The concept of 'passing' is problematic for feminists because it implies there is a right or wrong (or better or worse) way for women to look and behave. Feminism has always rejected the idea that 'being a woman' can be judged and scored (so to speak), and while this superficially seems like 'progress' and 'liberation' it has created a c…
The concept of 'passing' is problematic for feminists because it implies there is a right or wrong (or better or worse) way for women to look and behave. Feminism has always rejected the idea that 'being a woman' can be judged and scored (so to speak), and while this superficially seems like 'progress' and 'liberation' it has created a culture where western women basically have no VALUE any more - and no way to achieve value ..... after all, there are no longer any specific requirements to being a modern woman now that requirements (AKA gender roles and social expectations) have been reclassified as part of 'patriarchal oppression'.
Thanks to feminism the modern woman is no longer constrained by social obligations (to stay at home and raise her own children, to be feminine, prepare and cook proper food, run the household, make poor hubby a lousy sandwich to take with him to work etc). There are ZERO requirements to being a modern woman.
This means anyone can do it.
Also let's not forget that it was the feminists who invented the concept of 'identifying' as something (in their case 'oppressed by men') and then demanding everyone else affirm their identity under threat of being labelled a 'phobe'.
The reality is that 99% of feminists do not 'pass' as oppressed. Not the academic feminists enjoying tenure and a fat salary for doing absolutely nothing of worth (while men dig up the road outside in the pouring rain) .... and not the middle class bedroom feminists making videos about the horrors of patriarchy with expensive video and lighting equipment and surrounded by pastel coloured soft furnishings and wardrobes stuffed full of impractical clothing and all manner of trinkets. But we must all affirm their identity and give them free stuff and special treatment or risk being fired, ostracised and accused of misogyny.
The TERFs are tying themselves in knots trying to bring objective reality to bear onto the trans issue, while simultaneously trying to prop up their own feminist ideology which has zero connection to objective reality.
Meanwhile, nobody is talking about the environmental, dietary and drug related factors which might be playing a significant role in the explosion of trans identified (and generally distressed) young people that we are now seeing.
The concept of 'passing' is problematic for feminists because it implies there is a right or wrong (or better or worse) way for women to look and behave. Feminism has always rejected the idea that 'being a woman' can be judged and scored (so to speak), and while this superficially seems like 'progress' and 'liberation' it has created a culture where western women basically have no VALUE any more - and no way to achieve value ..... after all, there are no longer any specific requirements to being a modern woman now that requirements (AKA gender roles and social expectations) have been reclassified as part of 'patriarchal oppression'.
Thanks to feminism the modern woman is no longer constrained by social obligations (to stay at home and raise her own children, to be feminine, prepare and cook proper food, run the household, make poor hubby a lousy sandwich to take with him to work etc). There are ZERO requirements to being a modern woman.
This means anyone can do it.
Also let's not forget that it was the feminists who invented the concept of 'identifying' as something (in their case 'oppressed by men') and then demanding everyone else affirm their identity under threat of being labelled a 'phobe'.
The reality is that 99% of feminists do not 'pass' as oppressed. Not the academic feminists enjoying tenure and a fat salary for doing absolutely nothing of worth (while men dig up the road outside in the pouring rain) .... and not the middle class bedroom feminists making videos about the horrors of patriarchy with expensive video and lighting equipment and surrounded by pastel coloured soft furnishings and wardrobes stuffed full of impractical clothing and all manner of trinkets. But we must all affirm their identity and give them free stuff and special treatment or risk being fired, ostracised and accused of misogyny.
The TERFs are tying themselves in knots trying to bring objective reality to bear onto the trans issue, while simultaneously trying to prop up their own feminist ideology which has zero connection to objective reality.
Meanwhile, nobody is talking about the environmental, dietary and drug related factors which might be playing a significant role in the explosion of trans identified (and generally distressed) young people that we are now seeing.