Ms. Hungerford clearly has no time for all the silliness po-mo brings to the table.
“Post-modern neoliberalism seeks to dismiss the experience of womanhood by claiming that anyone can choose to be a woman. And, in any case, it claims that we are too diverse to be generalized about. An interesting position to take: the class “women” has no defining characteristic, and yet transwomen know exactly what being a “woman” feels like.
The maxim “trans women are women” means at least three things: first, it means that being raised as girl from birth is not an important or relevant aspect of being a “woman” because one can be a woman without it.
Secondly, it means that having a female body is not an important or relevant aspect of being a “woman” because one can be a woman without it.
And third, it means that to be a “woman” reflects an individual’s desired relation to the social construct “woman,” rather than a description of the physical and/or cumulative experiential realities of female-born (and certain intersex) people as described above.”
-Hungerford, E. 2013,
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December 23, 2016 at 8:03 am
Miep
Rather than “to” the physical….realities. It works both ways, but when you come right down to it, they don’t tend to want all that, just the role playing.
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December 23, 2016 at 8:47 am
The Arbourist
@Miep
Historically men have been establishing what ‘reality’ is and, unfortunately, have been quite successful at the endeavour.
This most recent action – the post-modern neo-liberal attack – under the guise of queer theory and identity politics is patriarchal dudes trying to define the bounds of reality for women.
It is a load of hoo-haa from top to bottom. :/
I’m heartened to see women organizing and pushing back against this latest assault on their humanity.
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December 23, 2016 at 8:49 am
Miep
Yes, I’ve been reading about this for five or six years. My intent was to add another angle to Ms. Hungerford’s quote, which I of course agree with.
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December 23, 2016 at 8:53 am
The Arbourist
@Miep
Do you have any favoured resources on the topic that you might share?
Moar reading to add to my list, is always a good thing. :)
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December 23, 2016 at 10:23 am
lovetruthcourage
Keep speaking truth to power, Ms Hungerford!
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December 23, 2016 at 1:47 pm
freerlives
Reblogged this on freer lives.
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December 24, 2016 at 1:25 am
roughseasinthemed
Why is that men who feel like women are so much more vocal than women who feel like men? Oh, wait. That would be like men dominate conversations even though women are perceived to talk more. In fact, I should just have stopped at Men Dominate.
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