the gender and sex binary (as opposed to a fluid spectrum, for example) have been debunked both scientifically and philosophically, hence why ppl that keep bringing up the “irrefutable differences” between the “two genders/sexes” are getting called transphobic.
*WARNING* dweeb mode activated:
Scientifically, we now know through medical science that there are more options out there than XX and XY for our 23rd pair of chromosomes, and this is normal. Additionally, our cognitive behavior is not rigidly related to our sex at birth either, so bc of this, trying to assign a gender binary to a non-binary sexual spectrum leads to immediate failure (or contradiction).
When it comes to physical prowess, creating arbitrary pseudoscientific delineators of sex/gender performance have harmed the women’s liberation movement too, with the example of cis women with naturally high testosterone levels being prohibited from participating in certain high-level track and field events.
Yet the path of transition is a grueling one physically, emotionally, and socially. You CAN’T just wake up one day and “decide to put on a dress” and compete in women’s division—it takes a huge toll, not only bc of transition hormone therapy, which I’d argue diminishes your athletic ability. Under patriarchy, heteronormativity, and bio absolutism, a trans person’s existence is illegitimate. If anything, I would personally opine that, even besides the physical limitations that hormone therapy ensues, the social reality of living while trans is handicap enough for ppl to suggest they have an advantage or it should be “separate but equal” and then get mad at being called “transphobe”
Philosophically, not all opinions are equally true. Mao spoke in this sense of “contradictions” that could become antagonistic if those opinions could not coexist. In his Marxist-Leninist train of thought, he saw the main antagonist of the oppressed as the bourgeoisie, with the main antagonistic contradiction being class struggle and exploitation of the proletariat/peasant’s production power for accumulation of capital. Antagonistic contradictions NEED to be assessed empirically (material evidence, which shapes consciousness) to determine the better or truer one.
If we apply this framework to sex & gender absolutists’ opinions, it’s saying these ppl think there is a biological contradiction between cis women and trans women that is antagonistic and cannot coexist to achieve “women’s” freedom. However, women are not a monolith and there are plenty non-antagonistic contradictions in their lived realities, yet the unwavering contradiction to women’s liberation is the patriarchy (hand in hand with imperialism-capitalism) where the latter group will never benefit from the former’s liberation, hence collaboration is untenable. On the other hand, when ciswomen and transwomen recognize they have the same oppressor, it should become immediately clear that this contradiction is not antagonistic, as both cis and trans women will benefit from women’s liberation even if the specifics are different.
for more info, go to:
https://proletarianfeministresearchgroup.wordpress.com/TL;DR: cis women and trans women are different, but they share a common oppressor and common goal, hence biological absolutism (women are born not made) goes against the feminist objective of liberation from patriarchy, and really only serves the oppressor. The Zionist-TERF internet lady is not a feminist, and neither are those defending her, she’s just being a narcissistic and hypocritical opportunist.
edit: typo of “peasant” as “lease at”
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