TERF UK is sadly quite accurate.
Which would be all well and good if they applied their standards equally. Keir Starmer literally gave an Enoch Powell-like “island of strangers” speech when announcing tougher immigration policies, and openly supported a court ruling which basically denied that trans women were women. The Conservative Party have also been playing a similar game of Simon Says with Nigel Farage and lurching much further to the right. Why aren’t Labour and the Tories banned?
I also think that singling out and pissing off a party that is (unfortunately) very likely to win the next general election is a sure-fire way to have your university defunded.
I doubt very much that Reform will win the next election. Class consciousness is rising significantly and Farage is very tied to ruling class interests, and he’s also too tightly connected to Trump, whose popularity is absolutely cratering, even among his MAGA fanbase.
My concern at this point is more that the Green party aren’t radical enough. My guess is that they’ll win, be kind of disappointing, then hand the reigns over to a party much further to the right than Reform.
apparently women specifically, which is kinda strange?
It’s specifically a report/recommendation of discussion points on the status of women (and not any kind of law btw), so talking about men would be out of scope.
It means that the EU will adopt the position that trans women should be recognized as women for an upcoming UN session, but it has no immediate effect on the legal status of trans people in Europe.
Trans men are men.
So they can just get over it.
Trans men will have their squishy feelings ignored like the rest of us men. It is the ultimate acceptance.
Paying attention to a trans man’s feelings would only give them feelings of gender dysphoria.
Oof. I see what you did there, and it hurt.
as already mentioned, it’s a policy statement on women in particular, so trans men aren’t relevant
hearing that men aren’t relevant is part of being a man, sorry for all my trans men brothers, that’s what being a man can be like sometimes
“Men aren’t relevant”.
@whaleross@lemmy.world is right. It is the ultimate acceptance.
Welcome to the club, boys. Now you are on your own. Enjoy the privileged life!
I dunno about you, but as a man I really don’t see why I should be upset about not being in a document about women. Not every conversation has to be about me.
At least from me, it was just a quip on the previous poster about trans men not being mentioned.
But then again, my impression is also that for a lot of trans men, this has been a shocking true experience.
So my quip has a sympathetic undertone for any trans men feeling excluded. Take it as acceptance, my guys! Hugs to you all!
1dalm has said the same now, so it seems you were the one to read it correctly in the first place. Such is the difficulty of communication by text!
yeah, I’m feeling a bit clueless as to why this is feeling like such an injury to men …
unhelpful rant
and as an aside, do they not realize how much their feelings and desires as men are centered in society all the time, as a default?
the world has been built for them with rarely a thought to the contrary e.g.
- women haven’t been included in clinical trials, and women end up in the hospital at much higher rates than men because of drug complications as a result
- crash testing is mostly modeled on men and this results in greater rates of injuries and fatalities for women in car accidents
- phone sizes are sized based around male hands sizes making them too large for women
- the thermostats in public are set to temperatures more comfortable for men than women
- CPR dummies are only ever male and CPR training on female bodies is not common, resulting in increased deaths because people don’t feel comfortable performing CPR on women (either due to sexualization of women and modesty norms, or lack of confidence from not training on a female body).
- the number of bathroom stalls is based on men’s needs, resulting in long waiting lines to use the women’s room
Even the idea of women being in public has been a rather recent change in the West, only in the past couple centuries, and at first women always had to be kept in segregated spaces away from men - they had to ride in their own train cars, use their own library rooms, etc.
Women in the US only recently managed to own their own property, secure their own lines of credit, have their own bank accounts, etc. - the only thing like this applied to men has been slavery, but even that was applied to men and women, not men exclusively.
Advancement for women does not diminish men, and it’s so weird to see such sensitivity and fear from the elevation of women from sub-human status to closer-to-equal status.
That said, obviously patriarchy informs toxic gender norms that tell men that they shouldn’t express or have feelings, and those norms are reinforced by both men and women - but the problem is still the patriarchy, not the elevation of women or the movement for gender equality (i.e. feminism).
The issue with this is the men society is catering to are some sort of patriachial male ideal, which is very toxic and unhealthy for many real-world men. So no, society doesn’t really cater to the feelings of men.
Though that doesn’t really matter for the stuff you mentioned that’s just about male biology. And obviously this isn’t the place to bring up men in the first place.
