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.

Ovarit - Because of TRA/AGP, I can't fully support men being gender non-conforming by [deleted] in GenderCritical

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I get it, though. While I intellectually support men breaking gender stereotypes, I am starting to have a negative, visceral reaction when I see GNC males because I now associate them with TRAs and the erasure of women. I used to love seeing GNC men, but now it turns me off because I assume such men are misogynistic TRAs.

Also, not for nothing, the likely straight GNC men and boys I see today look kind of conformist and scrubby, not subversive and fabulous like the gay GNC men I used to see back in the day.

Would 'Laurel' Hubbard really throw the Olympics on purpose? by Rial in GenderCritical

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I have not been following the Olympics at all, but when I saw headlines that he lost all three events I immediately suspected him of throwing the competition for political reasons. Now he can be a history-making hero without and sympathetic female pulling focus from him, and now people will use this as supposed proof that there can be fair competitions between males and females.

2017 pronoun law unconstitutional to long-term care staff, court finds by WrongToy in GenderCritical

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The strategy has always been to use trans ideology to force men on vulnerable women in out-of-the-way places like prisons & nursing homes

Exactly. These people are less likely to successfully challenge the requirements, and then they can use those requirements as precedent for their next moves. It is like knocking down dominoes.

alifornia appellate court rules Trans pronouns law violates freedom of speech by DR373737 in GenderCritical

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I like how the article did not include any of the unanimous court's 42-page rationale for the decision, just TRA quotes. They are not even trying to pretend news is anything more than one-sided propaganda.

Need to know a site that won't ban gender critical bloggers. I'm about to go nuclear. by GConly in GenderCritical

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Maybe Write.As? I cannot vouch for it, but the description is promising:

Free your thoughts

We don't track you, so you can write exactly what you feel. Write anonymously or under different identities, giving you full control over who knows what about you. Write.as is used by writers, students, and everyday people who need a safe outlet online.

"Feminism is for everybody" and "Love is love" by WildApples in GenderCritical

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You are exactly right. I have been in NYC for the past decade plus while this stuff was spreading. I assume it was a weird pathology of major urban cities and I could escape the ideology if I just left the city. I cannot believe such a non-sensical belief system has spread so far.

LGBT...D??? by WildApples in LGBDropTheT

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I believe asexuality exists, but I don't believe this woman was asexual (she experiences sexual attraction) or that being asexual makes one LGB. I was not rolling my eyes at asexuality, but at the blatant colonization implied in her comments .

LGBT...D??? by WildApples in LGBDropTheT

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She is already middle-aged. I don't understand how she got sucked into it at her age.

LGBT...D??? by WildApples in LGBDropTheT

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What tripped me out is that this was a married, middle-aged woman with children, not a naive, college student whose knowledge of sexual relationships has been defined solely by campus hook-up culture. She is old enough to know better.

She said this in front of her teenage son, so she is sending him the message that hooking up indiscriminately is the norm and if he wanta an emotional connnection he needs a special label. It is sick.

Staff at a Californian spa defend right of man to show his genitals to naked and half dressed women and underage girls. by GConly in GenderCritical

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And of course the woke hipster dude had to jump in and mansplain. Is subjecting non-consenting women and children to phalluses really the hill you want to die on, bro?

It gave me so much joy to hear the other women jump in and back her up, causing him to retreat. I also loved the one woman asking for a refund. That is how we have to do it--women united and pushing back against this insanity.

My experience with my Boyfriend coming out to me as a TIM, and his recent public coming out sparking all my friends to applaud him and none of them to ask me how I am. by tepidpoppy in GenderCritical

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Thanks for sharing. I really felt your pain and the emotional arc you experienced. I always take away from these stories how toxic the culture is around gender that it primes people to submit to unhealthy, one-sided, and abusive relationships. It sounds like you broke through the cycle and are in a much healthier place now. Though it was painful for you, the self-knowledge you gained is invaluable.

Interesting logo for this "women's group" event... what are they trying to say? by hhh123 in GenderCritical

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It's awfully symbolic. It feels to me like an accurate representation of women's place under trans ideology: non-existent.

