Post by Ayla on Mar 27, 2016 6:29:59 GMT 8
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So yeah. Maybe it’s a pseudo-feminist listicle by a woman going on about things that are tough for women. And then, amongst the all things they are listing, they mention how having a period is a unifying thing amongst “all” women.
Or maybe, someone is rightfully trying to make a statement about how women are disenfranchised. And to point out the triviality of the entire concept of sexism, they make the statement that someone experience x form of misogyny for simply “having a vagina.”
Or maybe a lesbian, makes a general statement or joke that involves the idea that any possible partner of theirs would “have a vagina.”
Guess what guys? Not all women have vagina’s and/or have periods.
There is such a fucking thing as trans women. There are female identified intersex folks. And not to mention cis-women who, for whatever reason, don’t regularly, or ever, ovulate.
See, when you are trying to fight for feminism and for the demystification of women and against sexism and misogyny, and include generalities of “all women” you run the risk of being counterproductive.
When you inherently and intrinsically connect the idea of womanhood to a vagina, even passively so, you are doing harm.
I am no less a women because I do not have a vagina and in fact never plan on having one. Not all transwomen are on that tract. Not to dismiss the dysphoria or need for many transwomen to have some sort of confirmation surgery, but there is such a thing as non-op trans women.
When you say some is paid less for the same jobs as a man for “simply not having a penis,” you are being not only transphobic, but in many ways sexist and misogynistic. As if the concept of womanhood is limited only to having a fucking vagina. Trans women not only face all the same sexist discrimination as cis women, in addition to transphobia, but their very existence as a women, in the current cultural climate, is predicated having to fight for the right to be a woman and have to prove to a series of “professionals” that they are, in fact, a woman.
This is not me thinking only about my “pet cause.” For starters fighting for my existence is not a “pet cause.” I am fighting for inclusion by urging other feminists, of all genders, and others in the LGBTQ community and their allies to make minor changes. To be mindful in relatively small ways.
I’m not saying that women should never mention things like periods as a woman’s problem. Really it only takes the changing of a single word. Instead of saying, “all women” just say “most women.”
One word. For starter’s that is all it takes.
You don’t even have to mention the significant chuck of woman who have a fucking penis and want to keep said penises or the many men who also have to deal with having a period often causing them immense amounts of dysphoria. All it takes is how you word it.
Almost every time I am reading some feminist article, listening to a female comedian or whatever it the case may be a sense of unintentional trans exclusion begins to emerge. The only time it ever feels inclusive is when we are specifically talking about trans feminism and that is a problem.
When otherwise well-meaning people equate “women” with “vaginas,” I am suddenly excluded. The same goes the opposite way as well (exclusion of trans men via equating “men” and “penises”). Once such connections are made, I can longer participate in the concept of womanhood.
By failing to make minor linguistic caveats, my fucking cock now means that I am not quite a woman. Though, I’m certainly not a man. I am not treated by the world as such. I face all the same discrimination and misogyny that other women do. But if the people are fighting against such concepts are to be taken at face value, I can’t quite be a woman since I don’t share the same genitalia and have absolutely zero desire to do so.
And what is truly intolerable is when I hear that I am “so lucky” that I don’t have a period. Yes. So fuck FUCKING LUCKY that I have to fight for my simple right to exist on a daily basis. I may not care about having a vagina. And I am more than proud to be trans. But to describe my experience as “lucky” is the furthest thing from it.
This is not a plea to include a mention of trans people every time you write or talk about gender or feminism or genitalia. It’s always nice to be included but that would be unnecessary. This is only a plea for wording. Saying “most” instead of “all.” Not fucking reducing men and women to simply what they have between their legs.
So yeah. Maybe it’s a pseudo-feminist listicle by a woman going on about things that are tough for women. And then, amongst the all things they are listing, they mention how having a period is a unifying thing amongst “all” women.
Or maybe, someone is rightfully trying to make a statement about how women are disenfranchised. And to point out the triviality of the entire concept of sexism, they make the statement that someone experience x form of misogyny for simply “having a vagina.”
Or maybe a lesbian, makes a general statement or joke that involves the idea that any possible partner of theirs would “have a vagina.”
Guess what guys? Not all women have vagina’s and/or have periods.
There is such a fucking thing as trans women. There are female identified intersex folks. And not to mention cis-women who, for whatever reason, don’t regularly, or ever, ovulate.
See, when you are trying to fight for feminism and for the demystification of women and against sexism and misogyny, and include generalities of “all women” you run the risk of being counterproductive.
When you inherently and intrinsically connect the idea of womanhood to a vagina, even passively so, you are doing harm.
I am no less a women because I do not have a vagina and in fact never plan on having one. Not all transwomen are on that tract. Not to dismiss the dysphoria or need for many transwomen to have some sort of confirmation surgery, but there is such a thing as non-op trans women.
When you say some is paid less for the same jobs as a man for “simply not having a penis,” you are being not only transphobic, but in many ways sexist and misogynistic. As if the concept of womanhood is limited only to having a fucking vagina. Trans women not only face all the same sexist discrimination as cis women, in addition to transphobia, but their very existence as a women, in the current cultural climate, is predicated having to fight for the right to be a woman and have to prove to a series of “professionals” that they are, in fact, a woman.
This is not me thinking only about my “pet cause.” For starters fighting for my existence is not a “pet cause.” I am fighting for inclusion by urging other feminists, of all genders, and others in the LGBTQ community and their allies to make minor changes. To be mindful in relatively small ways.
I’m not saying that women should never mention things like periods as a woman’s problem. Really it only takes the changing of a single word. Instead of saying, “all women” just say “most women.”
One word. For starter’s that is all it takes.
You don’t even have to mention the significant chuck of woman who have a fucking penis and want to keep said penises or the many men who also have to deal with having a period often causing them immense amounts of dysphoria. All it takes is how you word it.
Almost every time I am reading some feminist article, listening to a female comedian or whatever it the case may be a sense of unintentional trans exclusion begins to emerge. The only time it ever feels inclusive is when we are specifically talking about trans feminism and that is a problem.
When otherwise well-meaning people equate “women” with “vaginas,” I am suddenly excluded. The same goes the opposite way as well (exclusion of trans men via equating “men” and “penises”). Once such connections are made, I can longer participate in the concept of womanhood.
By failing to make minor linguistic caveats, my fucking cock now means that I am not quite a woman. Though, I’m certainly not a man. I am not treated by the world as such. I face all the same discrimination and misogyny that other women do. But if the people are fighting against such concepts are to be taken at face value, I can’t quite be a woman since I don’t share the same genitalia and have absolutely zero desire to do so.
And what is truly intolerable is when I hear that I am “so lucky” that I don’t have a period. Yes. So fuck FUCKING LUCKY that I have to fight for my simple right to exist on a daily basis. I may not care about having a vagina. And I am more than proud to be trans. But to describe my experience as “lucky” is the furthest thing from it.
This is not a plea to include a mention of trans people every time you write or talk about gender or feminism or genitalia. It’s always nice to be included but that would be unnecessary. This is only a plea for wording. Saying “most” instead of “all.” Not fucking reducing men and women to simply what they have between their legs.