Go ahead, ban me, but I’ll never say a man is a woman!
by Carolyn Moynihan, MercatorNet:
A rebellion against transgenderism has broken out on the hugely popular British parenting website Mumsnet after some users were banned for “misgendering” and “transphobia” in referring to certain persons, it seems. Starting Thursday evening UK time the “I am Spartacus” thread has attracted more than 400 posts, all but a handful rejecting the idea of a “transgender woman”.
Ringleader “OscarDeLaYenta” asserts:
Men cannot become women, ever. Women cannot become men, ever.
Anna Lee is a man. And I shall refer to him as he.
Ada Wells is a man. And I shall refer to him as he.
Paris Lees is a man. And I shall refer to him as he.
Alex Drummond is a man. And I shall refer to him as he.
Danielle Muscato is a man. And I shall refer to him as he.
Buck Angel is a woman. And I shall refer to her as she.
(Links added – Ed)
But most contributors to the thread appear to be female. Indeed, the central issue is about recognising biological males as women; there is little about women who want to be men.
* Men can wear what they like and act how they like. Just don’t ask me to pretend that I think they are female because they feel it because I don’t.
* I refuse to agree that transwomen are women in exactly the same way that I refuse to agree that an anorexic person is obese.
* A person with a penis is not a woman. A penis is not female. And we should be allowed to say this.
* Nothing a man can do can make them a woman.Nothing a woman can do can make them a man. He is a pronoun used to describe male, she a pronoun used to describe female. All of these statements are not transphobic ideology, but fact.
As for pronouns, they are rejecting the term “cis” in droves.
The push-back against Mumsnet’s PC line is fascinating. The site is very influential, with literally millions of users, and it is also very feminist. Feminists have been fighting gender identity and roles for decades. Then along comes trans ideology wanting to make “gender identity” everything. Wanting men posing as females to be included in the women’s agenda. No way, say the feminist mums.
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