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[–]JulienMayfair 11 insightful - 2 fun11 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

We've had s/LGBDropTheT here for 7-8 months with no major problems. We were attacked far more often on Reddit.

The larger problem is that gender ideology is now being taught at all levels of education. Being pro-gender ideology has now become a way to prove how virtuous you are to all your friends. People risk social ostracization and even loss of employment for criticizing it. Women are some of the main voices demanding that male-bodied athletes be allowed in women's sports.

The interesting part is when you look at the history of gender ideology, it was really only a VERY small number of people who invented and disseminated it, but several of them were well-positioned in internet technology jobs and pressured tech companies to embrace it. Riki Wilchins is a big name here, and they had rich backers like Jennifer Pritzker.

I taught at major universities for twenty years, ending in 2010, and throughout all those years, sometimes having as many as 120 students per semester, I never had a single openly trans-identified student in any of my classes. Think about that. Then, it got on Tumblr and got promoted to a lot of young kids.

If it seems like all this came out of nowhere, that's not far from true. It was a small group of people who managed to use their leverage to spread these ideas across the culture and deplatform any critics.

[–]ComfortableEqual 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Great insight. Thank you.

What I find bizarre is from my time hanging out with transvestites about 10 years ago, many were super conservative. The adoption of this 'cause' by the Left will finally kill it I think.

[–]jet199 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Well yeah, the only way you can believe in trans logic is if you believe in a very conservative idea innate of gender roles.

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

I mean, there's a trail of comments online by transwomen who say things like "the essence of being a woman is to be fucked" or shit like that. They say they experience their femininity when they're dominated and humiliated, and they act like we can't go to their subreddits and read them talking like this.