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[–]Radfem_the_Hun 24 insightful - 2 fun24 insightful - 1 fun25 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

Went searching for more info on the TRA reaction to this book after following this WITS Ireland thing, and found this from March: https://medium.com/@Siltha1.0/caroline-criado-perez-is-a-terf-35c489e59ad9 Note the denial of biological sex in this article, when "nObOdY iS dEnYiNg BiOlOgIcAl SeX eXiStS!!!"

Honestly, it seems like most of their "problems" with the book are that TRAs had already decided a long time ago that Criado-Perez is terven: https://www.transadvocate.com/et-tu-caroline-criado-perez_n_14058.htm (from 2014).

They really hate women talking about women. It's just so obvious at this point, how can anyone deny it anymore?

[–]MezozoicGay[S] 20 insightful - 8 fun20 insightful - 7 fun21 insightful - 8 fun -  (4 children)

getting promoted as a feminist book. It’s not [...] it excludes women just for not being cisgender

I am sorry, what? Book is not feminist, because it is about females?

Trans women or non-binary people with penises don’t get any of the privilege cis men get

Reminded me about that TiM who went to HR as male to get the job, and only on job said he is "transwoman". Yeah, no privilege.

[–]Realwoman 12 insightful - 4 fun12 insightful - 3 fun13 insightful - 4 fun -  (3 children)

If you're non binary, how can you be a woman by their logic? Aren't non binary people supposed to be neither male nor female?

[–]PassionateIntensity 11 insightful - 2 fun11 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

It seems like non-binary assumes default human=male. NBFs are getting mastectomies while NBMs don't even shave off their beards.

[–]VioletRemi 9 insightful - 5 fun9 insightful - 4 fun10 insightful - 5 fun -  (1 child)

They are neither man nor woman, but still either male or female.

[–]sisterinsomnia 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I have recently noticed that nonbinary want to have their cake and eat it, too, if they are female. They have moved out of the female category in all the respects this might help them (though you can't avoid sexism by transitioning unless you go the whole hog of surgeries and hormones), but still want to be counted when that benefits them. Thus we get this illogical term 'nonbinary women.' It also automatically turns all other women into 'binary women.'