How sure are you of your beliefs?

penelopekitty · 2022-11-27T18:20:24+00:00

Quite sure. Gender dysphoria is a new term and a social contagion. Sex dysphoria is a real but extremely rare mental illness. In either case treating these issues with hormones or plastic surgery doesn't change one's sex. Men have always been dangerous to women and should never be allowed in our spaces no matter how they identify or to what degree they modify their bodies.

I once had a more lenient view but after engaging with TRAs and "listening to trans people" I've come to the conclusion that there can be no exceptions.

penelopekitty · 2022-11-20T16:14:17+00:00

It's clear Buck is female. There are many clues including voice, hands, stance, demeanor and movement. Many people can pass in a photo but video and IRL there are too many clues. I'm a woman and I can correctly sex people in person or video 100% of the time.

penelopekitty · 2022-07-12T16:52:27+00:00

Good for them I'm glad they feel better but they still haven't changed sex.

penelopekitty · 2022-07-12T16:56:43+00:00

No. What is shameful is pretending you are the opposite sex and fleeing your responsibility of addressing the harmful behaviors of the group to which you belong. That is cowardly and it is an individual solution to a class problem.

penelopekitty · 2022-06-25T01:40:28+00:00

There is no proof of this. It's an unsubstantiated theory.

penelopekitty · 2022-06-16T01:57:05+00:00

I have never been sexually harassed by another woman in all of my 50+ years. Not even once. I've lost count of how many men have been sexually inappropriate with me in my lifetime. Men do not belong in women's spaces. Especially not where we might be physically vulnerable or fully or partially undressed.

penelopekitty · 2022-06-16T02:18:05+00:00

Radfems have been against this ideology since the 1970s. I think you mean libfems.

penelopekitty · 2022-06-12T19:11:09+00:00

I would leave. Most of the transwomen I've seen in public are obvious middle aged AGPs. I do not want to be in a confined space where I'm partially disrobed with a fetishist. I do not consent to participating in their fetish.

penelopekitty · 2022-06-12T19:12:52+00:00

Keira Bell would never be mistaken for a trans woman. She is very obviously a woman.

penelopekitty · 2022-05-03T23:59:51+00:00

Churches are hotbeds of infidelity and sex abuse.

penelopekitty · 2022-05-01T15:01:21+00:00

I can't even count the number of times I've experienced this. My god the years of my youth wasted on trying to communicate with men. If only I had known then what I know now.

penelopekitty · 2022-04-30T19:25:46+00:00

Thanks for the heads up. It's done.

penelopekitty · 2021-11-07T16:22:18+00:00

Not like this. Nobody gave you permission to steal from women. Create your own words.

penelopekitty · 2021-10-31T18:13:59+00:00

No. I am a woman. I'm beyond sick and tired of men appropriating this. No man can ever become a woman or female in any sense of the word. The audacity of those who think they can is breathtaking.

penelopekitty · 2021-10-30T20:01:14+00:00

Complete nonsense. We all know who is a man and a woman. These are sex based words, they mean something.

penelopekitty · 2021-10-29T19:11:33+00:00

It is not semantics. Sex is real and cannot be changed. It doesn't matter if some people disagree, they're wrong. Some people think the earth is flat. We know exactly who is a man and who is a woman. Why aren't gay couples hiring trans women as surrogates?

Look, I know you desperately want to believe what you're saying but it's just not true.

penelopekitty · 2021-10-28T22:36:50+00:00

Trans women are men. That is a fact not a belief.

penelopekitty · 2021-07-15T20:14:15+00:00

Nobody is going to know what is happening in your bedroom unless you tell them. Most of us don't care and can't be bothered to police you. I think you are setting up a straw man and sowing division for no reason.

penelopekitty · 2021-07-12T12:18:27+00:00

The stats come from the British Ministry of Justice (MOJ,) are widely available and have even been reported in mainstream newspapers.

penelopekitty · 2021-06-29T18:17:41+00:00

I usually don't comment like this but this image is highly disturbing to me on many levels. It's just, so, so wrong. Makes me feel a very big ick.

penelopekitty · 2021-06-23T13:38:53+00:00

Please go take biology 101.

penelopekitty · 2021-06-03T21:51:43+00:00

Sounds like a confused and uninformed teenager.

penelopekitty · 2021-05-09T15:12:07+00:00

My theory is that social gender roles emerge from biological sex differences, and there is something innate that causes most humans to latch on to one binary gender identity in early childhood. Those that do not latch on to the gender identity associated with their sex are trans.

