I'm open to a better term. I think much of what we call transphobia is actually motivated by misandry and sexism towards men. Since most of the people accused of transphobia do not believe a trans person is the gender they identify as, when they show hostility towards trans women they are, from their point of view, showing hostility towa…
I'm open to a better term. I think much of what we call transphobia is actually motivated by misandry and sexism towards men. Since most of the people accused of transphobia do not believe a trans person is the gender they identify as, when they show hostility towards trans women they are, from their point of view, showing hostility towards men who fail to conform to gender roles.
There is also hostility towards trans men, but it is less common, even though the recent surge in people identifying as trans has predominantly been FtM. That's another bit of evidence that misandry is at the root of it.
A lot of “transphobia” is just disagreement with behaving as if biological sex is not a thing. The demands to change language, to control how other people speak of them, to have access to women’s spaces, are very expansive and intrusive.
The Romans said galli could only have access to women’s spaces after castration. That strikes me as the minimal workable arrangement. If you have a penis, you do not have a right to enter and use spaces for folk without penises. The gap in physical strength between the sexes makes a difference.
A lot of the social contagion seems to be connected to discomfort about sexualisation, which is understandable.
I'm open to a better term. I think much of what we call transphobia is actually motivated by misandry and sexism towards men. Since most of the people accused of transphobia do not believe a trans person is the gender they identify as, when they show hostility towards trans women they are, from their point of view, showing hostility towards men who fail to conform to gender roles.
There is also hostility towards trans men, but it is less common, even though the recent surge in people identifying as trans has predominantly been FtM. That's another bit of evidence that misandry is at the root of it.
A lot of “transphobia” is just disagreement with behaving as if biological sex is not a thing. The demands to change language, to control how other people speak of them, to have access to women’s spaces, are very expansive and intrusive.
The Romans said galli could only have access to women’s spaces after castration. That strikes me as the minimal workable arrangement. If you have a penis, you do not have a right to enter and use spaces for folk without penises. The gap in physical strength between the sexes makes a difference.
A lot of the social contagion seems to be connected to discomfort about sexualisation, which is understandable.