[–]sisterinsomnia 24 insightful - 1 fun24 insightful - 0 fun25 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

This is such an important point! The separate categories are for two different body types and not for two different sets of gender identities. Indeed, separate bathroom/toilet facilities are also based on the differences in the two body types.

[–]Spikygrasspod 27 insightful - 2 fun27 insightful - 1 fun28 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Yep, it always helps to look at the reasons why women might need something separate. Sometimes it's about bodies, sometimes it's about socialisation, sometimes it's about class. Sometimes it's about all of those together. When transgendered males say they need or deserve access to women's spaces, because they're "women", they're using a new definition of "womanhood" that is totally incapable of justifying those spaces in the first place. They hope you won't notice the mix up, though.

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

    Like feminism. Might want to know what it's for before we completely retool it using gender identity.