I quit Ovarit because of covert racism against BIPOC and AAPI women. by FrogEnjoyer in GenderCritical

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I was summarizing the effect of your argument. By dismissing racial concerns as mere identity politics, you are in effect saying to us minority women that our racial concerns are unimportant because they do not matter to you and that we should silence our concerns for the greater good (as defined by white women). Though you are pushing for unity, it feels alienating and leads to fragmentation as women of color feel forced to choose between race and sex.

Even now I am wondering why I spend so much time here when I could be at Lipstick Alley where my concerns about race won't be dismissed.

I quit Ovarit because of covert racism against BIPOC and AAPI women. by FrogEnjoyer in GenderCritical

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The whole "white feminism" thing has always been a troll used by modern intersectionalists to shut up radical feminists. It's high time radical feminists reject intersectionality, a flawed concept that allowed transexual activists, religious activists, pro-prostitution activists to hijack feminism by denouncing 2nd wave feminists as "privileged" or "non inclusive", the same old trick...

I agree that the concept of intersectionality has been wildly abused to silence women and promote dubious ideologies, but OP is not wrong either. The whole "women of color need to shut up and get with the program so as not to dilute the feminist cause" is super alienating. I myself have found posters on Ovarit to be tone deaf when it comes to race, and that is part of why I don't hang out there. If forced to choose between my sex and my race, I'll abandon the respective movement altogether. They are not separable.

I quit Ovarit because of covert racism against BIPOC and AAPI women. by FrogEnjoyer in GenderCritical

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I am glad you are trying to remain open-minded because you are so young. It is totally normal to feel insecure about your body and unsure of how you fit into the world. You are going to evolve over the next years and likely be in a very different place mentally and emotionally from where you are now. Enjoy the journey of self-discovery, and I recommend not trying to fit yourself into neat little boxes and labels. So much angst these days seems to come from people who are struggling to fit themselves into a label instead of just just letting themselves be.

As for Ovarit, I don't really post there either because I do get a groupthinky vibe. However, that is not limited to Ovarit. That is pretty much a feature of most internet fora. Everyone is siloed into groups where everyone thinks alike and people are constantly on the look-out for dissenters to exile. It is not healthy. It sucks that they banned you, but they are harming themselves most in the end by limiting their access to different perspectives.

The embodiment of femininity - make-up, long hair, acrylic nails, dresses! by Chocolatepudding in GenderCritical

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I was the definition of what cishets think of femininity.

She means she was the embodiment of what trans people think femininity is-- just a caricature of a sex object. No wonder she tired of it.

ETA: I looked through her posting history, and it made me so sad. She is, according to her posts, a FTM trans, bipolar, hyperactive, OCD, asexual, Only Fans performer, sex worker, vaping addict. She is only 22 and seems so lost, like she gloms onto every trendy label that comes along.

Also, what is the math on being an asexual sex worker?

Trans Inmate Who Got Two Female Inmates Pregnant is Moved to Men's Prison by WildApples in GenderCritical

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Of course these is an explanation of how he suffers in a men's prison but zero reference to the travails of the women he impregnated. Not a single mention of what it must be like to be a pregnant female while incarcerated or of the future children who will be born into such a miserable setting and seemingly unstable family circumstances or of the financial burden of a policy that allows male inmates to impregnate female inmates. Zero. Nothing else matters in the face of trans tears.

Single-sex toilets ‘to be compulsory in new public buildings’ under new rules by Chocolatepudding in GenderCritical

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That article was a breath of fresh air. It was nice to see women's concerns acknowledged. I just know if that had run in U.S. media, they would have dismissed the concerns as right-wing and bigoted.

>Ayden by [deleted] in GenderCritical

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This appears to be satire, though the way things are going these days it is hard to tell satire from reality.

Am I misreading? I’m leery about the Women’s Bill of Rights Resolution, as introduced. by one1won in GenderCritical

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I think I prefer the exclusion. Biological sex at birth is clear enough. Granted, I assume it will not be possible for medical science to legitimately change people's sexual functions to this extent, but I am wary of tying the definition of sex to a particular biological function. All we need is some new medical innovations for TRAs to claim that they meet the reproductive system definition. They already try to claim that TiMs can menstruate and breastfeed. I would not put it past them to claim that technology enables them to produce ova.

