#just because the culture upholding gender isn't white doesn't mean the belief is correct

[watermelinoe]

I know that Tumblr is generally a horrible place to try and convince anyone anything, but it seems like you're a reasonable person with well grounded feminist views outside of the trans exclusionary stuff.

Id recommend reading and watching documentaries on the Faʻafafine, the Two Spirit people of the first nations (like the Nadleehi and Dilbaa of Navajo Nation), and the many other trans people in indigenous cultures.

I understand why in a post colonial, patriarchal society it seems obvious to develop such a narrow view of gender. But in refusing to acknowledge the reality of transgender people, you uphold the white patriarchal colonial supremacy that dehumanizes us all.

a) misogyny existed long before colonialism

b) misogyny exists in other cultures besides white peoples'

c) the existence of additional gender roles is proof of essentialist beliefs about gender