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Why I #standwithjkr :
8 years ago a (male) ex called me & #39;cruel& #39; for stating that gender was social straight-jacket; suddenly I felt too ashamed to question. I didn& #39;t want to be nasty & forgot what I had known. Then in 2015 the reality of so-called & #39;gender identity& #39; began to dawn.
8 years ago a (male) ex called me & #39;cruel& #39; for stating that gender was social straight-jacket; suddenly I felt too ashamed to question. I didn& #39;t want to be nasty & forgot what I had known. Then in 2015 the reality of so-called & #39;gender identity& #39; began to dawn.
A couple of years on (& after I& #39;d left him) I was chair of the feminist group @Chelt_Fems , I organised a fundraising event. I& #39;ve never really been in touch with celeb culture but to attract ppl along I made this poster in which I called Bruce Jenner & #39;a woman.& #39;
Two friends at the event challenged me about referring to Jenner as a & #39;woman& #39;. I was devastated - how could these women I respected be so cruel to what I just knew a persecuted minority? I cried a lot. Then I arranged to meet with them to discuss it and things began to change.
They simply told the truth & it was the first time since my ex boyfriend had silenced me that I began to remember that gender is just a set of stereotypes. I began to think about whether it was possible to be & #39;born in the wrong sexed body& #39; and what the phrase really meant.
Suddenly it became clear, those who identify as transgender are invested in sexism -the basis for their belief that they are & #39;born in the wrong body& #39; is because they reduce women & men to sexist caricatures. How can anyone know what it feels like to be something they& #39;re not?
Then I began researching - I asked myself & #39;what& #39;s the difference between a trans man and a woman?& #39; and then & #39;what& #39;s the difference between a man who cross-dresses for a fetish, and a man who calls himself a woman?& #39; Then I started reading in earnest (h/t Prof Sheila Jefferys).
I realised that the entire & #39;gender identity& #39; nonsense was essentially an industry advocating for the sexual rights of men. I just couldn& #39;t keep quiet. I told anyone who would stay still long enough to listen. Like I had of my friends before, many thought me monstrous.
In the years since I realised what the implications of transgender ideology are for women I& #39;ve written extensively and have given talks at every opportunity. I have lost a lot of friends, though along the way have made many new ones.
I suspect some of those who once thought me & #39;cruel& #39; and cut me off are today starting to see what the problem with transgender ideology is. I live in hope of apology or five. We should never be made to feel ashamed for standing-up for our rights as women #IStandWithJKR
