In essence, the Gender layer looks like the Human layer, and both sexes are Human, so as long as they can cover up that pesky sex layer with enough Genderspeak then there are no longer any meaningful differences between peen and vagina, as long as they say there’s not.
Read the rest here: http://cynicalcynthia.wordpress.com/2013/01/06/gender-identity-layer/
I would like to highlight a few points of misunderstanding in your rant and what you said in the video.
1) When Cathy asked if someone would like to sit on her lap, she was not sexually harassing anyone. She was asking a funny, light-hearted question in an attempt to help diffuse an emotionally tense situation. Perhaps you would have done something different, but she is her and that was her way of trying; she was frightened by the possible escalation to physical violence and wanted to stifle it.
2) When she says “trans women are not female,” she is not saying they are not women. She makes a distinction between biological sex and mental gender. Thus, trans women are women in that they are classed among women, but they have male biology. A penis is a male sex organ and cannot be used to carry children, and is thus not a female sex organ. That is all she means, and bears no ill towards your friend.
3) She probably misgendered your friend because she appeared and sounded very male. Human biases on appearance and voice are hard to overcome, even when people try their utmost best. I honestly have the same issue with some trans women I know, even though I put forward by best effort to comfort them.
That said, you were all about pushing your friends point of view and dismissing Cathy’s. In fact, the entire event was you putting Cathy in a situation where she could not leave unless she dismissed how she felt and admitted that she did the things you merely perceived her doing. Keep in mind that we live in our minds; your own interpretation of things is not the only one that exists.
In your mind, Cathy was being a dismissive asshole. In Cathy’s mind, she was frightened and just wanted to get out of that hostile situation and back to the dyke march. That is the reason that she was being dismissive, not because she wanted to hurt or erase people, but because she wanted to get on with having a good time and you and your friend put her in a situation where she felt unsafe to do so.
Taking away someone’s feeling of safety and autonomy is the definition of assault. You took your friend’s side over hers, and whoever’s opinion is correct does not matter once you’ve verbally assaulted someone for at least 20 minutes.
It’s almost 6am here in New York City. I just got back from a long night of partying post-Dyke March, my very first Dyke March ever. I was honored to lead the march with the banner, touched to see so many of our allies cheering us on, and just proud to be able to celebrate being who I am. Now, as…
^^ Not females.
do you reckon they think women actually look like this? i really don’t want to understand their thought processes.
The sense of entitlement which comes off drag queens is just rancid. They call themselves female impersonators, but then they go on looking and acting like no women that I know, but instead over-done, two-dimensional caricatures of real women. Then they get all sorts of exposure and attention in the gay community, even to the point that their shows are regularly featured at the local lesbian club.
Because, you know, men’s views are so important, especially when it comes to their views on what a woman is. *rolls eyes* Fuck this shit.
I wrote about this before, but when I went to a gay bar with a friend, there was a drag queen on stage talking about how disgusting women are and only a depraved man would want to give oral to a woman/or want to fuck her. It was so disgusting, if they hate women so much, why are they trying to impersonate them?
Perhaps it is a twisted result of them being jealous of women and using their male entitlement and bullshit in order to handle it; I have no idea. However, I would have loved to be there so I could have called the idiot out on their bullshit.
The amount of unchecked male privilege that stays alive in the gay community is bullshit and needs challenged constantly.
(Source: robynchurches)
^^ Not females.
do you reckon they think women actually look like this? i really don’t want to understand their thought processes.
The sense of entitlement which comes off drag queens is just rancid. They call themselves female impersonators, but then they go on looking and acting like no women that I know, but instead over-done, two-dimensional caricatures of real women. Then they get all sorts of exposure and attention in the gay community, even to the point that their shows are regularly featured at the local lesbian club.
Because, you know, men’s views are so important, especially when it comes to their views on what a woman is. *rolls eyes* Fuck this shit.
(Source: robynchurches)
“I didn’t come from your rib, you came from my uterus”
Slutwalk São Paulo, 26 May 2012 (see gallery at the link, article in Portuguese)
backlash fictions
- slut shaming
- biphobia
- transmisogyny
- cissexism
- femmephobia
are concealing
- male sex right, misogyny, fashion, marketing, western imperialism
- male sex right, misogyny, lesbophobia, homophobia
- male sex right, misogyny, lesbophobia, butch-hatred
- male sex right, misogyny, biological reality/material oppression
- misogyny, femininity-mandates, butch-hatred, fashion, marketing
I really tried to capture his facial expression.