100 Easy Ways to Make the World Better for Trans People: which I am planning to disregrad completely. by linda_senora in GenderCritical

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I am tired of cis people talking about trans health. Ask us to talk, educate, share our stories, and pay us. This way you don’t get the credit for the lives we live.

And yet we are supposed to be okay with TiMs representing us and talking about menstruation and other female health issues.

Do not tell us we “are playing the victim,” WE ARE THE FUCKING VICTIM.

Yuck.

Don’t question someone’s religious beliefs because they are trans and you think they go against what it says in a holy book. This isn’t your business, OK?

But it is their business to question other people when they feel our words and actions are not sufficiently in line with their vision of civil rights...

YWCA Canada signs on to statement "A trans woman has a woman's body, and is indeed biologically female." by BEB in GenderCritical

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I actually would legitimately like to know how they'd answer that question.

Extremely Shocking "Non-Binary Genital Nullification Surgery" (images) by usehername in GenderCritical

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I did not look at the link because I do not want to see the pictures, but is non-binary genital nullification surgery basically trying to turn a human pelvic region into a Barbie doll crotch? It sounds horrid. How can people not question this kind of butchery?

Liberals Replace Offensive Term ‘Woman’ With ‘Child Factory Who Bleeds’ (Babylon Bee) by BEB in GenderCritical

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I know. Every time I post a BB link I feel compelled to specify that it is BB because the headlines are not so far off from reality, unfortunately.

US births drop significantly while its LGBT population increase rapidly during Trump administration by levind in GenderCritical

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I don't follow your train of thought at all. What is the "this" that has happened? And by "GenderCritical" do you mean this particular forum or the ideology as a whole. I have no idea what you are trying to say.

US births drop significantly while its LGBT population increase rapidly during Trump administration by levind in GenderCritical

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Great comment. And I want to add that I think there is a moral pressure among some younger cohorts to transcend sexuality. They receive the message from their woke friends that if they are not pansexual, they are too focused on genitalia and are not sufficiently capable of love if they cannot focus on a person's mind to the exclusion of her or his body.

How do "Transwomen" have Male Privilege? by Kai_Decadence in GenderCritical

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You reminded to add this:

All my life I received the message that I had to suck it up during my period and maintain my productivity and performance all month long even though a small part of the month I often was not feeling up to par. I was conditioned to show that I was no different than a man and therefore not inferior, a pressure TW have never experienced. Where I tried to minimize and hide the effect my cycle had on my emotions to avoid feeding into sexist stereotypes of women as irrational, TW seem to enjoy reinforcing those stereotypes by proudly declaring how emotional hormones made them. They never had to contend as men with people dismissing their thoughts and feelings by suggesting they are just hormonal and likely still do not as TW.

So it does not seem like a coincidence to me that once men started claiming to actually be women and to experience menstruation and once TRAs started advocating that menstruation is something experienced by men as well as women, politicians started to introduce the idea of menstrual leave from work. It was okay for just women to suffer all this time, but only now that it could benefit men is menstrual leave being openly considered.

How do "Transwomen" have Male Privilege? by Kai_Decadence in GenderCritical

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Trans issues currentlly trumping all other civil rights issues, which I believe is the case precisely because it allows the most privileged members of society (i.e. men, especially white and straight) to center themselves in the civil rights arena.

Claiming to want to be treated like women but then getting to opt out of being held to harsh feminine beauty standards by claiming such standards are transphobic.

Getting away with threats of violence on Twitter while women get banned and sometimes even terminated from their jobs for expressing non-threatening opinions about gender.

Their pain and discomfort being prioritized over women's so that women are forced to stop talking about our own identities and experiences to avoid triggering them. But if we say we don't like being called "cis" or the ways that some TWs are reinforcing sexually objectifying and degrading stereotypes about women, no one cares about our discomfort.

Violence against trans being taken more seriously than violence against women even though women experience a higher rate of violence. Society choosing to place TWs in women's spaces to avoid violence to them while comepletely ignoring the resultant risks of violence to women.

That society thinks that a TW's need for validation is more important than a female rape or domestic violence victim's need to avoid being retraumatized.