The very definition of bio essentialism.

penelopekitty · 2021-05-08T13:38:08+00:00

In the life insurance industry underwriting is based on your sex, no questions about gender identity or being assigned as anything.

penelopekitty · 2021-04-02T12:10:13+00:00

Can confirm. I'm in my 50s but have dated much younger men. Penises are definitely shrinking.

penelopekitty · 2021-03-21T14:17:46+00:00

All of the "bros" love Deborah Soh because she panders to them. Dawkins is one of the bro heros. Yes, she is incoherent. If you can stomach it watch her interview with Joe Rogan. She is wearing a Playboy t-shirt.

penelopekitty · 2021-02-13T19:49:37+00:00

I have seen many female detransitioners state that learning about second wave feminism aka radical feminism, went a long way in alleviating their dysphoria and gender confusion.

penelopekitty · 2021-02-10T13:43:39+00:00

I think we are the same age and my experience was much like yours. I'm appalled at how things have devolved.

penelopekitty · 2021-02-10T13:31:20+00:00

see also "white feminism"

Divide and conquer has been a successful tactic for millenia.

penelopekitty · 2021-02-04T03:21:31+00:00

The advantage of male puberty, larger lungs and heart, more fast twitch muscle fibers, different skeletal structure and larger hands and feet never goes away. Sports are sex segregated. I don't care what your "gender" is. Also, calling women "cis" is highly offensive. Very few women identify with the stereotypes associated with their sex. We are women. Period.

penelopekitty · 2021-02-04T03:16:11+00:00

They do this in South Carolina. Generally it's Friday from 4-6 and they hire extremely attractive young women to hand out shot sized samples of whatever product they are promoting. I'm laughing my ass off thinking about JY doing this job. He must have been in his glory.

penelopekitty · 2021-02-03T15:48:18+00:00

"but you don’t have to believe an ideology to be trans."

Yes, yes you do. There is no objective physical medical basis for diagnosing someone as trans. All diagnoses are psychological in nature and based in transgender ideology. If this ideology did not exist a person with this condition would simply be someone who may feel discomfort with some aspect of their body and may or may not prefer stereotypical trait associated with the opposite sex. This in no way means that they are actually of the opposite sex in any meaningful way.

penelopekitty · 2020-12-12T13:54:04+00:00

Many black communities in the US are extremely socially conservative. This is especially true of many Christian sects as well as Nation of Islam followers. There is a tremendous amount of homophobia amongst many black Americans due to this religiosity and resulting social conservatism. I would suspect that most of the discrimination and abuse black transwomen face for being trans comes from within their community.

penelopekitty · 2020-12-08T19:29:12+00:00

She might want to reconsider her position on 'sex work' too.

penelopekitty · 2020-12-04T19:11:05+00:00

Even if these figures are true it doesn't matter. The vast majority of issues and problems men face are either of their own making through perpetuating the patriarchy (from which they also benefit) or the individual actions of other men. They broke it, they can fix it.

penelopekitty · 2020-11-18T18:03:55+00:00

Challenor also has a very questionable spouse known for writing pedophilic fiction. Amy has also publicly flouted their own adult diaper fetish. They are doing a great job assassinating their own character.

penelopekitty · 2020-11-17T20:34:48+00:00

It was 'being nice' that got us here. Gave an inch and they took a mile.

penelopekitty · 2020-11-17T20:33:05+00:00

Nah, it's big business. Gender clinics are popping up like mushrooms all over the US. Even PP has jumped in offering cross sex hormones with no counseling required. Life long medical patients are a boon for Big Pharma and plastic surgeons. Facts.

penelopekitty · 2020-11-16T20:52:55+00:00

They are recognized as men who present with feminine stereotypes. There is a place carved out for them in Indian society, although it is not a high status position. Under no circumstances are these men thought of as women or anything like the western made up concept of nonbinary.

penelopekitty · 2020-11-16T20:49:47+00:00

I do.

