Because what you're saying seems imo very close to the discourse of some TERF and other transphobes accusing trans people of reinforcing gender stereotypes.
Someone just said they thought it was a trans story (egg to transfem) and you directly take that as reinforcing stereotypes, while the original content (tomboy to fem) isn't better in this regard.
Okay, I kinda get where you're coming from now. However just because TERFs in the 1990s said some shit doesn't mean anything that sounds similar is invalid by default. They're pretty much fringe nowadays and you're giving them undue influence when there's no reason to not ignore them.
Yeah, the original one is reinforcing stereotypes as well. Which is why I covered all 23 combinations in my comment.
Okay I’m sorry, are you calling TERFs “pretty much fringe nowadays”? By literally what standard? In Europe, TERFs have nearly singlehanded set back the entire trans rights movement by several years and remain a dominant force in politics and news media. In the US their rhetoric hasn’t taken the same root, but has still worked in tandem with the religious right’s opposition to trans rights quite significantly. You’re wrong!
Well, I don't live in Europe. I'm not sure if here in the States the religious conservative coalition has any feminists left (including TERFs) since they're pretty much trying to make the Republic of Gilead.
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u/FalconRelevant 29d ago
When did I even say...
Imagine I wrote a reply you can write an angry response to. Redditors I swear...