@MsGiveZeroFox
@marksandspencer
@b_biffa
So why does
@marksandspencer
centre the likes of Zelda? Why is Zelda given more credence than the average M&S customer? Why is Zelda more important than women? Why are my rights irrelevant in the eyes of M&S?
@JamesBarry1789
No. Black feminists object to this analogy and have said so repeatedly. It ignores the historical and racist context of Blackface. Yes, drag can be seen as degrading to women and has it's own problems but comparing it to something with deep ties in racism and slavery is dubious
@MalesOfReddit
He even disses black women by saying they're perceived as more masculine and it's harder to tell a black woman from a black man then blamed racism
@mattwallaert
Do you seriously think telling biological males that they can only compete with biological males is oppression ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
@TeenVogue
Due to chemotherapy I no longer menstruate. Therefore I am not a 'menstruator', not any longer. Thank you
@TeenVogue
, you have effectively erased my experiences as a Black woman and quite obviously don't count my opinion important. I still am a woman.
@bessbell
I don't know what reality you live in where JK Rowling said or implied this but it isn't the same one as everyone else. I think you are very confused ๐
@RitaPanahi
@HoneyBirdette
So why would seeing a man wearing women's underwear persuade me to buy it. I'm not a man. It tells me nothing. Maybe they want to sell to men, now, which means they need to change their advertising slogan
@Iivilicious
Funny but I didn't hear that the anti LGBT Christian protesters got shouted at in the same way at Brighton Pride. You know, the ones that think LGBT people are sinners and abominations, that actually do want trans people to disappear. I suppose it's easier to pick on lesbians
@TheBodyShop
@jk_rowling
Nice. Mocking a woman who's just spoken about her experience of domestic abuse. But hey it's more important to pronounce on trans rights, never mind they're enshrined already in Equality law, than listen to a woman. Our stories, our feelings are dismissed
My favourite is 'Being a woman is an attitude'. Tell that to the girls undergoing FGM, the 12 year olds being married to men 4 times their age or the school girls kidnapped by Boko Harum. It's because of their attitude
@HHS_ASH
You seem to be ignoring the latest evidence. And it's so important to remember this, Rachel, just because you see transition as right for you doesn't mean it's right for everyone so stop being biased in your interpretations and look at the facts
@heatherbarr1
Where do you get hating from? It's this. Gender identity is part of a belief system where gender identity supersedes biological sex incl in healthcare, social care and sexual orientation. Many people do not believe this. It doesn't imply hatred. It just means bio sex matters too
@KentCricket
You're very funny! When it said 2019 Kent Women Player of the Year I thought you meant an actual woman player ๐คฃ๐คฃ. Come on, now, who is the real winner?
@michaelacquino
@JohnCleese
It's more than that. We are not just talking about freedom of gender expression which is great. It's a claim that we can literally change sex, that gender identity trumps biological sex in healthcare, social care and sexual orientation, that women's sex-based rights be taken away
@seftoncouncil
@chrisacorby
@HealthySefton
@NHSSFCCG
@NHSSSCCG
@HWatchSefton
No, but it is a condition of female biology, of women. Just using 'people' doesn't make it clear it's sex-linked. Women reading won't necessarily think it refers to them and what they might be experiencing. In fact since the default is so often male, they may think the opposite
@teacake90s
@JamesBarry1789
@ben_bt
@guardian
I donated to
@guardian
and was considering a subscription but though they do sometimes give a voice to alternative opinions they publish far more uncritically advocating ideology round gender identity etc. The last straw was hearing they refused the article on detransitioners
@UN_Women
@free_equal
Um. Maybe this happens to trans athletes because they're biological males competing against women so it's not actually discriminatory. It's biology.
@LaurenOxleyx
Lauren, you hold to the belief system where the subjective concept of gender identity (itself part of that belief system) overrides sex. Many women do not believe this. Therefore a service that admits transwomen who are men (because we don't share your beliefs) is not women-only
@fifyfomum
This is shocking and a clear case of discrimination. You said nothing wrong. Your response was good. Are there any local GC groups who can support you? Would your local MP be supportive?
