I hate the lack of empathy expressed by so many anti #trans folk, but I think there's a good point here. Isn't the gender binary the problem? That people feel like they have to choose and take on these roles for society despite what their bodies tell them. To help with that, we need to accept new terms for everybody to use, that separate gender expression from biology. I assume that while this would do so much to resolve their concerns, conservatives would reject these normative changes.
> ... we need to accept new terms ...
*we = Everybody else (after all, I've already accepted it)
*need = By force, if necessary
*accept = You must change your norms to conform to my ideology
*new = Discarding the old thing puts traditionalists off balance, shifting the power dynamics toward the people who want the new thing
*terms = Redefining language allows us to equivocate, thus improving our rhetoric
@wjmaggos People missing the point that it's not a vagina or "lipstick, high heels, and a handbag" that makes someone a woman. What makes someone a woman is if they say they're a woman.
but being a woman has historically implied these other elements, used by others for good faith purposes. I'm trying to best balance all these concerns. if society's conception of what a woman is changed, that person's conception of themselves might no longer match it, correct? I feel like we're taking half steps and that's what's making this all the more difficult.
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