Stereotypically female desire for compliments by Chocolatepudding in GenderCritical

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This is the outrageous level of narcissistic entitlement that using pronouns just to be nice leads to. The object of the compliment does not get to dictate what kind of compliments others give. They are trying to control, not just the language people use (which is bad enough), but the very way people perceive the world around them. The sooner these people learn that no one gets to control how others experience the world, the happier they will be. So much of their frustration is borne of the unreasonable expectation that they have the power to micromanage other people’s realities.

MtF - osteoporosis, skoliosis, no sexual function, and overwhelming regret. by leached_outcrop in GenderCritical

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I get that on a mass level, but it is hard for me to see how any individual with a couple of brain cells can buy that saying, "Let's stop and think about whether there may be any less severe option besides permanently mutilating a young person" is an expression of hate. How can people be so lacking in common sense?

debunking: sex and gender are 2 separate things by judith in GenderCritical

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I think I lost brain cells reading that.

MtF - osteoporosis, skoliosis, no sexual function, and overwhelming regret. by leached_outcrop in GenderCritical

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It is so sad. He will never be able to undo the horrific damage that has been done to him. I still have trouble understanding how we got to a place where castrating young people is normal and people who object to such butchery are bigots.

"Jane" and "her" laryngial protuberance explain why "she" and her fellows were the victims of mean TERFs in Manchester by Chunkeeguy in GenderCritical

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Where to even start with “Jane”? I guess what is most galling is his claim that women are appropriating the suffragettes’ history and symbolism and the way he thinks the suffragette’s memory should be honored is by silencing women’s political expression. Right, silencing women is totally what the suffragettes were fighting for.

NJ woman who forced daughter she fathered into child porn sentenced to 25 years in prison by Femaleisnthateful in GenderCritical

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This man took his SEVEN-year-old daughter across state lines for the purpose of having her sexually assaulted by multiple people including himself, kept her in a cage, and placed her in a neck collar, but he is not a sexually violent predator? I do not know how the public defender said that with a straight face. There is not a place far enough in hell for such evil.

Poor girl. I hope she will be able to recover from the torment she suffered. I cannot even imagine. Thank heaven for her grandmother looking out for her. I wonder where her mother is.

Breaking: a result of heterosexual sex will impact queer people the most. by julesburm1891 in LGBDropTheT

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conception is the only non-arbitrary threshold for conferring human rights.

How is birth an arbitrary threshold? It is a discrete event about which there is no contention or question, unlike conception.

Indisputable evidence of the damage oestrogen does to men’s brains by Chunkeeguy in GenderCritical

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I hate how TiMs like act like they have special insight into being female and use their trans experiences to reinforce their own chauvinistic ideas of womanhood.

‎Intelligence Squared: The Animal Queendom: Rethinking Zoology, with Lucy Cooke by WildApples in GenderCritical

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A great critique of how sexist assumptions pervade biology. Also, at the start they have to address the question of sex versus gender, and they handily dispose of gender at the outset by noting that it is a social construct that no other animal is known to experience.

It's a fetish by Chocolatepudding in GenderCritical

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Two different posters said they get turned on by their boyfriends telling them “good boy.” It is always interesting to see how supposedly breaking the binary results in the same heteronormative, patriarchal sex roles. Regardless of what gender switching they try to do, the male in the relationship always seems to dominate the female.

Amazon Employees Melt Down Over GC Book "Johnny the Walrus" by WildApples in GenderCritical

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I especially like how these people blatantly lie and claim the book is about killing children. Who needs facts these days? This struggle session is terrifying glimpse into how normalized censorship has become at Amazon.

She took out her penis... by Chunkeeguy in GenderCritical

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Those allegations were horrifying.

Don’t Say “They” | City Journal by WildApples in GenderCritical

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Pretty good overview of the issues with trans ideology. Possibly a good vehicle for having discussions with others who have not yet peaked.

