The heart is for irony
Spotted today in Cardiff. “Get the wall” means ‘execution’.
So interesting that it’s always radical feminists, never violent men.
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Spotted today in Cardiff. “Get the wall” means ‘execution’.
So interesting that it’s always radical feminists, never violent men.
And still the narrative is how much danger the transwomen are in. Women? No danger from trans women, none, no not at all, no where. Not in bathrooms, not in rape crisis centers, not in locker rooms, not in…anywhere. Because…reasons. Woke reasons. Really real identity reasons. Not those silly statistical reasons that radical feminists insist on using. Not those really true real world example reasons that radical feminists insist on using. No, the good kind of reasons, the feely reasons, the identity reasons, the authentic self reasons.
Yes, a wonder that. Easier target, isn’t it? It’s the lazy way out. It’s like TIMs in women’s sports. Why lose against fellow men when you can win against women? Why fight against the restrictive gender stereotypes of men under patriarchy when, with little effort, you can take over hard-won women’s spaces that have been carved out within it? TRAs aren’t interested in justice, they’re interested in victory, the easier and faster the better. That they have succeeded to such a degree as they have, so quickly and easily, is dismaying. That so many wokebro trans “allies” have picked up this new stick with which they can beat feminists is to be expected. That so many women have aided and abetted this is heartbreaking.
If we use TRA invective as a guide, the conclusion we arrive at is that women are the sole threat to trans-identified persons. Kind of incredible, really.
To the extent that women themselves have become the default, de facto guardians and gatekeepers of womanhood in the name of protecting female only places for women and girls (given the number of organizations and institutions that have given in, bowed down, and surrendered to trans lobbying, or that just don’t give a shit) I can see that they would be seen as an obstacle to “validation” and “confirmation” of TIM identities.* And of course refusal to Validate is Denying Humanity, Actual Violence and Genocide of trans people. If the group you’re desiring to join (or take over, or supplant) doesn’t admit you as a member, then you become Public Enemy Number One. Having abandoned any attempt to broaden the definition of manhood to include the traditionally feminine steretoypical presentations they favour, colonizing the role of “woman” is the only option TIMs have for a safe haven. Don’t ask “Safety from what?” because that would give the game away. By leaving “manhood” in the firm posession of asshole men who can ignore this as a problem that women (natal and “identified as”) to sort out “among themselves,” men can, for the most part, wash their hands of the problem and continue on with Patriarchy as Usual, knowing that TRAs aren’t going to rock the boat in any meaningful way.
* I salute the recognition on a previous thread of the observation of how TRAs have been pushing pushing on the Overton Window in their hyperbolic claims. Obvious, but I’d not put that together til then. Thanks What a Maroon! http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/2019/people-who-are-denying-my-humanity/
I messed up pronouns! Don’t shoot me!!
This should read:
Here’s a Twitter thread that highlights this double standard:
https://mobile.twitter.com/aniobrien/status/1162268212504870912
It looks at how men discussing the reasons they would not date transwomen (as revealed in that recent study on dating preferences reported here on B&W) are left alone for saying things that get women mobbed, suspended and banned.
Can anyone tell me when this rhetorical move gained a foothold? Was it with microaggressions, or does it predate that? The idea of searching through JSTOR to find patient zero fills me with dread.
I’ve been asked (during a first date) whether I would date a transgender person. The way it was asked made me suspect there was a social price for the wrong answer. (“So, you wouldn’t date a transperson?”) For a second, it was probably difficult to tell the difference between me and a deer caught in headlights.
Funny how they ended with a little heart.
Such cuddly piranhas, aren’t they?
The little heart at the end is like the cute pastel pink and blue baseball bats used by that trans troupe, around which they’d lovingly wrapped barbed wire. First impressions are important.
Intimidation with rainbow glitter and a smile. Male pattern violence in mascara and heels.
I think I’ll take the actual piranhas, thanks. At least they don’t pretend to oppressed victimhood.
NiV, I hope you made a quick escape…
I imagine the little heart is to establish the feminine nature of the person writing it, because women always put little hearts on things, right? (I’m afraid way too many of my students do, and dot their i with a heart.) Those who think the heart is silly, or maybe inappropriate to the sentiment? Must be men. Because women understand the importance of little hearts, and men don’t.
From the report on the study mentioned in YNNB’s link:
“The high rates of trans exclusion from potential dating pools are undoubtedly due in part to cisnormativity, cissexism, and transphobia — all of which lead to lack of knowledge about transgender people and their bodies, discomfort with these unknowns, and fear of being discriminated against by proxy of one’s romantic partner. It is also possible that at least some of the trans exclusion is due to the fact that for some people, sexual orientation might be not (just) about a partner’s gender identity, but attraction to specific body types and/or judgment of reproductive capabilities.”
“You don’t believe males can be women so we want you dead”
I wish I were wrong about TRAs.
Oddly, a heart symbol is the trademark logo of Wall’s, the ice cream company. Somehow, though, I doubt that it’s ice cream that’s being promised here.
@Francis Boyle #13:
That last line there is pure comedy gold. People are attracted by something related to body types and “reproductive capabilities”? Oh wow, you think?
I don’t want dick and lesbians don’t want dick… Not exactly a mystery.
Not even if it’s got glitter and rainbows?
Especially not with glitter – that stuff gets everywhere!