You are blind to the market forces pushing the transition narrative. This is coming to a head. Medical professionals are starting to back out and whistle blowers are coming forward. The lawsuits have already begun in the UK. The US is next. Funny how most of your allies have no problem seeing it when it comes to other issues.

penelopekitty · 2020-11-15T20:01:56+00:00

You clearly didn't read the study.

penelopekitty · 2020-11-14T21:38:24+00:00

Nope.

https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ajp.2020.1778correction

penelopekitty · 2020-11-14T21:49:08+00:00

The comments are insufferable.

penelopekitty · 2020-11-14T01:24:31+00:00

I'm not.

penelopekitty · 2020-11-06T13:30:07+00:00

Actually there isn't. The APA recently refuted the one study that said there was. Their statement said that transition did NOT improve mental health outcomes.

penelopekitty · 2020-11-06T13:27:28+00:00

This is what GC (ie. Second Wave) feminists have been doing since at least 1965. Hence the name 'gender critical.' We are critical of socially enforced gender roles and stereotypes. We don't care if someone is gender nonconforming in fact we embrace it. The basis of actual feminism (not libfem nonsense) is that women's oppression is rooted in our biology.

penelopekitty · 2020-11-06T13:28:17+00:00

How are we doing that? What rights do you not have?

penelopekitty · 2020-11-05T15:01:26+00:00

Beauty is subjective. People from different cultures and time periods found different things beautiful. In ancient Greece men were considered the epitome of human beauty. In much of the animal kingdom the male is often the more colorful or visually 'beautiful' sex. Beauty has absolutely nothing to do with femininity or masculinity. That is an absurd argument.

penelopekitty · 2020-10-25T14:58:36+00:00

This is what caused my peak trans. Prior to that I thought transwomen were our allies. I was very upset about Trump being elected and initially the Women's March seemed like an amazing event where women were coming together to fight sexism and highlight the need for women's reproductive rights. The entire movement lost it's teeth and credibility when they bent over backwards to be 'intersectional.' People were upset that a white woman came up with the initial idea, so they brought in Linda Sarsour who was actively anti-semitic. They started using the image of women in hijab as somehow feminist. Then Tamika Mallory was brought onboard, a woman who spoke in glowing terms about Elijah Mohammed and the Nation of Islam - hardly a woman friendly organization.

Then transwomen started complaining about the pussy hats, because 'not all women have vaginas' and 'not all vaginas are pink.' You dumb ass fuckwits. The hats weren't supposed to look like vaginas they were fucking cat ears. It was a play on words. It was at this point that I began to see just how idiotic and incoherent mainstream feminism had become. I realize there had been a schizm between actual feminism (radfem) and this new ideology (libfems.) The nonsense around the Women's March made us look like idiots and gave detractors of feminism more ammunition to use against us.

If I sound angry it's because I am. I am over 50 years old and can't believe how far backwards mainstream feminism has gone. I've been fighting for women's rights all of my life and it's been in vain. I'm fucking furious, but also exhausted. I give up.

penelopekitty · 2020-10-13T17:27:21+00:00

I was old, 45 years old before I fully understood MOST men hate women. There had been many signs throughout my life but when I divorced at age 43 and tried dating, men's contempt, hatred and predatory nature became inescapable. I couldn't lie to myself anymore. I can count the number of 'good men' I've known in my life on one hand.

penelopekitty · 2020-10-13T21:34:35+00:00

He's taken a lot of heat and has been ostracized by many people. His views on gender are sound. He grew up in the foster care system and has done research showing that a very high percentage of children currently in the system are being transed. Jenn has some views that might be considered out there but overall he has been consistent in his GC views for years. He was one of the first GC people to be kicked off of Twitter as far as I can remember - it was years ago.

penelopekitty · 2020-10-13T21:45:28+00:00

Most people lack critical thinking skills. They also like to fit in with the cool crowd and be seen as virtuous. I have never been like that, I would rather be alone than spend my time with inauthentic, intellectually challenged people.

penelopekitty · 2020-10-13T20:34:55+00:00

I posted a reply and was immediately blocked.

penelopekitty · 2020-10-11T00:00:58+00:00

How does one 'live as a woman?'

penelopekitty · 2020-10-01T20:07:45+00:00

Transgender is a relatively new term. Not too long ago we used the term transsexual and it was very clear that meant someone with severe psychological distress desperate to go through with full sex reassignment surgery.