Leap of Faith: Lauren Black is a butch lesbian who lives with dysphoria by Chunkeeguy in GenderCritical

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Such a good point. I love this part too:

All transitioning would do is divide me from other women and exclude me from exploring and understanding the causes of my distress. It would effectively exclude me from the things that are unique and wonderful about womanhood, and about lesbian sexuality, without giving me access to any of the advantages biological males enjoy.

Ex-soldier exposed her penis and used wheelie bin as sex toy in public by [deleted] in GenderCritical

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I hate that they use female pronouns to refer him throughout the story. It is so ridiculous that people are expected to pretend this clearly male sexual predator is female.

Two inmates at all-women's New Jersey jail are PREGNANT after both had sex with transgender prisoners: ACLU won battle to house 27 trans inmates there by [deleted] in GenderCritical

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Prison bosses said that in both instances, the sex was consensual.

Of course, that is what they would say. I imagine the two inmates who previously sued and said TiMs were harassing the female inmates might beg to differ.

Cute lesbian couple and their kid uwu by Chunkeeguy in GenderCritical

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His "breasts" look so weird. What unholy science produced them?

The Problem With Jon Stewart by jet199 in MediaAnalysis

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Yes, Jon Stewart has shown some independence from the super-woke. The lab leak bit on Colbert was amazing; I don't know how he managed to survive the censorial groupthink that forbade any such discussion of the theory at that time. '

And he scored some points in my book last year when the media tried to use his jokes about the Harry Potter series to revive the mob attacks on J.K. Rowling and he made a point to come out and affirmatively express his appreciation of J.K. Rowling and her work. He did not have to do that, and many celebrities these days wouldn't risk being associated with her.

Thoughts on “every cell can become sperm or egg”? by YallHoes in GenderCritical

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You posted this exact strawman question here a month ago. Why are you posting it again?

If men aren't allowed to have male only spaces, why should we allow women to have their own spaces? by Kai_Decadence in GenderCritical

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Male privilege means men are more likely to be taken seriously than women. If a man says he's raped by a women, he will most likely be believed, unlike a woman raped by a man who most people will assume she is making false accusations. Yet despite men being more likely to be taken seriously, I can't find a single article online about a man being raped by a woman, or a woman implanting a camera in a public bathroom. Yet I can find plenty of news articles of men raping women. Trust me if a man was raped by a woman it would be all over the news because men are privileged like that.

I strongly disagree. I agree that men are much less likely to be sexually assaulted by women, but when they are I do not think it is taken seriously at all. People find the idea of a woman assaulting a man funny, so a male victim would likely face incredulity, shame, and ridicule if he came forward. Also, the idea that men are always up for sex and lucky to get it means there is a cultural idea that men cannot be harmed by sexual assault. For these reasons, when men are sexually assaulted by women, they are less likely to come forward, less likely to be taken seriously when they do, and less likely to receive appropriate emotional support.

If men aren't allowed to have male only spaces, why should we allow women to have their own spaces? by Kai_Decadence in GenderCritical

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Excellent post.

Stop saying, ‘Where are the feminists?’ by [deleted] in GenderCritical

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It's not up to feminism to solve every single global struggle on the planet and it's not the goal of feminism to solve racism, or islamophobia either.

Maybe not, but to succeed you need to at least not alienate women who have different life experiences and perspectives. Having our concerns dismissed like you all are doing in this thread does nothing to keep women united. You cannot transcend racial concerns while being dismissive of those concerns. Instead, you stoke the flames and further the division.

Stop saying, ‘Where are the feminists?’ by [deleted] in GenderCritical

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It is not a competition. They are both bad. Surely it has not escaped your notice that white people control almost all the world's resources and dictate how the world should be run while black people around the world as a whole still suffer the legacy of colonialism instituted by white imperialists. The fact that some black people are well off and that white people are now abusing the concept of racial justice for their own political self-interests does not mean that racism is no longer a problem. The most frustrating thing about these white "social justice" activists is that they have completely undermined racial justice and the ability of black people to express our interests.

While I hate that intersectionality has been used to collapse all civil rights issues and make straight white men the most prioritized class, these posts illustrate why intersectionality was ever needed in the first place. It is not fun having to fight two fronts at the same time and defend your interests against your "allies."

