James_III

no patience for your participation trophies. strong believer in 'Not my circus, not my monkeys, not my circus monkeys; but I know the clowns'

[James_III @James856III]

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[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

You’ve asked me several questions on this thread and accused me of avoiding answering, so here goes.

I believe a woman is a human being who belongs to the sex class that produces large gametes. It’s irrelevant whether or not her gametes have ever been fertilised, whether or not she’s carried a baby to term, irrelevant if she was born with a rare difference of sexual development that makes neither of the above possible, or if she’s aged beyond being able to produce viable eggs. She is a woman and just as much a woman as the others.

I don’t believe a woman is more or less of a woman for having sex with men, women, both or not wanting sex at all. I don’t think a woman is more or less of a woman for having a buzz cut and liking suits and ties, or wearing stilettos and mini dresses, for being black, white or brown, for being six feet tall or a little person, for being kind or cruel, angry or sad, loud or retiring. She isn't more of a woman for featuring in Playboy or being a surrendered wife, nor less of a woman for designing space rockets or taking up boxing. What makes her a woman is the fact of being born in a body that, assuming nothing has gone wrong in her physical development (which, as stated above, still doesn't stop her being a woman), is geared towards producing eggs as opposed to sperm, towards bearing as opposed to begetting children, and irrespective of whether she's done either of those things, or ever wants to.

Womanhood isn't a mystical state of being, nor is it measured by how well one apes sex stereotypes. We are not the creatures either porn or the Bible tell you we are. Femaleness is not, as trans woman Andrea Chu Long wrote, ‘an open mouth, an expectant asshole, blank, blank eyes,’ nor are we God’s afterthought, sprung from Adam’s rib.

Women are provably subject to certain experiences because of our female bodies, including different forms of oppression, depending on the cultures in which we live. When trans activists say 'I thought you didn't want to be defined by your biology,' it’s a feeble and transparent attempt at linguistic sleight of hand. Women don't want to be limited, exploited, punished, or subject to other unjust treatment because of their biology, but our being female is indeed defined by our biology. It's one material fact about us, like having freckles or disliking beetroot, neither of which are representative of our entire beings, either. Women have billions of different personalities and life stories, which have nothing to do with our bodies, although we are likely to have had experiences men don't and can't, because we belong to our sex class.

Some people feel strongly that they should have been, or wish to be seen as, the sex class into which they weren't born. Gender dysphoria is a real and very painful condition and I feel nothing but sympathy for anyone who suffers from it. I want them to be free to dress and present themselves however they like and I want them to have exactly the same rights as every other citizen regarding housing, employment and personal safety. I do not, however, believe that surgeries and cross-sex hormones literally turn a person into the opposite sex, nor do I believe in the idea that each of us has a nebulous ‘gender identity’ that may or might not match our sexed bodies. I believe the ideology that preaches those tenets has caused, and continues to cause, very real harm to vulnerable people.

I am strongly against women's and girls' rights and protections being dismantled to accommodate trans-identified men, for the very simple reason that no study has ever demonstrated that trans-identified men don't have exactly the same pattern of criminality as other men, and because, however they identify, men retain their advantages of speed and strength. In other words, I think the safety and rights of girls and women are more important than those men's desire for validation.

I sincerely hope that answers your questions. You may still disagree, but as I hope this shows, I’m more than happy to have this debate.

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@Ourfarewell @AtomicCantaloup @jk_rowling Good thing none of us want to be picked by a homophobic little troglodyte such as you. Vapid little pick-me that you are. Willing to throw our spaces away for the straights. Feel free to sit, and spin.

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@Edugarzam @JulieRei @AtomicCantaloup Right, so men demanding that we accept they can become women and deserve access to their spaces isn't a bit misogynistic? And no, a poll made by some Qu**r org isn't going to cut it.

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@JulieRei @AtomicCantaloup No, it technically doesn't. Being true to reality doesn't make you transphobic, but being pro trans does make you both misogynistic, and homophobic. Feel free to learn blocking doesn't make reality vanish, and get some new material. ✌️😘

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@tFoxPDX @KGWNews You honestly can't be stupid enough to think a vacancy fee would prevent a mess like this.

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@deAdder A special kind of stupid, aren't you?

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@RepJayapal Your lies and intentional misinformation is obvious. You people made everyone lose trust in the government with your clown antics.

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@RepBynum Here in Portland, you are fucking ridiculous. The mayor has no hold, the governor is out food tasting. Oregon has no leadership, and you're just an irrelevant mouthpiece.

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@Sassafrass_84 Already ramping up the identity politics, if he has to "run as a black president" you know hes got nothing to actually run on.

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@TheJFreakinC Bet there is far more to the story then what's being posted, as usual.

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@RepSwalwell @DA_LarryKrasner A worthless DA trying to take on federal agents who are legally doing their job? Good luck, you idiots will need it.

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@JenSiebelNewsom @CAgovernor Your husband is a shit stain.

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@DHSgov Maybe its time to vote @TinaKotek out of office at this point.

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@RepDexterOR We demand you leave oregon.

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@camhigby Bring out the water tankers.

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@KatieDaviscourt #Justportlandthings

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@MAGAOWENS @TheJFreakinC @AtomicCantaloup You shouldn't eat crayons, nitwit.

[James_III @James856III]

Some people are truly beyond any help.

[Jesus Freakin Congress @TheJFreakinC]

@Native_Nomad3 You mean, remember the face of an immigrant, as ICE torture immigrants? Don’t reproduce.

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@TheJFreakinC @AtomicCantaloup And to think you wanna be in congress, with an attitude like that. 🤣

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@Drucila_B @LegacyKillaHD @Grummz @SuckerPunchProd Hey @Bungie @DestinyTheGame ya'll are already circling the drain, but this is a bad look, even for you.