CW: SA Watching @arthur_affect tirelessly argue with British transphobes is exhausting just on its own.
The double-speak, moving goalposts and inconsistent arguments are easier to wholesale ignore than engage with but what does that get us?
These people redefined “rape”.
The double-speak, moving goalposts and inconsistent arguments are easier to wholesale ignore than engage with but what does that get us?
These people redefined “rape”.
(Specifically, in the UK “rape” is now a special and particularly bad form of “sexual assault” that’s only possible with a penis. If there was no forced PIV penetration it wasn’t rape, apparently.
Decades of regression.
All of this to stick it to trans women. It’s appalling.)
Decades of regression.
All of this to stick it to trans women. It’s appalling.)
“Well hang on” you might be thinking. “Rape is more than just forced PIV sex!”
You’re right, but not in the UK. Transphobes, in the name of “protecting women”, have cheapened what “rape” means.
They’re out here defending certain kinds of rape as not really rape. As “feminists”.
You’re right, but not in the UK. Transphobes, in the name of “protecting women”, have cheapened what “rape” means.
They’re out here defending certain kinds of rape as not really rape. As “feminists”.
All of this is coming to the US. The transphobia movement hasn’t really hit it’s organized head off steam here yet, but they’re working on it.
Some things and terms to be aware of:
LGB without the T means hate group.
“Gender critical”? Hate group.
“Biological female”? Hate.
Some things and terms to be aware of:
LGB without the T means hate group.
“Gender critical”? Hate group.
“Biological female”? Hate.
The trans debate is going to be huge whenever Fox News decides to open that can of worms here. Be ready in advance so you know what the enemy plays are.
They rely on trans people not having any allies.
They rely on trans people not having any allies.
“But Myk, I can kind of see their point!”
I can kind of see it too, if I squint and put on my Motivated Reasoning In The Absence Of Material Reconciliation hat.
But broadening the definition of rape has long been a feminist project. And these people are explicitly opposing it.
I can kind of see it too, if I squint and put on my Motivated Reasoning In The Absence Of Material Reconciliation hat.
But broadening the definition of rape has long been a feminist project. And these people are explicitly opposing it.
Sorry, I got a detail wrong. They didn’t recently change the definition of rape, they’re campaigning to use this shitty extant law as justification for their toxic ideology.
https://twitter.com/hdgarrood/status/1475460612192931843
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