TWs getting to claim insight into women's experience despite not having any such experience, and then having objective scientific, medical, and social definitions and norms changed based on their supposed insights. Meanwhile, women have often had to fight (and are still fighting) to get official recognition of our experiences.

TWs getting to be super aggressive and even violent and not having it held against them.

Having a physical advantage in sport and getting to exploit that advantage to take women's spots and awards. TWs getting heralded as champions when their performance is just mediocre by biological standards, which is a privilege no woman will gets to experience.

In male-dominated tech spaces like Reddit, automatically fitting into the boys' club culture because they were conditioned as males.

TW getting to flaunt their sexual proclivities publicly and not have it held against them in politics or employment the way women do.

TWs feeling proud and validated at being sexually harassed in contrast to the fear and shame that women often feel at being harassed, presumably because they have the privilege of not having to live in fear of male violence all their lives like we do.

TW not being socialized like many women have been and continuing to behave in a traditionally masculine manner (dominating conversation, expecting women to emotionally prop them up, not doing their share of housework, etc.).

I could probably go on, but generally they continue to have very privileged, male expectations of being prioritized and centered in interactions, and those expectations are routinely fulfilled in way that few women ever get to experience.

Another GameStop "It's Ma'am!" Meltdown by BEB in GenderCritical

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"Sir" is now a slur comparable to the n- word? Do these people even hear themselves? It is appalling that people buy into this crap.

A question for the community. by [deleted] in GenderCritical

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You are not really making a good-faith effort to engage. You completely twisted and created a strawman out of her very clear explanation of the fundamental difference we have with you about the concept of gender. You cannot browbeat us into accepting your conception of gender.

I am very curious as to why you think we should see trans-identifying men as allies. You do not share our experiences or problems, your interests often conflict with ours, and you yourself are demonstrating here a disinclination to empathize with us, instead talking down to us in a way that could be deemed "mansplaining." What do we get from seeing you as allies other than having males demanding that we subordinate ourselves and center our worldviews and expression around them? How would accepting you as allies help us women?

Challenging gender "education": where do you even begin? by teacherterf in GenderCritical

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I wish I had something useful to add about cutting through, but I think you nailed it about the format. Trainings are top down, and these in particular are aimed at programming people to think the way they want them too. The one I went to recently made it seem like if you are not on board yet, it is because you are behind the times and in need of more programming. The one I went to was mandatory, but the "how can I do better?" reaction was similar. I did not try to challenge anything, but my sense is that since these trainings appeal to emotion instead of reason, the best pushback might be that which also focuses on emotional appeals.

A question for the community. by [deleted] in GenderCritical

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Wow. So if the medical staff acknowledge sex, they are transphobic and non-inclusive, but if they follow TRA advocacy and go by gender, they are showing implicit bias. They cannot win.

How problematic is accepting a man as a woman or a woman as a man if they pass well enough? And what problems does that bring? by Tea_Or_Coffee in GenderCritical

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This is the question I struggle with. Historically, I bought into the idea of using the pronouns for people who try to pass as a kindness, but it seems like that type of kindness has only led to the craziness we have today. It creates the false perception that everyone really does agree that TWAW, which leads to the arguments that they should be able to take over our identities and spaces. And, if nothing else, it centers the feelings of the trans-identified person above everything else, which reinforces the idea that it is our duty to limit our speech and expression to maintain their comfort instead of them performing their own emotional labor.

I am on the fence. I am still sympathetic to the argument on an individual level, but on the collective level I see it exacerbating gender problems in the long run.

Maya Forstater: ‘I am fighting for the right to say men can never be women’ by BiologyIsReal in GenderCritical

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This was a good write-up for the most part, but I did not like the false equivalence and the caricature of GC arguments at the end. I wonder what the author means by this:

As much as there does seem to be, in the extreme arguments put forward by certain sections of the transgender movement, an element of misogyny, there is, too, a whiff of misandry coming from some of Forstater’s supporters. As a woman who grew up in the ’50s and ’60s, I think I have a more tolerant view of what my two daughters call The Patriarchy. And my, doubtless old-fashioned, acceptance of a more traditional female life puts me slightly at odds with the kind of feminism that Forstater and the ‘Terfs’ expound.