IMO the switch to transgender was intentional and somewhat nefarious. I have never seen women and feminists under attack like this before, and I'm not young. I believe there are bigger forces at work. I don't think it's a conspiracy but I do think there are many people who benefit from this new ideology financially and otherwise.

penelopekitty · 2020-10-01T13:50:55+00:00

Someone will have to define what "transitioned" means and enforce that. What is your definition and how do you see that line being legally enforced in day to day settings?

penelopekitty · 2020-10-01T19:43:24+00:00

I was busy living my life, like an adult. You should try to do the same.

penelopekitty · 2020-10-01T14:04:42+00:00

I see I've struck a nerve

penelopekitty · 2020-10-01T12:22:39+00:00

This is going to be interesting. I don't know how many TIFs are in the prison system, but I seriously doubt they would want to be incarcerated in the men's estate. It would be very unsafe for them. This law would de facto place them in men's prison's especially if they are legally considered men.

If they are to apply the law fairly and uniformly and place people according to their stated gender identity this is what will happen.

If we start to see both TIFs and TIMs in women's prison's what you effectively end up with is men's prisons and mixed sex prisons. The law is a disaster in the making.

penelopekitty · 2020-09-23T20:24:00+00:00

Enjoying actual art and literature has nothing to do with "what society thinks." Some of us actually are entertained by things that have some depth. Yes, this requires having a certain degree of insight and intellectual curiosity.

Funny that some of the (seeming) teenagers on here think that being adult is about drinking wine and watching The Kardashians? I don't even know what to say about that. You can choose ignorance, nobody can stop you, but it certainly isn't something to be proud of.

penelopekitty · 2020-09-23T20:14:17+00:00

If you have to ask....

penelopekitty · 2020-09-20T21:05:11+00:00

It's a protection racket. Men need slaves and brood mares (wives) so they offer them 'protection' from other men in exchange for their labor. Most women don't realize this is the bargain.

Also, the only men I've ever needed protecting from were those very same men who were supposed to be protecting me. Go figure.

penelopekitty · 2020-09-20T15:13:38+00:00

Personally, I think it is bizarre that any adult would be so into cartoons. In my opinion it signifies arrested development and lack of cultural literacy and sophistication. Call me a snob - I don't give a shit. These are not adult interests.

Dr. Ray Blanchard has a theory about why so many trans are into anime having to do with identifying with soft, girly characters. There was also a long analysis of the connection on Medium that has since been deleted - I'm sure for being 'transphobic.' It's messed up, right along with the 'Bronies.'

penelopekitty · 2020-09-20T21:13:11+00:00

I've been back in the gym lately. I go to a gym that has historically been associated with body builder meatheads. I don't even see guys like that there anymore. Most of them are soft, have wide hips and big asses like a woman. They stand around a lot and talk.

The people most serious about working out and who look the best are women aged 40 and up.

penelopekitty · 2020-09-20T18:40:47+00:00

I agree - all of those things are childish. It's not only Hentai, almost every TRA on Twitter has an anime avatar.

penelopekitty · 2020-09-20T22:05:24+00:00

No, it's not nearly as bad. We all know that to be true.

penelopekitty · 2020-09-20T21:45:15+00:00

You are not alone. I'm right there with you. I think we might be about the same age and followed a similar trajectory. It can take younger women a while to come around but there are more and more of us every day, both online and in real life. I met a 36 year old the other day who is just about there. It's not as uncommon as you think.

penelopekitty · 2020-09-20T15:53:25+00:00

He sounds intellectually challenged. Don't waste your time arguing with people like this. They are not equipped to have the conversation.

penelopekitty · 2020-09-16T18:10:05+00:00

And 1 in 50 male prisoners in the UK now "identify as women." Imagine if all of them were transferred to women's prisons. Currently there are approx 97,000 male prisoners and 7,000 female.

penelopekitty · 2020-09-16T00:27:00+00:00

The movement, well funded by people like TW Jennifer Pritzker and TW Martine Rothblatt, among others, are pushing this ideology in Universities. It is also being pushed in political parties. The end result will be changing the definition of woman in the law. Once that happens women will de facto lose their right to politically organize for sex based rights because they will no longer exist as a political category. Only gender based rights will be considered valid. It's happening now in the US with the Equality Act, has already happened in Canada with bill C-16 and they've only hit the pause button in the UK on GRA reform.

penelopekitty · 2020-09-16T23:56:04+00:00

If you look into the history of feminism it's clear what the overall intent was. Today's feminism has been corrupted, people are ignorant of what the history was, and women who identify with men instead of thinking for themselves accept the smear campaign without question.

