The quoted reposts and replies to Maia here expose the disturbing beliefs that young people and the left have been indoctrinated into believing. It is pure misogyny from people who claim supposedly "progressive" attitudes toward women and feminism.
Instead of addressing her claim that being a woman is an innate human condition, not a medical procedure, thousands of "trans allies" and fans of men who claim to be women applaud attacks on her appearance, body, haircut, conformity to man-made femininity, and attractiveness. Her disagreement is dismissed as jealousy.
This is textbook misogyny: reducing a woman's credibility and worth to her appearance, then portraying her protests as insecurity or sexual jealousy.
We're told repearedly by trans activists that femininity doesn't define women, and thatnwome don't owe anyone femininity -z yet when they show up to defend their claim that some men are actually women, their only arguments amount to weaponzing feminine beauty standards to mock an actual woman for being gender nonconforming.
We're told that body-shaming and sexism are unacceptable, yet hundreds of thousands of trans "allies" celebrate both body-shaming and appearance based standards of womanhood when attacking women who assert the material reality of women as somethi g that matters to women.
And we're supposed to consider this progress?
The problem is that trans activists can't seem to make a coherent argument or have a debate without attacking a woman's body or appearance.
Women do not owe anyone beauty, femininity, desirability, or ideological conformity. So, why do trans activists and the ideologically captured left act like they believe women owe them conformity to gender stereotypes and servitude to an ideology that humiliates and mocks women in an obscenely sexist way?
When your opposition to misogyny disappears the moment a gender nonconforming woman challenges your sexist world view, you're not defending against hatred of women. You're deciding which women deserve to be hated on the basis of their appearance and being an actual female human being.
That is not progressive. It is regressive sexism, violent hatred of women, policing of women's appearance and weaponization of capitalist beauty standards dressed up as moral righteousness. It is viciously anti-woman and obviously anti-feminist.
And these beliefs and the massive hypocrisy underlying them are being swallowed whole and internalized by children and naive activists.
This is being taught in schools, it is the dominant position on the left, and it is promoted by governement and public institutions. It is setting women and girls back after decades of actual progress. We are paying taxes being used to fuel hate against us and undo legislation that protects women from hate and we paid taxes to enact. How does any woman or girl come to believe that is a good idea?
It is an obscene and complete failure of society that it has been allowed to dominate our culture. I will never trust nor forgive the mid wits who championed this obvious attack on the rights and humanity of women and girls.
Any self-respecting woman, feminist or actual progressive person should have no tolerance or patience for these fools, their enablers and their overwhelming misogyny.
Millions of people in humanitarian crises are right now facing toughest moments of their life.
Thank you Angelina Jolie for consistently placing empathy, dignity, resilience and human agency at the heart of our discussions and our action.
The blonde and the bone-straight hair... I can't take it anymore. she looks so exhausted in the interview I can't even lie. If you keep the blonde AT LEAST give it some volume like in Paris! Never thought I'd be complaining about her hair but here I am
I swear US styling is cursed or something, her looks here are always so hit or miss. She looked absolutely STUNNING in Paris back in February, but look at her now... I really can’t take this anymore