[ SECRET POST #2725 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2725 ⌋

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Comments

[nyxelestia]

Seconding this, and adding that a lot of feminism is not about "women" but about "females", which is a clear biological distinction that is at least partially independent of gender. Whether you express your social identity as a man or a woman or something else entirely, female reproductive systems come with certain vulnerabilities that males do not have to deal with, and reproductive rights are a huge component of feminism. i.e. if someone is raped, there is the psychological damage and the potential for STDs for everyone regardless of gender, but only females - not women, females - have to also face the risk of unwanted pregnancy.

Besides which, advocating for women and advocating for a less restrictive construction of what it means to be a woman are not mutually exclusive. Gender essentialism is a big part of both transphobia and sexism. By advocating for women to be able to break free of their "inherent" subordination to men, you chip away at a lot of ideas about womanhood that 'naturally' lead to that subordination, and in doing so leave more room for people who don't fit so easily into one gender identity or another. From the other direction, fighting for trans and genderqueer rights usually involves deconstructing and chipping away a lot of concepts and restrictions attached to gender - so by getting rid of those, you get rid of other tools which often serve to oppress women.