If we were to survey incarcerated women on the issues that concern them the most, I'm fairly confident that "trans women in female prisons" would not be very high on the list.
Incarcerated women have higher rates of mental health issues, substance abuse, unresolved trauma, history of abuse, STIs, breast and cervical cancer, preterm birth, miscarriage.. Their health is failed by the prison system.
Why are we not talking about that?
Why are we not talking about that?
Why are we not talking about decarcerating women on drug and property crimes? Implementing family sentencing alternative programs? Prioritizing rehabilitation over punishment? Ending social benefit bans for convicted ppl?
Why are we instead obsessed with trans women in prisons?
Why are we instead obsessed with trans women in prisons?
This is the problem with "GC feminists." They are less concerned with improving the lives of perceived "females," and much more concerned with the presence of perceived "males." It's why they ignore the most pressing issues. Why they'll hurt GNC women if it'll keep out "males."
Their goal is not to help women, it's to maintain the boundaries of "true womanhood." When your goal is to maintain rather than improve, segregate rather than integrate, you become obsessed with the 'other.' You become obsessed with ridding the 'other' from your category of woman
It's all about "males." Pushing for exclusionary policies & language for women's spaces & services rather than improving/expanding in any meaningful way. Ever wonder why Sheila Jeffreys said a lesbian is "a woman who doesn't fuck men?" Not even being a WLW can be focused on women
So although they use different thought processes to arrive there, "GC feminists" and the patriarchal right-wing share the same goals and continuously find themselves in alliance. Because both are primarily focused on "males" and neither of them really care about women.
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