M@school

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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.

[Marc @zaagvis]

Ongelooflijk eigenlijk wat we zonder meer eten 🙄

[Thought Provoking Berserker ⚛️🦍🦅 @Provokethoughtz]

The reason your grandmother didn't leave your grandfather has LESS to do with some moral compass or love than you think.

° Until 1964 an employer could
REFUSE to hire you because you
were a WOMAN.

° Until 1974 REFUSING to sell a
WOMAN a home is LEGAL....

° Until 1988 you could REFUSE to
rent a house to a woman with
CHILDREN.

Contrary to what people believe, women didn't stay because relationships were better, they stayed because SOCIETY wasn't designed for their independence.

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

We don't have to live like this. We don't have to suffer a world in which bullies dominate our lives.
This week's column explores the implications of some fascinating new research.
https://t.co/oivg7WTuBr

[Renske Leijten @RenskeLeijten]

De grote vraag is, waarom betaalt de eigenaar in India niet?

Die heeft alle winsten tenslotte ook bij mogen schrijven!

Waarom moet de belastingbetaler dokken, als aandeelhouders alleen winsten graaien?

[Marjet Veldhuis @VeldhuisMarjet]

8,5% loonstijging én een éénmalige uitkering van €2300 voor AAN-de-zorg ambtenaren (en dat zijn er meer dan alleen VWS)

Geen hoger tarief meeste zorgprofessionals en

Steeds minder zorg voor de
patient.

Het is de wereld op zijn kop...

https://t.co/c97Xgscq1I

[roos vonk @roosvonk]

Veeboeren krijgen 1200 keer zoveel subsidie als producenten van plantaardige alternatieven. Daardoor beschermt de overheid de veeindustrie, negeert de klimaateffecten en belemmert de ontwikkeling van duurzame alternatieven. https://t.co/rIrsACH5Qd

https://t.co/mbbZTnXHd9

[Extinction Rebellion Nederland @NLRebellion]

Belangrijk verschil: wij gebruikten tijdens deze symbolische actie water uit de Rijn. Iets wat Parenco ook gemakkelijk zou kunnen doen, als ze maar bereid is om te investeren in het reinigen van Rijnwater. [2/5]

[Perkamentus @Perkamentusblog]

Alweer een (Spui)antiquaar die enkele weken geleden plotseling (op zijn verjaardag!) is overleden. De dove, in vooral Duitstalige boeken handelende, Hans-Werner Hehl (1955-2024). #Antiquariaat #Bibliofilie

[M@school @m_at_school]

@HeijnenCeline @outliersgeorg German: 'Er klettert uber das Gieter' (he climbs over the gate)
Dutch: 'hij klettert over de gieter' (he falls over the watering can)
🥳

[roos vonk @roosvonk]

Zijn mensen die BBB stemden vanwege “geen vertrouwen meer in de politiek” nu tevreden? Dankzij hun stem wordt in 1e Kamer nu het woord over landbouw gevoerd door BBB Belanghebbende Oplaat en BBB voorzitter Croll ziet daar geen probleem in. Goed voor het vertrouwen in de politiek!

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

8. Here’s something that shouldn’t need stating. Scientists should NEVER close ranks against empirical challenge and criticism. They shouldn’t deny requests for data, shouldn’t shore up disproven claims, shouldn’t circle the wagons against legitimate public challenge.

[elkemiek @knipoog72]

Duidelijk. Belangenverstrengeling mag niet in de Kamer. Ook niet de "schijn" van belangenverstrengeling

[Ilke @mirakelams]

“in tal van beroepen is rekenen niet nodig”

Ik ben totaal sprakeloos. Een basisvaardigheid, nodig bij het boodschappen doen tot bedenken hoe laat je de deur uit moet om ergens op tijd te zijn.

In tal van beroepen niet nodig?

We doen de kinderen zo verschrikkelijk tekort😢

[Suspiciously Nice Prof @steph_teasley]

To say I'm going to need therapy for the damage caused by grading these A.I. papers is not an exaggeration.

Making a mockery of everything I'm trying to do here.

[Guillaume Cabanac ⟨here and elsewhere⟩ @gcabanac]

🤖 So #ChatGPT wrote the first sentence of this @ElsevierConnect article. Any other parts of the article too? How come none of the coauthors, Editor-in-Chief, reviewers, typesetters noticed? How can this happen with regular peer-review? https://t.co/C4vX317zYV

[Stichting Beroepseer @beroepseer]

Robots in de sociale zorg: de menselijke maat in gevaar. I.p.v. een algehele arbeidsbesparing hebben robots menselijke taken verplaatst van zorg voor mensen naar toezicht op machines. https://t.co/hlES3qH5j4