Radfems suck my fat hairy tits and die LMAO

Gender is a social construct. Sex is binary. Stay mad.

Since JK has been getting a lot of hate lately, I wanted to voice my own opinion on the same. A lot of actors and celebrities and "important people" have come out and criticized her. She's been called a TERF, Bigoted and a lot of other things, that I do not have the mental space to get into at the moment. But here's what I have understood: 

 1. The trans debate is a relatively new one. Believe it or not, there is not much information about the long term consequences of hormone therapy. Even less on Hormone therapy on children. This means that all your current research is short and medium term, and there are no set rules regarding who is a prime candidate for therapy. In fact, there is already speculation that people who have other mental health concerns or those who are on the autism spectrum have a higher chance of also being diagnosed (or misdiagnosed) with Gender Dysphoria. Worst is self diagnosis. So many people (more than 40% of those who identify as trans) are taking hormones without prescription and without full information about the consequences, which remain unknown. I must remind all of you, that absence of evidence does not amount to evidence of its absence.

 2. There is no evidence based debate on transitioning children especially since it has irreversible consequences on their mental, physical and economic situation. Moreover, there are articles every day about over enthusiastic docs who want to diagnose children based on which toys they play with and what clothing they wear. What happened to telling our boys it's ok to play with Barbies and girls that it's ok to play with trucks and dirt? There is a reason for this lack of research. Gender Dysphoria has become a quick way for the medical industry to earn easy money. They thrive on medicating a population that may as well not need it. There is lack of initiative by the health care providers to commission studies that look into long term impact or even study current "conflicting" but negative evidence of of Gender Affirming medical interventions. What's shocking is that female to male transitioners who undergo phalloplasty face painful and lifelong urological consequences (over 80 percent of the cases), and yet many transitioners are lured by positively written papers that only consider short term effects of the same, with fleeting caveats about lack of longer term studies. 

 3. Sex is real. It has real consequences. Even the most universally celebrated feminist thinkers such as Simone de Beauvoir, acknowledge first, that there is a biological difference between the two sexes (There are only two sexes- intersex conditions occur in 2 out of 10,000 cases, and most of those who possess intersex conditions are outside the “norm”. Sexual Reproduction is necessarily Binary in nature, since there are only two types of gametes sperm and ova). However, Gender is a collective social imagination. There is no male brain and no female brain- just as there is no male kidney or female liver. The only organs that are different are the sex organs. So what does it mean when a girl child says they don't identify with the other girls? Does that mean she herself is not a girl? That she's a boy all along? No! None of the other girls who are "girly" know what they're doing either. They're simply conforming to society's ideas of how they should or must behave in order to fit in. It's the same for the boys. There is no definition of Feminine or Masculine because these concepts are unreal, figments of imagination and social impositions that dictate order in society. Whether you're female with chest hair or a beard (hirsutism) or a male with a "feminine" voice or gait- don't let anyone tell you who you are or who you should be. For too long have males looked down upon the female sex- considered to be imperfections or weak. They're defined as being "non-men" or those who simply lack a penis- the symbol of male virility and power. We need to take back the narrative on what it means to be female. We need to ensure that our biology doesn't become the cause of our social and economic slavery. As we finally step into the public sphere and reclaim the space that's rightfully ours- we need to demand sex based rights which include child care leaves, menstrual leave, etc to truly allow the women to participate to the fullest of our capabilities. 

4. What is REAL is our biology. The physical difference between men and women that makes every woman cautious in a strange man's presence. If there was no difference, male on female violence would not be so rampant. Females do not WANT to get raped, but the other choices include fight and lose or fight and die. On an average, the female is shorter than the man, has less muscles, lower lung capacity and strength. The difference between them is most stark in competitive sports. Usain Bolt's record in 100m dash is 9.58 seconds. The women's record is 10.49 seconds. Yes, in comparison to men's this is worse than average. A record broken easily by high school boys. But does this mean women shouldn't compete? No! They should compete among themselves! A *very* recent paper by Swedish Scientists (W. Anna, 2019) shows how cross hormone therapy doesn't get rid of muscle advantage of transwomen over biological women. An average female athlete has testosterone in the range of 0-2.4 nmol/L which is WAY below what an average transwoman athlete posseses. Olympic games have revised the testosterone limits to 5 nmol/L to allow transgenders to be included in women's sports. But anyone with any understanding of biology can understand how stark and unfair the difference is. By allowing them to compete on the same footing as females in sports, we're allowing a figment of imagination to override biological realities.

