“Traditionally, it was assumed that men were the stronger sex, but when you look at the numbers, why are baby girls in the NICU obviously stronger than baby boys, and why do more women survive harrowing famines than men? Even when environmental and behavioral differences are taken into account, mortality is always higher in males.

Robust genetic diversity from the use of two X chromosomes and cells that cooperate make all the difference for females. This extra chromosomal diversity and stamina is what endows every genetic female with a survival advantage.

Having two X chromosomes allows women to endure, overcome, and thrive better than men on average, regardless of where in the world they are born and into what circumstances. If there’s anything we can learn from the past, it’s that when challenges crop up, the levy of flesh will never be equal between the sexes.

When it comes to the ultramarathon of life, there is definitely one sex that continues to dominate.”

- The Better Half: On the Genetic Superiority of Women by Sharon Moalem

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“If we say “pregnant people” instead of “pregnant women,” abortion becomes a people’s rights issue instead of a women’s rights issue. And then you can’t complain if men decide.”

— Helen Saxby

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Church: Homosexuality is a sin

Psychologists in the 70s: Homosexuality is a mental disorder

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My nana at 9 years of age was dragged kicking and screaming to school. Her math teacher had been molesting her. She told her parents. They did nothing. Best part? Her father was the principal. So obviously that teacher learned he could get away with anything and started molesting the other girls, who then blamed my nana because...I dunno, little kid logic I guess. It was unlikely their parents were going to be any more helpful than my nana's and he knew it.

My great aunt at the age of 13 was forcibly kissed by a teacher in full view of several witnesses who then gave her shit for seducing an honourable man.

My mom at 12 years of age left her physically abusive father to live with her mother and stepfather, only for her stepfather to molest her. Her mother to this day refuses to believe it.

My best friend had a longterm close male friend who sexually assaulted her in her sleep. Their entire friend group as well as the youth counselor encouraged her to forgive him because it was obviously a misunderstanding and she'd been giving off mixed signals and he'd had a huge crush on her and he wasn't intending to hurt her! So she did forgive him, publicly. And he did it again. And again. And again. And then it was her fault because she kept hanging out with him. If she really didn't want him doing it, why didn't she just abandon her entire friend group? He also got emboldened and went on to sexually assault other girls, so eventually they all started talking and went to the school against him. The youth counselor admonished my friend for going forward against him.

My other best friend decided to be "open-minded" and dated a trans-identified male. He also sexually assaulted her multiple times in her sleep but he framed her as the abuser at their youth support group for not adequately validating his identity.

My stepfather molested me from the ages of 7 to 12 and when I reported him he was dating a new woman at the time. She didn't believe it. They're still together. I can only imagine the number of girls he's been given access to over the years (he didn't go to jail, or get convicted of sexual assault).

I was also sexually assaulted in my sleep at my friend's party once. That guy's friend said I "probably wanted it".

Went to group therapy. All the women there had very different stories, but one theme that kept cropping up: they weren't believed or they were blamed.

I read books about therapy sessions with other victims. And that theme kept up. Not believed or else blamed. One woman told her story, learning to gloss it over before being dismissed out of hand, for decades before a professional finally asked her to elaborate and put her in touch with a sexual assault crisis centre. Another thing that came up in those books: knowing how hard it was for victims to come forward, and all the discouragement from people in their lives, many women must take it to the grave.

But hey, it's fine. Men have it worse. I mean we all watched a rich abusive man successfully publicly humiliate his victim while everyone said he was the victim and she was the abuser. And actually it's super common for abusive men to claim to be the victim, and police and family believe it! And it can take multiple women to come forward against one man for anything to be done, and often even that's not enough. But never mind that, men have it worse. We know this because they so--no, no, don't pay attention to hospital records or homicides or child marriages, or--Men. Say. They. Have it worse! So they do. Everything a man says is truth. That's why you must believe whatever a man says and accept every observation he makes as objective. No, there's no irony here, no historical precedent, no global trend.

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my interest in radical feminism is actually much more based on the issues of pornography, prostitution, reproductive rights, and male violence, than it is on trans issues, but by all means, call me a terf and make it seem like i just hate transgender people.

lmfaoooo

hmmm not a fan of the popularization of the “all cosmetic surgery is gender affirming surgery/cis people get gender affirming procedures too” talking point talking point because it really limits critiques of the cosmetic surgery industry and how it profits off of racist, ageist, antisemitic, fatphobic, and sexist beauty standards. women make up 92% of people who get cosmetic procedures.

Misogyny manifests itself in interesting ways.

When I was in high school I had a male friend named Brian. There was one time we were talking about the pets we would like to have when we’re older. He kept using he/him pronouns to describe his hypothetical pet(s) and I asked him why. He said that he didn’t think that he would be able to connect with a female dog in the same way that he would with a male dog. This man has never had a dog and knows nothing about them. He doesn’t know if female dogs actually and truly have a different temperament than male dogs. All he knows is that male>female.

I thought that this male was decent. And he overwhelmingly was a decent male. But misogyny pops up like a herpes cold sore when we least expect it.

TIMs have never and will never experience menstrual stigma. A TIM will never have to feel the shame and humiliation of bleeding through their pants in middle school and hoping no one sees or else they’ll be mocked mercilessly. TIMs will never have had the experience of being an early bloomer and having breasts long before the rest of their peers and the unwanted attention, harassment, and sometimes assault that comes with it. TIMs will never have had the experience of being a late bloomer and being one of the last of their peers to grow breasts and be mocked for not having them. TIMs will never have the adolescent experience of being on their period and asking their teacher to go to the bathroom just to have them say no and then be faced with having to choose between announcing that they’re menstruating and be ridiculed by everyone or do nothing and risk bleeding through their pants and also being ridiculed by everyone. TIMs will never have had the true experience of growing up in an extremely patriarchal and misogynistic home where the actual females are treated like second class citizens and domestic servants. And all I’ve described is just adolescence of being female. I haven’t even touched on being a young adult, middle aged, or elderly woman.

If TIMs don’t like they way that people treat them when they’re perceived as women and/or don’t like the way that people treat them because they’re trans, there’s an easy way to fix it! You can alway detransition! It’s that simple. Get a haircut, wash off the makeup, and put on a pair of pants. TIMs can choose to end their “oppression” at any time. Female women can’t.

pushing trans-women out of feminism and female spaces is ignorant and counter-intuitive. if a person has the social and mental experience of being a woman then they are a woman and should be treated as such.