LOLOLOLOLOL
(Source: manicpixiedeathbitch)
http://www.transadvocate.com/on-die-cis-scum.htm
Thank you, Chelsea Sayre, for having the courage to go against the crowd, and say this to your community.
So far the comments are just vile. >.>
If you think defining people by genitalia is somehow radical and revolutionary, I’d hate to see what you think is conservative.
radical feminists don’t define people by their genitalia.
This. We define sex by genitalia, because that’s how it works….
You don’t realise that sex isn’t strictly binary either! In fact, a person can be XY and have anatomy that’s arbitrarily defined as “female”. Chromosomes come in lots of variations. People can also have typical chromosome configurations and still end up being born with ambiguous genitals, or their internal sex organs fail to develop, or a whole bunch of other visible variations. Bug and friends, please show us YOUR history if you’re so into defining “real women” as having certain body parts. Prove your special Reel Wombyn status, just like the Womyn’s Hatefest does.
Oh, and if you use the word “females” you sound like an MRA or white cis dude promoting evopsych. (OK those are kind of the same really…)
Quoting myself: “However, sex is determined by typically 1 out of 46 chromosomes”
I am aware of other combinations and outcomes. I was just citing that as an example of how human beings are more than sex or gender. Good luck with the straw men, assumptions of ignorance and the baiting involving trying to tell people what words they can and cannot use at the end.
As if spoilt nasty little radfems don’t do that as it is. There’s nothing “radical” in saying that people’s chromosomes and genitals (and thus reproductive capacity) are the sole indicator of who is a “real” man and a “real” woman. I keep hearing you lot saying that people don’t get to self-define and sex is the only thing that matters and couldn’t POSSIBLY be a terrible way to determine who someone really is. If you’re so against self-definition, you’re a conservative. Sorry.
“There’s nothing “radical” in saying that people’s chromosomes and genitals (and thus reproductive capacity) are the sole indicator of who is a “real” man and a “real” woman.” - I have said nothing of the sort. In fact, I refuted such ideas in this post. http://cynicynth.tumblr.com/post/22593700743/the-cotton-ceiling-biological-sex-what-makes-females
Female organs are still female organs and male organs are still male organs though. From what I can tell, having the wrong organs is what makes transsexual people’s lives difficult. Not sure what good calling a penis female does to help that, because it still performs the same function and won’t get pregnant.
“I keep hearing you lot saying that people don’t get to self-define and sex is the only thing that matters and couldn’t POSSIBLY be a terrible way to determine who someone really is. If you’re so against self-definition, you’re a conservative. Sorry.”
I have said nothing like this; please don’t project your anger onto me and confront those who do say this directly. I cannot control the thoughts of all those who also practice radical feminism any more than a Christian can control the thoughts of all those who practice Christianity.
Their thoughts are their own but you are replying to me; please be mindful of the broad brush which you use to paint over what people are actually saying on an individual basis.
(Source: hollowpikeman, via hollowpikeman)
If you think defining people by genitalia is somehow radical and revolutionary, I’d hate to see what you think is conservative.
radical feminists don’t define people by their genitalia.
This. We define sex by genitalia, because that’s how it works….
You don’t realise that sex isn’t strictly binary either! In fact, a person can be XY and have anatomy that’s arbitrarily defined as “female”. Chromosomes come in lots of variations. People can also have typical chromosome configurations and still end up being born with ambiguous genitals, or their internal sex organs fail to develop, or a whole bunch of other visible variations. Bug and friends, please show us YOUR history if you’re so into defining “real women” as having certain body parts. Prove your special Reel Wombyn status, just like the Womyn’s Hatefest does.
Oh, and if you use the word “females” you sound like an MRA or white cis dude promoting evopsych. (OK those are kind of the same really…)
Quoting myself: “However, sex is determined by typically 1 out of 46 chromosomes”
I am aware of other combinations and outcomes. I was just citing that as an example of how human beings are more than sex or gender. Good luck with the straw men, assumptions of ignorance and the baiting involving trying to tell people what words they can and cannot use at the end.
(Source: hollowpikeman, via hollowpikeman)
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