If men aren't allowed to have male only spaces, why should we allow women to have their own spaces? by Kai_Decadence in GenderCritical

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First of all, there are still men's only spaces. They have to operate as purely private clubs to not run afoul of discrimination laws, but they do exist.

Secondly, the argument assumes a version of equality that is regressive in its ignorance about how certain groups are at a disadvantage. An NAACP meeting has a very different connotation than a KKK gathering. Marginalized groups do not have the power to subjugate the majority group (unlike the reverse) and require segregated spaces to further their equity agendas. It is ironic to me that that political ideology that is notorious for its safe spaces and trigger warnings in the end advocate an ideology that would completely destroy the concept of safe spaces for those people who actually need it.

Male Puberty and the loss of childhood innocence, AGP non-sexual motivation. by TRapostate in GenderCritical

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I find your idea of the transition that takes place during puberty for boys very insightful. I have not thought much about what it might be like to suddenly go from cute, universally adored kid to a potentially intimidating man's body before your brain really has time to catch up. I can see how the sudden, perceived withdrawal of affection from adults could be traumatic. The idea that particularly traumatized boys might be subconsciously driven to trans ideology by a desire to regain that feeling of affection is intriguing. If you ever find more data points to illustrate the theory, I would be curious to hear more.

Mother of young woman who swims for Ivy League speaks out by [deleted] in GenderCritical

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I am only part way through, and I am getting so mad. The ACLU saying sex and gender and equal but then admitting that it is removing sex from legal documents and also telling the mother that it won't represent "cis women" against "women" is infuriating.

Don’t miss our all inclusive Womynx History Month by Chunkeeguy in GenderCritical

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Womynx? What the hell? What is that even supposed to mean? What is the "x" supposed to represent?

You know what? Never mind. Actually, I hope they keep using language like this so that I can easily weed out the faux women's empowerment events from actual sex-based events. Maybe then using the word "women" will keep away all the gender-obsessed and we can go back to having our own events.

Cope, seethe, and dilate by CleverFoolOfEarth in GenderCritical

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I still cannot believe how acceptable blatant misogyny has become. These people truly hate women.

That's not what gaslighting means. They're just trying to empathise with you 🙄 by EventideSky in GenderCritical

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So many agreeable GCs will go on and on about how TiFs should just be themselves as women but would 100% exclude everyone of those girls irl from their social circle because they are "weirdos".

You know not what you are talking about. I like how you just assume GC women all fit in perfectly and aren't themselves excluded in social situations. Clearly, you think A) all GC women are the same and B) that we all conform to certain societal standards and fit in seamlessly. Absolute BS. You are basically calling us cisgendered without using the word. Just because we don't project our our own respective lack of belonging into obsessive gender neuroses that other people must deal with for us does not mean we are the popular mean girls.

This has to be satire…. Right? Right????? by elpk1313 in LGBDropTheT

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My ex was Heterosexual but Homoromantic xD I am a Transfem Enby, wasn't aware at the time

and

Similar story for me! My girlfriend has said a few times (and apparently thought I knew, before I came out as trans) that she was attracted to me because I had feminine features even as a seemingly cis guy.

Lord, these people... Why are they so reluctant to just be straight?

These dumbasses don't actually know what a period is beyond "something that happens to women and sometimes there's jokes about in comedy routines", do they? by CleverFoolOfEarth in GenderCritical

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It is crazy that they will not acknowledge that these symptoms are tied to very specific biological phenomena.

A nit with Ovarit about the Fox News article I posted there. by WrongToy in GenderCritical

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I think the down vote buttons facilitate groupthink. I like that SaidIt does not have them.

A nit with Ovarit about the Fox News article I posted there. by WrongToy in GenderCritical

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Given that conservative media are pretty much the only mainstream media willing to give airtime to GC women, that seems short-sighted.

