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NullTuples

(6,017 posts)
8. Did someone wake up Janice Raymond?
Mon Apr 17, 2023, 01:19 AM
Apr 2023

Funny thing is, these days trans people in general are often more feminism informed than many cis women because it's become part of our subcultures. Thanks to people like Julia Sereno, Kimberlé Crenshaw, Kate Bornstein, Angela Davis, Leslie Feinberg and so on, it's generally understood that patriarchal sexism underlies oppression against both trans and cis women. And as we transition, most trans women are forced to examine and tease apart aspects like gender expression vs identity, society's views on sex & gender, biological influences, history of oppression, intersectionality, and so on. The idea of trans women "replacing" cis women is as ludicrous and bigoted as any other application of Great Replacement Theory where conservatives posit that non-white people are replacing white people.

An interesting piece about how it's misogyny, all the way down:
https://www.adl.org/resources/blog/misogyny-powerful-undercurrent-great-replacement-conspiracy-theory-0

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I'm not wanting to replace anyone [View all] vercetti2021 Apr 2023 OP
I see you, cilla4progress Apr 2023 #1
We need many vercetti2021 Apr 2023 #14
We are all women, vercetti2021. MLAA Apr 2023 #2
I know that vercetti2021 Apr 2023 #13
It's just transphobia, period. RandySF Apr 2023 #3
I know vercetti2021 Apr 2023 #15
Yes, it is just awful and twisted how they want to pit folks against each other. FM123 Apr 2023 #4
I see you too Lifeafter70 Apr 2023 #5
The only people I would ever want to replace soldierant Apr 2023 #6
Hugs and support from the Mom of a trans child 🏳️‍⚧️ Murphyb849 Apr 2023 #7
How do they handle it? vercetti2021 Apr 2023 #10
Did someone wake up Janice Raymond? NullTuples Apr 2023 #8
Exactly vercetti2021 Apr 2023 #12
We're all fundamentally female IMHO Hugh_Lebowski Apr 2023 #9
Irony of that vercetti2021 Apr 2023 #11
Anyone who says that is an idiot. Period. OldBaldy1701E Apr 2023 #16
this Iris May 2023 #19
This is very distressing. Not Heidi Apr 2023 #17
Support and hugs. I respect and admire trans women even more than cis because Ziggysmom Apr 2023 #18
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