Boiling it down: if the argument is that gender is an oppressive social construct, isn’t ‘women born women’ completely contrary to that idea? If, after all, people aren’t born with gender, and ‘woman’ is a negative stereotype forced on people, then ‘women born women’ should be antithetical to those ideas.

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I believe you may not be clear as to what is meant by ‘sex’ and…

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How can ‘cis’ be inappropriate if you use the word ‘trans’? Imagine someone on the Jordan side of the Jordan river called the other side the Transjordan region (and they do call it that) but said that calling their side cisjordan was somehow “inappropriate.” If Latin applies to one group of people, why not another?

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Taking ‘cisgender’ as meaning “denoting or relating to a person whose self-identity conforms with the…

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I just heard your interview on feminism current and was blown away by your logical and clear method of explaining your views on gender, identity, and current transgender divides. I have to tell you, this was the first time I have even thought about whether or not transgendered women were women. I always wanted to ask the person changing into themselves as female first “why? Being a woman kindly sucks!” I would love to talk to you more via email, if possible. With love, Jessica

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I’m so glad you enjoyed the podcast and thank you so much for the lovely,…

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