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Originally Posted by paulgiamatti [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I mean, I have no doubt that there are radical feminists who try to marginalize transgenderism, I'm just saying I don't read them and I don't pay any attention to them. As soon as I encounter, "All transsexuals rape women's bodies by reducing the real female form to an artifact", I'd close the book and forget about it.

It's like, just because a dude posts a selfie on Instagram holding up a sign that says, "This is what a feminist looks like", that doesn't make him a feminist, you know? So many self-proclaimed "feminists" are probably just abusers or assholes who don't know the first thing about feminist theory or women's issues, or even just being an intellectually honest person in general.

But yeah, I'm not trying to trivialize the fact that it's been a problem. I have the luxury of identifying with the gender I was assigned before birth, so I can't really speak about what it's like to be a transgendered person and how feminism has affected the trans movement with any authority. I'm just saying that even though an author has made significant contributions to feminism, they're still capable of saying horrifyingly discriminatory and indefensible shit that should absolutely be either criticized harshly or outright ignored.

Originally Posted by paulgiamatti [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If we're still talking about trans issues, then they're irrelevant to me and to the people I actually respect and consider educated on the matter. Like I said earlier; someone can make significant contributions to feminism and still get it entirely wrong on more nuanced issues. This doesn't negate their other contributions, or mean that everything they do and say is wrong.

I just want you to recognize your own cognitive dissonance. I'm not making fun of you, I'm asking you to pick one stance because your statements are mutually exclusive.