Cisgendered menstruators want to erase my identity | Jarvis Dupont | Spectator USA

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[–]MarkTwainiac 22 insightful - 4 fun22 insightful - 3 fun23 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

It seems that many cisgender birthing units take umbrage at the use of progressive terminology which respects gender non-conforming individuals. The abuse appears to be predominantly aimed towards trans women. Many cisgender womb carriers refuse to accept that trans women are women, and that we (are) entitled to be treated as and referred to as such. They send abusive messages, designed to undermine our existence, such as: ‘Look, as a lesbian, I don’t wish to have sex with someone who has a penis’, and: ‘Erm… but you’re not a lesbian’, and: ‘Please stop sending me photos of your “lady dick”.’ Notice they put ‘lady dick’ in inverted commas as a way to question and therefore diminish the validity of my female penis. So it really comes as no surprise to me that these forward-thinking organizations are facing the same amount of hostility.

LOL. Well done Jarvis.

[–]forwardback 20 insightful - 2 fun20 insightful - 1 fun21 insightful - 2 fun -  (8 children)

A worrying trend has emerged recently of non-trans uterus owners demanding the removal of inclusive language when dealing with gender-related issues.

I laughed out loud at this first sentence! Then reading the article, the "me, me, me, I, I, I" got to me (irritated wise). Please tell me Jarvis is being satirical. Shouldn't he be focused more on his reflection, than on other people's words?

[–]BiologyIsReal 27 insightful - 1 fun27 insightful - 0 fun28 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

Yes, it's satire. Jarvis Dupont is a fictional character made to satirize identity politics.

[–]MarkTwainiac 17 insightful - 4 fun17 insightful - 3 fun18 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

I think Jarvis shares a flat with Titiana McGrath.

[–]forwardback 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Convincing! :)

[–]BiologyIsReal 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Yeah, it's getting harder to distinguish satire from reality when it comes to TRA.

[–]Finnegan7921 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It really is, isn't it. The language the TRAs use is absurd to such a degree that when someone uses it in jest, it is genuinely difficult to spot it as such b/c you are so used to seeing the ridiculous buzzwords all over the place.

[–]BiologyIsReal 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

And, unfortunatelly, it works the opposite way, too. They are so ridiculous that it's easy to dismiss real TRA rethoric as just jokes or, as they love to say, as lies from bigots.

[–]LasagnaRossa 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I swear it looked real

[–]arcticbasket 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

OH THANK GOD. I thought it was real.

...and you know TRAs will think it is real.

[–]wecandobetter 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I'm so glad we can post Spectator articles on this site. Was a glaring injustice on old GC. The Spectator, despite being right-leaning, is a major publication that fearlessly publishes Meghan Murray and other GC viewpoints and voices. I don't see why we can't share and enjoy those articles.

[–]forwardback 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I agree with this. This is no time for censorship or political ideology separatism, IMO!

[–]wecandobetter 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yup. On old GC, there were a few tempts at pushing us towards ideological purity. Those were put down fairly hard by the community. Still important to resist that mindset.

[–]redditbegay 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The best thing about being away from reddit, the dopes with 100x subs on powertrips are still content on their astroturf pad over there. Theyve also started banning more domains from submissions, and pretty soon redditors will only be allowed to link to CNN and mod-approved articles about sexuality.

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

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