Thread by @SVPhillimore

Why would I want to read anything that starts from this ridiculous premise? I had a chemically induced menopause aged 43. My womb is of entirely no use. I am still a woman.

What makes me a woman is the fact that my body developed along the pathway of the female reproductive system - with all that entails for my physical strength and vulnerability to males etc. It doesn’t matter a jot if my womb works or ever worked.

My gender is probably ‘disagreeable masculine’ as I never wear high heels or lipstick and people tell me I am rude and aggressive. But still a woman. I don’t confuse my personality with my actual sex.

Ok. Stuck in a car park. Why not. It begins predictably poorly. I object to giving cross sex hormones to 12 year olds because it will likely sterilise them and they can’t consent. Don’t you dare make this about homophobia.

Predictably it continues with untruths to bolster a narrative. This was a gay man and a drag Queen who certainly did not ‘throw the first brick’. According to current narratives the police must have been buried under the weight of 1000s bricks thrown by transwomen.

What utter balderdash. After a brief flirtation with matriarchal culture before people worked out that the male impregnated the female and all that entailed, understanding then material reality of sex has been crucial to female oppression ever since, in every culture.

Does this person seriously argue that Dynastic marriages in pre Christian cultures were based on gender not sex?

Quite. A trans woman is a very different woman with different experiences and different needs. So why don’t we just keep this helpful distinction? Why aren’t transwomen proud of being transwomen?

Utter piffle. ‘Decades’ ago we were not dealing with self identification. There were a very small group of transsexuals who tried very hard to ‘pass’. It’s VERY different now. Wi Spa anyone?