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Who is a woman? Is someone who self-identifies as a ‘trans woman’ a woman? No, according to ‘trans exclusionary radical feminists’, and they don’t include trans women in their advocacy. TERFs and transphobes would not like trans women to, for example, use spaces meant for women like bathrooms. At a spa in Los Angeles this month, a ‘trans woman’ was accused of indecent exposure of the male organ. (https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-09-02/indecent-exposure-charges-filed-trans-woman-spa)
That customer has the right to self-identify as a trans woman, but women and little girls there also have the right to object to the exposure of the penis.
Check the debate here: (https://twitter.com/Kings_of_Lydia/status/1435216928918867976)
Meanwhile, Judith Butler, renowned American philosopher and the author of the book, ‘Gender Trouble’, gave an interview to The Guardian, on this subject among other gender issues. (https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/sep/07/judith-butler-interview-gender) The headline: “We need to rethink the category of woman”, the blurb: “we should not be surprised when the category of women expands to include trans women.” The newspaper, however, removed a section of her answers that criticized ‘Terfs’ and transphobes, with a note saying a question referred to the WiSpa incident and the answer did not take note of the further developments, so both have been edited out.
Hence, the second debate: How ethical is it for a ‘liberal’ paper to censor an interview? The answer could’ve been retained with an editorial note giving the update.
Here is an excerpt of Butler’s censored reply:
“The anti-gender ideology is one of the dominant strains of fascism in our times. So the Terfs will not be part of the contemporary struggle against fascism, one that requires a coalition guided by struggles against racism, nationalism, xenophobia and carceral violence, one that is mindful of the high rates of femicide throughout the world, which include high rates of attacks on trans and genderqueer people.”
Jules Gleeson, the interviewer, says the way the publication has apologized to him, but the way it “folded” under pressure from “habitual bigots” was “unexpected. (https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kv3m4/why-the-guardian-censored-judith-butler-on-terfs)
>>Commentary on censoring the Butler interview:
(https://lithub.com/the-guardian-published-a-judith-butler-interview-and-then-deleted-a-part-that-condemned-gender-critical-transphobia/)
(https://www.huffpost.com/entry/guardian-judith-butler-interview-trans-terfs_n_6138d856e4b0f1b9706915be)
>>Terf culture, Explained:
(https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/9/5/20840101/terfs-radical-feminists-gender-critical)
>>Remember, JK Rowling was accused of being a Terf?
(https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/06/09/what-terf-definition-trans-activists-includes-j-k-rowling/5326071002/)
>>TERF wars: an (academic) introduction:
(https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0038026120934713)