Thread by @WepWomen

1] Disappointing to see @TabithaMortonWE stating that Sani's What Is A Woman is a 'MUST read'

The article starts with a bizarre interpretation of Bouvoir, & suggests 'British Feminism' has toxic corners when it comes to women discussing their own sex

prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/what-…

@TabithaMortonWE The article uses images of the Hijra. India ruled in 2014 that a third gender marker & 3RD spaces, so no, this is not the 'corners of British feminism' discussing this

Many Hijra are openly gay men because of Indian homophobia (homosexuality is illegal)

theguardian.com/world/2014/apr….

3] The article also talks about sexed/gendered brains

To clarify @WEP_UK there is no such thing as a sexed brain, this is the rhetoric of misogynists and sexists.

This is not the official position of WEP @ManduReid nor any scientist in 2021

nature.com/articles/d4158…

4] The article then melts into a sex & gender stew

Suggests DSD's (intersex) is evidence that sex is not a binary

This is inaccurate & erases DSD voices

It is not @WEP_UK's position. Sex is not a spectrum. DSD people are not a 3rd sex

@MRKHvoice

5] The article also frames women's well evidenced concerns, and documented roll back of sex-based rights as a 'moral panic' or 'far right agenda'

This is also not @WEP_UK position. Feminism IS NOT MORAL PANIC

wepsbr.com/post/letter-si…

6] The article suggests there is a huge variation within each sex. It is unclear what this means. What is true is that DSD conditions affect only .018% of the pop

tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108….

7] What we do know is that #sexmatters
it is observable inutero & throughout women's lives

In India millions of girls are missing at an estimated rate of 800,000 a year

So sex is not that complex
bbc.co.uk/news/world-sou…

8] The article also points out that women come in all shapes & sizes

Well yes.

This does not mean that some are more or less female- that is unless you include males in that cohort

Sexism is NOT suggesting there are two sexes, it is suggesting that those sexes belong in boxes

To naval gaze about the metaphysical nature of the female sex, whilst girls are excluded from education, aborted, put in menstrual huts, have no protection from male violence because of their SEX is the worst type of privilege feminism

This is not 'doing politics differently'..