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Some background on the gender critical vs transactivist debate.
http://mad-theory.tumblr.com/post/150653730357/rageclit-toxicdoxxie-antiprincess#notes
http://auntiewanda.tumblr.com/post/153664078226/you-should-learn-more-about-radical-feminism
Interesting conclusion – if gender is completely subjective, personal quality, how can it be meaningful in a descriptive sense?
It comes back down to the utility of meanings that are based in the material reality of the situation. Women = adult human female is an objective fact, and I haven’t seen an alternate definition that more accurately coincides with this evidence based conclusion.
The argument depicted below seems to sum up the problematic nature of the truth claims that trans-activists make. To analyze these claims precisely and coherently and refute them seems to get one labelled as a ‘transphobe’ (for disagreeing with worldview of someone else). Sorry, but that just doesn’t wash.
If we are to maintain any dedication to reasonable argumentation and reliance on evidence based decision making then there should be nothing wrong with the position Auntie Wanda takes. Win people over with strong arguments, not strong pejorative labels meant to silence them.
Let’s examine the claim that is often seen during gender-critical debates. The idea that radical feminists want to reduce women to their mere body parts is given a thorough response. The tl;dr is that females, under patriarchy, are oppressed because they possess female anatomy, yes folks, sex based oppression is where the action is. :/
https://toomanymurlocs.tumblr.com/post/151164217457/2nd-wave-blackswallowtailbutterfly
How weird is it that such basic concepts can cause so much furor? It is almost like a certain category of men have decided they strongly dislike a particular objective fact, and expect the rest of the world to fall in line with their new orthodoxy (because they say so). Conveniently, when it come to basic biological definitions, all of their the hard-headed skepticism and critical analysis is tucked away. However, the critical thinking boom is lowered almost instantaneously to repudiate those quaint feminist notions of sex-based oppression, patriarchy, and rape culture – now there friends, are some legitimate topics for serious Debate (because we disagree with them and it doesn’t affect us much)!
http://auntiewanda.tumblr.com/post/150750143211/terf-receipts-auntiewanda-terf-receipts
If there is a better description that leads to a more accurate description of objective reality let’s hear it. Until that time, and with general scientific consensus, the current definitions look pretty rock-solid to me.
Notes from the gender debate that is ongoing in society. I think that the sooner we recognize that gender is a harmful social construct and move toward removing it from society, the better off we’ll be.
http://auntiewanda.tumblr.com/post/151164241261/sassysublimetastemaker-girlsmoonsandstars
bleatmop
Mystro
The Arbourist
Dead Wild Roses 
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