According to the language police, you should rather say “people with a vulva” instead of “women”, even when talking about the issues of female genital mutilation.
Another excellent article. You write with tremendous passion and insight on this subject.
There are many things that you said that I want to comment on, but only in agreement, not disagreement. I continue to be astonished by the nerve of the tiny trans community to try to redefine what gender is for the whole human race. And I continue to be angry at gullible non-trans people for going along with it.
You'll notice that men aren't being erased, only women. Trans people have no problem using the word "man".
I'm in my seventies, and I am gay. I used to think that gay people were at the bottom of the social totem pole, but I eventually realized that it is women who occupy that position -- and for no other reason than that they are physically weaker than men (ultimately, women's second-class status comes down to that). Because they constitute more than half the human population, no one describes them as a "minority group", but they are certainly oppressed. Look at all the things that are happening to women in the world, or HAVE happened:
* They have rarely held any kind of power in this world.
* During the middle ages (and after) they were hunted and murdered as witches.
* Today and in the past, they are and have been frequent victims of rape.
* Today and in the past, they are and have been the primary victims of honor killings.
* Serial killers almost always target women.
* FGM is a horrendous mutilation of women (although male circumcision isn't much better).
That's only a short list, the only ones that come to mind at this point.
Anyway, keep up the good work. I'm trying to get my own Substack set up on which I will post similar articles, but I am having technical problems.
Another excellent article. You write with tremendous passion and insight on this subject.
There are many things that you said that I want to comment on, but only in agreement, not disagreement. I continue to be astonished by the nerve of the tiny trans community to try to redefine what gender is for the whole human race. And I continue to be angry at gullible non-trans people for going along with it.
You'll notice that men aren't being erased, only women. Trans people have no problem using the word "man".
I'm in my seventies, and I am gay. I used to think that gay people were at the bottom of the social totem pole, but I eventually realized that it is women who occupy that position -- and for no other reason than that they are physically weaker than men (ultimately, women's second-class status comes down to that). Because they constitute more than half the human population, no one describes them as a "minority group", but they are certainly oppressed. Look at all the things that are happening to women in the world, or HAVE happened:
* They have rarely held any kind of power in this world.
* During the middle ages (and after) they were hunted and murdered as witches.
* Today and in the past, they are and have been frequent victims of rape.
* Today and in the past, they are and have been the primary victims of honor killings.
* Serial killers almost always target women.
* FGM is a horrendous mutilation of women (although male circumcision isn't much better).
That's only a short list, the only ones that come to mind at this point.
Anyway, keep up the good work. I'm trying to get my own Substack set up on which I will post similar articles, but I am having technical problems.