5. There are real consequences of biology. We need to be truly inclusive of all people, irrespective of how they look or behave. We don't need make up, or dresses or high pitched voices to be considered female.We don't need to be giving birth, bleeding or taking hormones to be females or males. We are who we are without having to declare ourselves to be Men or Women. Without the social baggage imposed on either of those roles. Unfortunately we know that as long as there is a power imbalance, there is exploitation. This is true for groups as well as sexes. If one half of the sex is physically stronger, then the other half needs safeguards to ensure this power difference doesn't translate into violence or oppression.  This means females need safe spaces from males. Period. 6. Let's have debate on gender and sex, it's consequences and effects. Let's truly help the communities who require our help- those with dysphoria and intersex conditions. Let's not impose sex normalisation on intersex children. Let's love them and their bodies, let's promote their interests and well being. Let's not normalize gender stereotypes by believing in fiction over fact. Let's embrace people for who they are! Let's get rid of sex based oppressions including genital mutilation (practised widely in certain African communities), female foeticide (practiced widely in South asia, where it's estimated that more than 45 million women are missing as a result), untouchability during menstruation etc. These are real SEX-BASED oppressions. Still, in many nations Females are terminated at birth or before for simply not possessing a penis. Male Privilege exists even before Gender takes its course. To fix these, we need sex based rights! 7. Let's not shut down, or brand people for that would mean giving into the age of post truth. Let's debate, discuss and spread awareness. Let's not be ready to berate but lend a sympathetic ear. Shutting down Gender critical feminists, blocking them so that they can't air their lived grievances, verbally or physically assaulting them- seems to be the chosen preference of many extreme trans activists (note: not trans people). Let's condemn any kind of abuse.

Terfs (again)

Terfs: We just don’t want you to invade our spaces!!! We just don’t want you stealing women’s spaces, we respect your identity, we just don’t think we should center our feminism on you!

Also Terfs: Transwoman are male rapists! Those men just put dresses on to rape lesbians! EXECUTE!!!! EXECUTE!!!! DON’T LET THEM IN HOSPITALS! HANG THEM IN THE STREETS! *froths at mouths*

Terfs are no different from religious extremists who “”””respect your identity”””” but at the same time want would love if concentration camps came back for trans people. Stop hiding behind your “““respect”““

The L Word Season 1, Alice breaking up with that dude who call himself “Lisa”, saying she doesn’t want a man who “identifies as a lesbian”, saying she rather “wants a boyfriend who’s straight or a lesbian who’s a girl”

Alice not drinking the genderist kool-aid? Yup, here’s another “terf” queen!

Radical feminism isn’t inclusive of trans women. If you come here in the movement, freshly arrived from this hell that is liberal feminism, and don’t respect the herstory and main critics made by generations of radical feminists before you then it is not your place. Sisters be careful, there’s too many movements who have been hijacked by their “enemies”, repeat the basis of what our movement is, what behaviours we don’t endorse (the threats, the gratuitous insults, the doxxing, all typical of liberal sjw), what we fight against, on a class analysis and not an individualistic one. Share this message because i see way too many newbies here and on twitter since a few weeks ago, i’ve been personally insulted multiple times by these ppl who i will not call radfems. radfems don’t write “trans women inclusive and sexi posi” in their bio. I’m serious sisters, let’s never forget to assert and teach what radical feminism is, we can’t risk losing the spirit of this strong fearless movement. she is powerful and full of resources.