Gender-Critical Feminists Are People Too

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[–]MarkTwainiac 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Fleurista, as someone who gave you a lot of thoughtful feedback in the debate sub - including some comments that came off as harsh and I know were hard to hear - I am hesitant to say this. But last night after seeling the title of your video and thread here -

Gender-Critical Feminists Are People Too

I was upset, and find I still am a wee bit today. The wording you've chosen suggests that you did not previously see us GC feminists as human beings, the audience you are trying to reach also does not see us as human beings, and you have no qualms about openly admitting this.

Would you use the same kind of language for any other minority group? For example, would you title a video and thread saying, "Muslims Are People Too" or "Sikhs Are People Too" or "Antifa Members Are People Too"?

Can you imagine what would happen if a GC feminist were to post a video on YT or start a thread on a trans forum saying, "Trans Activists Are People Too"? Or, heaven forfend, "Transwomen Are People Too"?

I think a better title would have been something like

Prejudice Against Gender Critical Feminists - Is It Fair & Grounded In Fact?

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Hi MarkTwainiac, thank you for your feedback (as always!). I'm sorry if the title was offensive--part of what I do see and why I made the video is that a lot of TRAs don't seem to see GC people as human since the treatment they subject them to is rather inhumane, indicated by wishing harm and making death threats against GC radfems, or anyone who disagrees with gender ideology or transgender rights legislation. It just seems like people aren't treating GC radfems with basic respect and dignity afforded to other human beings, and so I do feel that many aren't treating you like fellow human beings. Perhaps that was too dramatic though, people can certainly hate other people and acknowledge that they're people--it just doesn't seem like GC feminists are getting that acknowledgement. I actually made this video because a GC friend said it would be helpful to have more trans people speaking up and defending GC feminists, showing that not all trans people condone the hatred that radfems are being subjected to.

The title was a bit of a play on the "___ are people too" cliché, which I have a habit of doing in my writing (I quite like wordplay). This is all just an explanation of why I chose the title though, and I will change it if it is offensive--I'm not attached to it at all. I just wanted to remind people of your humanity.

Was it just the title that bothered you, not the content?

Update: Changed the title to "Prejudice Against Gender Critical Feminists", thank you for the suggestion!