Feminism does not have to be trans-inclusive, and transwomen don’t have to be included in the class ‘women’ – provided that you look what’s under the label ‘transwoman’.
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Betcher writes that if you don't know trans communities then you are 'incapable of interpreting self-identifies'. But why should their self-ID within the trans community carry forward to the wider community? Why demand this when the standards in the wider community differ? 
Bettcher draws the wrong conclusions. She might be right that within trans communities a transwoman may claim that she is a 'woman', but this does not hold within the wider community. There, she can only claim that she is a transwoman.
Betcher writes: 'feminist and trans theory and politics are
scarcely at odds'. Why? Because sexual violence against women denies their First Person Authority, just as rejection of trans self-ID does. Unfortunately, the analogy is far-fetched. It only illustrates how desperate ...
scarcely at odds'. Why? Because sexual violence against women denies their First Person Authority, just as rejection of trans self-ID does. Unfortunately, the analogy is far-fetched. It only illustrates how desperate ...
... trans philosophers and their allies in feminist philosophy are to find ways to include transwomen in feminism. This is ideology-driven, rather than based on good reasoning.