A nit with Ovarit about the Fox News article I posted there. by WrongToy in GenderCritical

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Ditto. I don't go to Ovarit often, but when I do I see admonishments from moderators about things being posted in the wrong places.

r/ftm - Got banned from a trans community because I mentioned that I experience both misogyny and transphobia as a trans man - who ever could have predicted this? by Chunkeeguy in GenderCritical

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I feel for the OP. What a traumatic adolescence.

As to the commenters, they are so close but so far. Most acknowledged that there is a continual problem with TiMs silencing TiWs (big surprise!), but how do they come to the conclusion that radical feminists are the problem rather than sexism? It just goes to show you that no matter what people believe about gender, at the end of the day women, even TiWs, need female-only spaces to be able to safely express themselves. It is too bad they don't realize that we are on the same team.

How many Reddit moderators are TiMs? How did it come to this? by WildApples in GenderCritical

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TIMs co-opt PMS and periods, expressing joy no woman has ever expressed, and throw some astrology in the comments for good measure. by [deleted] in GenderCritical

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Given that he does not have a uterus, what part of his body do you think is "cramping"? Or is it purely psychosomatic?

I have no words. by [deleted] in GenderCritical

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If TiMs are undeniably women, then why would such a statement offend them? Their very indignation is further proof of the fact that they know they are not women.

Any formerly-hardcore Democrats considering/have voted Republican? If not, what would it take? by jjdub7 in GenderCritical

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I don't know if I will vote Republican, but I definitely will not vote Democrat anymore.

Lia Thomas' UPenn teammate says they're uncomfortable in locker room by BiologyIsReal in GenderCritical

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It would be amazing if the female swimmers banded together and boycotted competitions to protest how wrong this all is. As long as women go along with this colonization, these sports organizations are going to continue steamrolling over female interests to toe the progressive line. It would require sacrifice, but their swimming careers are probably damned either way at this point; if they took a stand today they could help protect the interests of women in the future.

She said she hopes any changes come before the NCAA championship in March, where Thomas has a chance to break all-time NCAA records set by Olympic gold medalists Missy Franklin and Katie Ledecky.

This makes me so angry. I was so excited and inspired by watching these records be made and seeing what women could achieve. Soon these records will be erased by men, and young girls will receive the message that they cannot be competitive in these sporting events, so why bother trying?

The definition is how much you align with your own definition by soundsituation in GenderCritical

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The first line is just the concept of identity period, sans gender. But then they conflate identity with gender ideology so that kids feel the question of identity must be defined as a question about gender so that the sense of self can only derive from a quest for a gender identity. It suggests that one can only have a sense of self if one has a gender identity. It reduces people to such a narrow and superficial window of possibilities for self-discovery and expression. I find it sad.

If all cells can turn into sperm and egg, why doesn't that mean everyone is both men and women at the same time? by UwUness2 in GenderCritical

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Thank you because I did not have the patience for the inanity of this thread...

Your Theories on the Neo-Nazi/MRA/Incel/Alt-Right/Fascist to Trans Pipeline? by [deleted] in GenderCritical

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Someone doesn't stop being an incel just by growing their hair out and putting on a dress.

I imagine it is a lot easier to manipulate, guilt, and shame TRA women into sexual relationships as a TiM than as a "cis" man. All he would have to do is accuse these women of being transphobic for not wanting to have sex with him and claim that rejection will make him suicidal, and some handmaiden will see it as her moral duty to validate him sexually.

Kellie-Jay is having none of your mansplaining mate, and no transplaining either. by Chunkeeguy in GenderCritical

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What a blowhard that guy is. And I am tired of TRA men who dismiss women's concerns by saying that we should not speak about experiences we do not have while simultaneously dictating to us what our experiences of our sex should be. Their faux humility is so hypocritical.

Ryan Grim: Trans Rights Memo Warns Movement Badly Losing Sports Debate, Signals Uphill Climb by DR373737 in GenderCritical

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I guess this means we will get even more trans co-opting of black people and race issues to sell their movement.

Gender euphoria at its peakiest by Chunkeeguy in GenderCritical

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"...entirely naturally with hormones." Quite the oxymoron.

It is doubtful that his medical staff thought he passed. His face and voice are still very masculine. I am guessing that trans-medical care is such a minefield that staff has been trained excessively on providing "gender-affirming care." It sounds like this doctor felt gender validation was something she had to provide and gave quite the performance to sell it.

