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In reply to the discussion: Is this blog post intolerant of the transgendered? [View all]ismnotwasm
(41,976 posts)It's like the argument that never ends. So I think you're catching some of that.
I'm a feminist and I find TERF's despicable. Mainstream feminism has distanced themselves as has much of the radical end of feminism. TERFS are kind of left as a wing nutty kind of movement
When I first read Greer-- it made a certain amount of sense--a women isn't make up or a skirt or a way of walking; but it soon became clear that not only is transphobia bigotry, it's unscientific bigotry that leaves out that small spectrum of people born without a clear anatomical gender, not to mention the torture it inflicts on those who feel like they have been born in the wrong body, or those who don't identify as either male or female.
It's time to let the human race grow and evolve-- there will always be gender, but on a kind of continuum, what feminists really want are things like justice and equal opportunity.