What exactly is a "traditional female life"? What kind of feminism does she think we're espousing aside from GC views? It is not like we are all a monolith that thinks exactly the same. This reeks of "I am not like the other girls."

Is anyone here planning to move to a state/country that protects female-only spaces/activities? by WhiteZealot in GenderCritical

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I don't think I will completely avoid it, but I would like to go somewhere where I can openly express GC views without worrying that my social network will implode or my job will be threatened. I think eventually I will move from my current blue state to a red or at least purple state.

Ovarit discusses Plastic Surgery - surprised to see some of these comments by anxietyaccount8 in GenderCritical

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They are not discussing plastic surgery; they are discussing completely forbidding plastic surgery. I disagree with plastic surgery for the reasons the OP mentioned, but I completely disagree with prohibiting it. The problem is not the availability of the surgery anyway; the problem is with a culture that is oversaturated with youthful, hypersexualized images of women and which continually sends the message that you are not good enough the way you are.

I don't want to force my beliefs on others any more than I want people to force their beliefs on me, and I agree with the commenter who mentioned that it would create a bad precedent for women if we empowered government to intervene and make decisions about women's bodies for us. I will never support anything that requires supplanting women's own will and control of their bodies with government's. That is the same reason I don't support things like mask and vaccine mandates (not a popular opinion these days, I know, but my eyes are on the long-term repercussions). Once you set the precedent that government has the authority to make decisions about your body, political interests groups are going to use that power to impose their will on vulnerable classes (e.g. banning abortion and birth control for women, policing what pregnant women eat and do and criminalizing behavior deemed harmful to the fetus, forcibly transitioning a child over the parents' objections, etc.).

I've missed you all!!!!!!!!!!!! We need a back-up! by WildApples in GenderCritical

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When SaidIt went down, I saw someone on Reddit mention Ovarit and Spinster as back-ups. I know not everyone uses Ovarit-- heck, we had a whole thread explaining why we prefer it here-- and I have no idea if people here use Spinster or if it is suitable for group chat (Isn't it more akin to Twitter?). Immediately I was worried that we would be splintered and I would never hear from many of you again. And of course, our residents males could not join either option.

What is the best option to regroup if SaidIt goes down again?

Bathroom Protest by DR373737 in GenderCritical

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I do not know what to make of this story. The Post story frames it as horribly transphobic boys "stormed" the girls bathroom, blocked the girl from exiting, and the girl was initially expelled for defending herself. Replies on her sister's Twitter account suggest that the boys disseminated information about the protest ahead of time, and so the girl knew about the protest beforehand and vocalized an intent to assault any male who entered. https://twitter.com/savannahmoisan/status/1116817585389989890

So many people are cheering on the girl for defending herself against the boys, but I bet they will not be so supportive when the males who are entering the bathroom ID as female. How much of the support for the girl is simply because people perceive her to be standing against "transphobia"?

TAMPAX - FACT. Not all women have periods. Not all people with periods are women. Let’s celebrate the diversity of all people who bleed. by BEB in GenderCritical

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Ooh, I had not heard of menstrual disc before. So it's like a menstrual diaphragm. That's cool.

Who needs Tampax when there are so many alternatives?

A tech company creates an app for females only, transgender and friends feel offended by Carle in GenderCritical

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Yikes. That biometric scanning feature is creepy. So all the GC and rad fems will be rounded up in one place with their faces recorded in the company database. Even if the company is trustworthy, it would take just one TRA hack to cause a lot of trouble for the female user base.

Also, why do I have the suspicion that this feature will inevitably be modelled on European bone structures and will wrongfully exclude black women at a higher rate than women of other races? And males who transitioned early in life or even some who just have particularly delicate featured might be able to pass. This feels like a mess waiting to happen.

TAMPAX - FACT. Not all women have periods. Not all people with periods are women. Let’s celebrate the diversity of all people who bleed. by BEB in GenderCritical

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Have you thought about switching to menstrual cups? I switched years ago and never looked back.