A backlash against gender ideology is starting in universities

Re:A backlash against gender ideology is starting in univers... by eropple on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @08:02PM (#27612196)

I mean, I'm not trans, I'm not in a place to note "preferred" nomenclature, but I moderate spaces where there are trans folks and "pre-operative", or perhaps "without bottom surgery", seems to be a neutral description.

With that said, the focus on genitalia strikes me as odd and really unfounded in the first place for a productive conversation.

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Re:A backlash against gender ideology is starting in univers... by MyHypatia on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @10:52PM (#27613339)

I do agree that focus on genitalia is generally unnecessary and unwelcome. In this case though we are discussing trans-women fearing people with penises raping them in men's prisons, and cis-women fearing people with penises raping them in women's prisons.

In this context, if a trans-woman doesn't have a penis then this fear is unfounded and they should be housed with cis-women. If a trans-woman does have a penis, then I think this fear is reasonable (after all, that is what trans-women are escaping when they leave men's prisons). Basically, this is one of the few cases where discussing genitalia is relevant.

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