@AngelaRayner
My feminism only includes biological women as those oppressed specifically through and because of their biology however I'm also very pro rights for trans people and that includes trans men. Sometimes things overlap, sometimes they don't. Then we think our way through
@edcmpbl
No they aren't. I'm a woman but obviously you, a man, will know better than me what one is. By the way, I won't be voting Labour until I know they won't be giving my rights away.
@DSanderson_85
So does that mean the protective characteristic of sex has now been eliminated and sex-based rights are no longer a thing? Is biology now irrelevant, there is no difference in law or society between me and a man if he has a GRC?
@CraigMurrayOrg
@garvey_liam
You're confusing segregation and separation, there. Segregation is imposed upon an oppressed group by a more powerful group which controls it. Separation is when an oppressed group, us, separates itself from another group,men,due to perceived risk or the needs of mutual support
@KirstySNP
I do not like to be described as a menstruator. Many women feel the same. That should be enough. Show us some respect. We bend over backwards to placate the feelings of other groups to name them as they wish but somehow this does not apply to women
@PattyArquette
@valasule
Tiesa didn't 'encounter'
#BasedGrandpa
. Tiesa deliberately walked into his shop. What is wrong with people believing bio sex matters (and is it really a belief when it's reality). Why should we be compelled to believe it doesn't? Express gender how you want but sex doesn't change
@JacobTobia
@jk_rowling
How about taking on the men who do this, Jacob? Why do they always get a free pass, why are you making excuses for them and blaming women. 'She made them do it', 'it was her fault'. It's the same old same old. This is on men.
@chrisjwatts
@michaelwhite
What are you talking about? In my gym, if one of the male instructors needs to enter to help someone, say, he makes sure to clear it with the women there. If there is a male cleaner, a warning notice is put up. Maybe, having no idea about our lives, you don't notice these things
@DarttiDare
@ChoooCole
@AWMerrickk
So how come transwomen feel entitled to transplain womanhood to women? That is privilege, you are the privileged one. Away with your pity party.
@StephenKing
@CodySkinnerFan
Though I do wonder, how are trans women, women? Because, if they are, then sex-based oppression cannot exist as woman is no longer an objective category but instead subjective, a feeling, a way of behaving. And who categorises what feeling or behaviour = woman? Seemingly, men
@JohnMcM1
@BBCNews
Very sensible. Every other condition gets an approach centred on the individual taking time to explore except for gender dysphoria where it seems to be a one-size fits all approach with no or few questions asked
@CentralAnti
You want to take away my rights. You would forbid me from meeting with my sex only, from seeking support from my sex only and from speaking on behalf of my sex only even on matters that concern only us. Why should I take you seriously? Why shouldn't I see you as fascist?
@B_Kulvichit
@TheStage
So it's transphobic to be a woman who doesn't like to perform intimate functions in areas shared with men, cis biological men. It's not even a transgender issue. Are orgs like Water Aid transphobic hatemongers, now too? How about sending them a letter
@ihaterocket
@HannahQuirk1
@charilaou_alex
@DrJoGrady
@JessicaLBarnard
@UKLabour
But this isn't about trans rights. Trans people are already protected under the Equality Act. It's about enforcing a belief system where a concept of gender identity overrides biological sex with sex becoming meaningless in law and society. Those who don't believe are monstered
@Brocklesnitch
That's a poor observation. I suggest you take a wander through diaper and sissyporn Twitter to look at your allies, there. A lot of abusive men among your crowd too. I've seen the videos of how violent some of the protesters are against women
@bennite75
@_ScrambledMegs
@Shaftesbury1911
If I see a man in there I will challenge him. I do not believe gender identity supersedes biological sex. I do not subscribe to that belief system
@BuckAngel
No Buck. I was diagnosed with cancer. It turned out to be an aggressive tumor. If I hadn't had my mastectomy in rapid time my chance of surviving would have plummeted. Are trans people automatically more important than women like me? Are trans people actually dying?
@legalfeminist
And they have stated that any female pupil who wishes to transition will be allowed to remain as a trans man therefore the policy as a whole can't be said to discriminate against trans people. It is about being single sex
@OwenJones84
So you go to speak to the bullies. These are schoolgirls, teenagers, and you're asking to speak to them anonymously without their parents or their school knowing. This is not good practice, surely?
