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radsplain · 2 years ago
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"If everyone identified as female, then actually a lot of problems would be solved, think about it,misogyny would hold no water because it would just be the hated of everyone and you couldnt oppress female rights without oppressing the rights of everyone, so L. "
This argument is completely incoherent. Do you really believe that men will stop being violent towards women just because they, en-masse, started identifying as women? That makes no sense. It doesn't matter what words we use. Hell, we could get rid of gender terms altogether and just start identifying as "humans." That wouldn't change a fucking thing, nor would it change the physical lived reality of females. This is the problem with all of you gender ideologists. You overemphasize the importance of words over reality and think that changing the meaning of them to be more "inclusive" will lead to liberation for women. I don't care if we were all one monogender. Our sex determines how we are oppressed. If you happen to be female, you are oppressed on the basis of your sex class.
“what rights do people who simply identify as females not have?”  Hmmm, let’s see, people are trying to remove trans rights all the damn time and yet here you are acting like it dosnt exist, hmmmmm. 
Trans people are not missing out on any rights based on the fact that they're trans. In fact, trans women, specifically, have more institutional rights than biological women do, especially as it regards to reproductive rights. What rights are they missing out on, exactly?
The universal struggles of female identifying people you ask? WWEEEELLLL I WILL TELL YOU! The same ones that you and I have (Yes, believe it or not, i have a vagina and tits! Woah!!! Meaning that you cant shoot down my argument by saying im “Not a real female” by your transphobic ideas!),Sexism, misogyny, lack of respect, ect, ect. AND ON TOP OF THAT, There are people who try to remove their basic human rights, or make it illegal to transition or harder to receive care. 
Trans women who happen to pass well (which, let's be real, the majority do not) may be subject to various forms of misogyny. However, this is misplaced misogyny. As they are not women, that misogyny is being misdirected. In addition, many trans women who don't pass well (ie they are visibly trans identified men) who find themselves being harassed by other men, that harassment is based in homophobia, not misogyny. Many trans women mistake the harassment they receive from men as misogyny, when most of the times it's just homophobia at seeing a man dress in stereotypical "women's" clothing. So, there's that.
But on top of that, they need to deal with transphobic asswipes like you who try to deny their existence and say that they arent valid.
Not believing in the mystical, pseudo-spiritual belief that states someone can simply self-identify into an oppressed sex class simply because they "feel" like they are a woman on the inside is not oppression. Someone not validating your feelings because they don't believe in gender ideology is not oppression. Just like an atheist who doesn't believe in God is not oppressing someone who does believe in God simply by stating the fact that God doesn't exist. Furthermore, if someone needs their reality validated by every single person they come into contact with, their identity may not be as innate and real as you think. Women who know they are women don't constantly need validation from others to know they are women. They just are.
AND ON TOP OF THAT, There are people who try to remove their basic human rights, or make it illegal to transition or harder to receive care.
No one is trying to remove basic human rights or make it illegal to "transition." Most people who are critical of the medicalization of a mental illness and maladaptive coping disorder simply want safeguards in place for people who choose to take this route. Currently, the standard practice of care to treat gender dysphoria is puberty blockers or teens and children, and hormones and possibly irreversible surgery for adults. Looking at the many, many accounts from detransitioners, who, yes, truly identified as and believed themselves to be trans, the overarching sentiment is that they wish their mental health issues and the delusions they had from their dysphoria were not simply affirmed (as affirmation gender therapy is the standard practice of care).
Affirmation therapy doesn't look at the root issues of a patient's dysphoria, and from what we're seeing, many people who transition have had troubled childhoods where they were sexually assaulted (making them feel disconnected from their bodies which led them to believe they were trans), are autistic (which is coupled with black and white thinking (e.g. an autistic women who is a lesbian and also likes wearing masculine clothing may feel like she doesn't "fit" the label of woman), not feeling the "same" as your peers, feeling alienated in social settings, etc), are gay (there are many accounts of children who realized they were gay at a young age and felt pressured, consciously or unconsciously, by parents who were so extremely homophobic to the point where they'd rather have a trans kid. So, instead of having a gay son or daughter, they would have a straight daughter or son), and in some cases, especially with trans-identified males, are suffering from autogynephilia (becoming aroused at seeing oneself dressed presenting in a feminine fashion). The list goes on.
Transitioning" as it is today is not a catch-all problem solver from many different reasons with people think they might be trans and decide to transition. Most people just need therapy, based in CBT, to work through their dysphoric feelings. Just like we wouldn't give someone suffering from anorexia a liposuction surgery just because they think they're fat, we also shouldn't be handing our puberty blockers to minors. Many of these drugs are experimental, and the long-term effects have not been properly studied. In the meantime, people are being hurt by these drugs and their physical health is suffering from it.
It's very likely that the majority of people who have dysphoria, especially as teens, will simply grow out of it with age and time. The evidence is showing this to be true. Why are we giving puberty blockers (which are not safe and can cause irreparable damage to their bodies - look up how puberty blockers effect vital bone density development in teens) to teenagers who will most likely grow out of their dysphoria? Adults who are suffering from it very well may decide to transition, that is absolutely their choice. But it should also be the absolute last resort, especially considering the many side effects that come with medically transitioning, whether that just be taking hormones or surgery. Currently, most people are able to walk into gender clinics and get their hormones in the span of two one-hour visits, with no further interrogation into their past mental health problems. This is an extreme medical oversight and we're already seeing the fallout (although it's not as publicized, as many detransitioners are scared to speak out about their issues publicly and any dissenting opinions on the trans issue in mainstream media is a faux paux).
Hope that helps.
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scaryscarecrows · 7 months ago
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Link has definitely had worse weeks. The Calamity, ha, that. That was actually a weekend, but that was terrible. Shockingly, watching the world crumble and die before being brutalized by Guardians is, in fact, not fun. Or the week after he tried to ride the Lord of the Mountain. In his defense, he'd been awake for maybe a month at the time. He had no idea what it was other than 'horse-shaped'.
That time he got clobbered by Magda was terrible. He doesn't like to remember that week.
But this is up there! Ohh, it's up there. Zelda's missing--again!--his arm is...uh...well. He can use it, but it feels like it's being gnawed on by a Lynel pretty much constantly. Hyrule...he has no idea what's happening there, but this whole thing is a mess. And. It's selfish. Maybe a little tiny bit unheroic. But.
There's a veritable mob of people following him as he trudges across the field. All of them want something. Most of them don't even want Hero Business; there's somebody that wants a horse (catch one??), somebody else can start a business if he just gives them thirty pieces of amber (in this economy?), and still someone else wants him to bring a message to their third cousin twice removed in Hebra. The scientists are no better: Purah wants to try some new theory, but of course she can't just ask a civilian to leap off of Dueling Peaks, they'll die, so Linky, if you'd just climb up there...
Sweet mother of Hylia, he needs a nap.
The oozing hole in the ground comes into view. And. Look. He was going down there anyway. There's so many bomb flowers down there, and...well...he may have used more than a couple when he was riding on his stolen Yiga transport, firing wildly at the shrieking Bokoblins fleeing over the hill. It was justice. Those little menaces had knocked him off a cliff and into a pile of cactus. But he's out, is the point, so he was going down there anyway.
But this is absolutely in his top five worst weeks, and Furiosa wouldn't even let him have a Noble Pursuit because 'you're just too young!' He really has no idea if she's bullying him or believes it.
He stops at the edge of the hole. Takes a deep breath. And, before Robbie can ask to get another look at his arm, dives in.
If he screams "FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!" on the way down, well, he's earned it by now.
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