Gradually people around the world are starting to realize that what’s presented as “protecting a vulnerable minority” is precisely the opposite.
It’s one of those language tricks.
Minors are vulnerable. That’s why we have child safeguarding laws & rules.
#StopTransingAwayTheGay
It’s one of those language tricks.
Minors are vulnerable. That’s why we have child safeguarding laws & rules.
#StopTransingAwayTheGay
https://twitter.com/plunkingotter/status/1440044027731070985
Language tricks:
“Inclusive” means including within the category of women (a sex class) any male who asserts [pronoun] identifies as a woman: everywhere from sport to lesbian dating sites; from rape shelters to women’s prisons. It also means *excluding* all those who disagree.
“Inclusive” means including within the category of women (a sex class) any male who asserts [pronoun] identifies as a woman: everywhere from sport to lesbian dating sites; from rape shelters to women’s prisons. It also means *excluding* all those who disagree.
Language tricks:
A “trans child” is a boy who says [pronoun] is a girl, or a girl who says [pronoun] is a boy. This is to fly in the face of everything we know about child developmental psychology. It denies the lived experience of detransitioners.
A “trans child” is a boy who says [pronoun] is a girl, or a girl who says [pronoun] is a boy. This is to fly in the face of everything we know about child developmental psychology. It denies the lived experience of detransitioners.
It dismisses the lived experience of every “gender nonconforming” woman who once felt like a boy and every “gender nonconforming” man who once felt like a girl. We are so happy no one “affirmed” our feelings as kids and sent us on a path to lifelong medicalization and sterility.
Language tricks:
“Bigotry” is refusing to accept that it is possible to change sex. “Hate” is for instance remarking that lesbians don’t have penises. “Misgendering” means using third-person pronouns according to the rules of English grammar.
“Bigotry” is refusing to accept that it is possible to change sex. “Hate” is for instance remarking that lesbians don’t have penises. “Misgendering” means using third-person pronouns according to the rules of English grammar.
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