Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire. ― Gustav Mahler
Don't listen to this person, @Rationalist, he has no clue what he's talking about.
Radical feminists, including me, do in fact reject the concept of gender as a social construct, which is precisely why we reject transgenderism!
Retirednsmilin308 (08-20-2019)
Rationalist (08-18-2019)
I will offer one last attempt to clarify before concluding that your responses have been in bad faith.
When I said...
"Radical feminists, including me, do in fact reject the concept of gender as a social construct, which is precisely why we reject transgenderism!"
...the statement was meant to be mentally divided by the reader in this way:
PART ONE: Radical feminists, including me, do in fact reject the concept of gender <-- This points to the fact that we reject gender.
PART TWO: as a social construct... <-- This explains WHY reject the idea of gender: we reject it BECAUSE we view it as a social construct, not a material reality.
If you cannot understand at this point, it's because you're choosing not to.
"I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." -- James Madison
I suppose trans-identified people would take it that way, but facts are more important than feelings here.
Radical feminists don't oppose gender because we enjoy hurting people's feelings. We do so to secure the rights of women to privacy, safety, fair play, and freedom of speech and assembly, as well as the rights of lesbians to reject the advances of men (even men who claim to be women) and to still be recognized as lesbians after so doing. We also do so to end the child abuse of medicalizing children needlessly and otherwise in what we firmly believe are the better mental health interests of trans-identified people themselves.
Last edited by IMPress Polly; 08-18-2019 at 01:20 PM.
Peter1469 (08-18-2019),Rationalist (08-18-2019)
IMPress Polly (08-18-2019),Rationalist (08-18-2019)