@speakoutsister
They represent lesbians. We don't all believe in some weird belief system where an inner concept you call gender identity overrides biological sex
@fairplaywomen
@dstlmod
I qualified as an engineer. On my course there were 5 women out of 100. I was the first female where I was placed on work experience, I was the first in the dept when I started work. That man knows nothing of this for women
@athornehere
As a fellow social worker I will support you where necessary. The uncritical and unreflective approach GI adherents take to working in this area is the very antihesis of good social work practice
@billybragg
@ThePosieParker
I saw the videos. Angry, violent men scrambling over themselves to attack women trying to protect themselves and each other. Mob rule. And you support this. A child was pushed to the ground. A 70 year old woman was punched in the face. And you revel in it
@Sarah_Woolley
@bindelj
@AngelaRayner
Weird. All I saw was videos of trans protestors shouting and banging on windows while the people inside tried to speak. Liquid was thrown on those trying to meet. I understand those living above disturbed by the noise may have thrown water
@cbucksrules
In my case I call it older woman syndrome, I have older woman syndrome which means I've basically lost patience and can't be arsed anymore
@jameelajamil
When, where and how they been leaders? Most seem to enforce gender conformity extolling the joy of wearing feminine clothing, makeup and acting out what they think is feminine behaviour. Note, the latter will not include doing the chores, the care burden
@gorskon
@jk_rowling
Good grief. The new fashionable way for white middle-class privileged men to tell women to be quiet! Shameful, a so-called skeptic swallowing the psuedo-science of gender identity and refusing to question practice or consider alternatives. These are peer reviewed papers.
@BBCNewsNI
Ulster Rugby banned because they won't let men play on women's teams. Belfast Pride needs to be more inclusive. Not everyone believes gender identity (whatever that is) overrides biological sex
@JDBrainerd
@coffeespoons3
@BritishComedy
@eddieizzard
Ain't my reality, though. Cool, a bloke playing around with gender; wearing makeup, dresses, whatever - challenge the stereotypes. But that isn't what Eddie's doing. Eddie is forcing Eddie's reality on us. Eddie is saying Eddie's feminised behaviour = being female. That's sexist
@HCAHospitalsUK
@PGHosp
Tell the truth. You are not patient-centred. You are not supportive. You are particularly dangerous for women. A woman might die because of the way you have behaved
@Rosa_Jesse_
@Ri_Science
Gender identity is a faith based belief and should be treated as such. Doesn't mean removing the rights of trans gender people, doesn't mean they don't exist. I don't believe in God. Religion is faith based. Does that mean every Christian vanishes?
@ripx4nutmeg
And some of us have already been waiting over 5 years for reconstruction after breast cancer but understand that coronavirus is a priority so may (will) leave them waiting longer
@thesundaytimes
It'd be nice for little girls seeking role models, if you only included women. I mean, how could I show my niece a man and expect her to see herself and her own future experiences in a man?For starters, he wouldn't have had to balance motherhood or been told 'girls don't do that'
@TropDeJambes
@RealWumben
@Henriettaspoon
I don't think so! I think it depends on the people you follow/places you read. From where I hang out most so-called Terfs are black women, many lesbians, angry about having their biology and experiences as black women dismissed and disparaged. You're caping for the white man
@defiaye
@EssexPoliceUK
No harm? Surely, there are some safeguarding concerns here? How do the children feel in particular the girls whose uniforms he wears? He should not be outside schools. I'd think it would at least qualify as a public nuisance. Lends weight to the issue of misogyny in the police
@manueldries
@OU_Philosophy
Congratulating a colleague for an award is 'taking a side' now. What grim times we live in. These 'esteemed colleagues'; why do they have the control of you? What gives them the right?
@naomiblueriver
@Woman4W
Seriously? 'The slave owner's exploitation of the black woman's sexuality was one of the most significant factors differentiating the experience of slavery for males and females.'
@freddymcconnell
Tell these girls that what has happened to them is unconnected to their biological sex. Should we not fight for their rights, speak of their experiences because they are based upon biology; their ability to produce children for their abusers?