Just because a woman calls herself a feminist doesn't mean she is. Her actions are the determining factor. If people actually understood that the aim of feminism was to liberate women from patriarchy we wouldn't have so many divisions and so much ignorance around the subject.

penelopekitty · 2020-09-14T00:30:46+00:00

Have you fucking watched the clip? It is disgusting.

penelopekitty · 2020-09-06T23:13:02+00:00

That is a very confused person with an eating disorder, among other issues...

penelopekitty · 2020-09-07T11:47:14+00:00

You're not being paranoid. You are becoming an adult and seeing things as they really are and always have been. Welcome to womanhood.

penelopekitty · 2020-09-06T23:27:27+00:00

Do you honestly think you are the first person to try this approach? Some of us have been at this FOR YEARS. All of our kindness and our soft approach got us was trampled on, gaslit, and presented with shifting goalposts. The TRAs and their handmaidens are craven and insidious.

penelopekitty · 2020-09-07T12:54:51+00:00

It is a fact. The male way of being in the world is to conquer, dominate and consume. This is how they have always viewed natural resources and other human beings. Slavery has been around forever as has viewing women as property. This is parasitic behavior. Anything that creates life or the means for life is claimed by men and used by men.

In less patriarchal societies and groups there seems to be more emphasis on conservation and care of resources.

Sadly, these behaviors are so ingrained by our societies that no other model for human existence is even considered.

penelopekitty · 2020-09-07T00:09:37+00:00

I might be considered one of those women. Educated, not poor (not wealthy either) and childfree by choice. In fact the reason I am childfree is because I saw what it meant to be a mother and wanted no part of it. I am and always have been a radical feminist. I became aware of the trans issues only when they started to infringe on women's rights and I've been fighting against that ever since.

penelopekitty · 2020-09-06T23:49:56+00:00

If they think that they haven't bothered to do even the most basic research.

penelopekitty · 2020-08-31T20:52:05+00:00

How bizarre, what psychology? Gender critical feminism, which is essentially radical feminism, is a movement that states that women's oppression is rooted in our actual or perceived reproductive capacity (biology.) The tool used to oppress women is gender. Gendered stereotypes, specifically those deemed feminine, are treated as inferior to masculine stereotypes.

Being critical of the socially constructed idea of gender (not sex,) pre-dates the explosion in numbers of trans people by decades. All radical feminists would describe themselves as accepting and encouraging of people defying gendered norms. In fact, many GC feminists are gender non-conforming themselves/

We do recognize that it is impossible to change sex and that a man can never become a woman. Furthermore, we recognize that we cannot "identify" out of our oppression by calling ourselves men or adopting masculine gender stereotypes and that it is highly offensive for our oppressor (men) to think they can identify into an oppressed class of people (women) and claim spaces and rights we fought very hard for and only recently won as their own.

Whoever, developed this survey has no idea what they are talking about.

penelopekitty · 2020-08-31T21:10:43+00:00

I am also an older straight woman - 52. I can second what MarkTwainiac says. My experience is almost exactly the same. Not once have I ever felt threatened by a lesbian, nor have any of my straight friends. No straight woman I have ever known has seen lesbians as predatory - ever.

penelopekitty · 2020-08-31T21:21:25+00:00

OLD - Online dating

penelopekitty · 2020-08-29T23:45:26+00:00

This person's problem is not being trans. They are being treated the same way most women are treated OLD. The problem is men being pigs. They should actually feel validated, they are having a very female experience.

penelopekitty · 2020-08-27T16:26:58+00:00

Being "nice" and "inclusive" and unwilling to speak the truth is what got you into this mess in the first place - it's not going to get you out. You don't owe this person anything. They add nothing to the relationship and they are not a woman or a lesbian. They are a very disturbed heterosexual man.

Block and delete and move n with your life. I also suggest you learn how to enforce boundaries and stop buying into the libfem bullshit. Lesbians don't like dick, by definition.

penelopekitty · 2020-08-27T16:45:48+00:00

It's a man, he not her.

penelopekitty · 2020-08-27T16:29:08+00:00

penelopekitty · 2020-08-26T20:20:38+00:00

All porn is rape porn.

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