Every time they try to claim womanhood, they always emphasize their lack of womanhood more. It would be creepy and inappropriate for a doctor to comment on an actual woman's body in the manner describe, but to a TiM that abnormal treatment that no woman would receive unless being harassed is equated with being treated like a woman. They never seem to realize that the treatment they want from others has nothing in common with how women are actually treated.

The straight girls of r/gaytransguys mourn the loss of their enablers/trans widowers by CaptainMoose in LGBDropTheT

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Interesting. I did not know the sub was being moderated to that extent. I noticed it was much less active, but I thought that was related to people switching to Ovarit after various SaidIt outages. That's a bummer.

Anybody notice? by Chunkeeguy in GenderCritical

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My handwriting is ugly as hell. Does that mean my brain is wired male? These people are so loopy.

CDC Reports 51% Increase in Suicide Attempts Among Teenage Girls | Brett Cooper by WildApples in GenderCritical

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It seems so hard to be a young girl these days. I feel for them.

Am I wrong in thinking that when reality finally sets back in with this Trans ideology, I think the people who supported it should feel bad about themselves for it? by Kai_Decadence in GenderCritical

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I used to think that. But after multiple conversations with friends and family, I realized that nearly everyone I know has already majorly bought into gender ideology. They are not the extremists; they are just followers who want to be nice and progressive and therefore will not question trans ideology in the slightest. They have internalized it enough that it has become a question of personal identity. They are proud to be supporting the trans cause and think people who don't are bigoted.

Am I wrong in thinking that when reality finally sets back in with this Trans ideology, I think the people who supported it should feel bad about themselves for it? by Kai_Decadence in GenderCritical

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Yes, and don't forget the age old diffusion of responsibility: "It's not my fault. I was just following the experts/authority figures." Your last line is particularly apt. I am sure they will say they were just following the science and that was the best science available at the time as evidenced by the adoption of gender ideology by nearly all mainstream media, including scientific outlets. Who are they to question "science"?

Aside from a few doctors and institutions who are especially zealous in profiting off the butchering of children, I do not think there will ever be a real reckoning. Heck, I am starting to worry that gender ideology is here to stay. Masses of detrans individuals speaking out about being pushed into the trans pipeline as children without the ability to give true consent is the only way I see this coming to an end.

Judith, the first trans ally. Thanks Monte Python! by FlippyKing in GenderCritical

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That is brilliant and prophetic. On the one hand I want to laugh because it is so absurd, but on the other I feel like crying because that absurdity is now our reality.

Should Men and Women Race the Same Distance? by WildApples in GenderCritical

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I did not know this was still a thing until I read the article. In my limited exposure to races, men and women compete the same distance with separate scoring for each sex. That seems to me the best solution. Offer both distances, let people choose what thry want to run regardless of sex, and then score the sexes separately.

I have read that women actually have an advantage when it comes to distance events because of our higher body fat percentage and our thus increased ability to burn fat for fuel. I prefer shorter distances, though, myself

Should Men and Women Race the Same Distance? by WildApples in GenderCritical

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This is has nothing to do with gender (yet), but I find it an interesting debate against the backdrop of a culture that tries to insist that there is no difference between a woman and any man who wants to call himself a woman.

Parents say superintendent lied to cover trans sexual assault by Chunkeeguy in GenderCritical

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According to Fox, a father of two girls in the district said his daughters told him they would rather 'hold it' than go to the bathroom alone at school.

Damn. That's awful. I feel for these girls.

'Students of Gender Studies at the London School of Economics are taught to view sexualised threats against women in public life (if dressed up in the language of “queer”) as something to applaud.' by swordinthestream in GenderCritical

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In my day they were called women's studies, and we were taught to deconstruct gender to uplift women. Now they deify gender and deconstruct women.

Judith Butler: ‘We need to rethink the category of woman to centre men' by Chunkeeguy in GenderCritical

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I recall having to read excerpts of Butler in my women's studies classes well before gender identity took off. Even back then I found her writing tortured and unrelateable.