“Hello, I’m here for the patriarchy. I was told I would have privileges. When can I expect my salary?”
“Yes, HR, I need to file a complaint. I’m told by all the women here that I’m supposed to be making more than them but that doesn’t actually seem to be the case. Will you please look into addressing that discrepancy?”
“Also, I’m ready for my lunch now, so please send a maid. I did not receive my coffee this morning as expected, which I was told would be a part of my male privilege. Do you even view me as a man?”
Why do you feel the need to derail the victories of certain people with your victim complex? Do you undermine feminist discussions by disingenuously asking why they don’t care about men?
I honestly thought they were mostly joking, the way I read this thread. Otherwise, I might have to take back my upvotes. Or I will now just take them back pre-emptively, just in case.
Of course we were joking. I kind of thought that would be obvious.
You are right. I should just deal with it.
Not trans men too?
To a lot of transphobes, all trans people are men, even though they probably won’t state it this clearly. It’s the idea under e. g. the FIDE rulings.
Of course not. Trans men are men not women :)
Trans men got recognised too, don’t worry, the recognition stated trans people, in general.
TERFs conveniently forget they exist cause they don’t fit their narrative
At least some terfs think transmen are sort of misguided superlesbians that have been brainwashed by patriarchy or some shit
That’s not any better, they still don’t recognise them as men either.
Oh yeah I was going for “I know some of them think like this” and not “hey at least they think this way”. That attitude could be even worse than just being ignored
It’s true, but the majority just conveniently “forget” they exist though
Do not abuse the report system for your personal beef. This is a warning.
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To me most trans men who have fully transitioned (after T) are pretty much indistinguishable from cis men. Their looks and voice sound just like a cis man. While for many trans women, some things still come off like their voice and body shape even after HRT and surgery compared to cis women.
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It’s a document about women, not about trans people, so trans men just weren’t covered. The line about trans women is a single very short clause to make sure they’re included in all the other stuff
first lesson to being a man is learning noone cares about you
(cries internally)
That’s very silly but I only asked because I have a couple of trans male friends
they never criticize or degrade trans men unlike trans women.
FUCK YEAH YUROPE #1 🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺
What are the practical effects of this vote?
TO satiate the masses.
Meanwhile the US votes for …
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… the full recocknition of trans women.
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Sports really isn’t that important compared to other issues. You were the one who brought it up.
But this is also a non-issue because trans women are underperfoming in sports and in many cases they actually have disadvantages, e.g. because of testosterone levels that are often lower than those of cis women.
And even if there was an advantage, that’s just how literally all of sports works. Do you want to ban cis women who are tall or have naturally high testosterone? Should Michael Phelps be banned because he has a biological advantage?
Biologically speaking, this debate remains stupid. Also, all females are biological.
You never see people like this advocating for banning Michael Phelps from competitive swimming. He has ‘unfair’ genetic advantages în lung capacity and lactic acid production.
The day that is seriously considered is the day I might take them slightly more seriously.
or that guy that could run non-stop for hours on end with a similar condition to phelps
A lot of confusion seems to stem from people thinking that allowing transwomen means a lot of men would just sign up into women’s sports. Which of course is a not a very good take if you know anything about transitioning (and in money making levels you wouldn’t be allowed into women’s sports without being on hormones likely for years anyway) and it’s effects on the body. Even without talking about dysphoria, you can’t just go forwards and backwards with transitioning without having some major physical consequences
Absolutely, most people know little to nothing about hormone therapy and it shows.
Fun fact, Ben Shapiro tried to make a documentary about men competing in women’s basketball but they found out that you can’t actually just do that and they were unable to find men who were willing to undergo HRT for it (surprise). Which is incredibly funny because it completely disproves all the stupid shit he and people like him have been saying.
Here’s an article about the film. They tried to make it a comedy instead.
I’d rather a few sports events become “unfair” than a much larger group of people remain invalidated by the society they live in just for wanting to be comfortable existing.
But that’s not even what happens. Trans women are allowed to compete in women’s categories at Olympia for years now. You can finger count the examples of successful trans athletes.
You view this entirely from the perspective of sport? It’s not about sport it is about human rights.
Tell me you know jackshit about biology without telling me you know jackshit about biology.
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So you chose to confirm you have no idea of biology, especially HRT and transitioning. Or sports.
Are you just uneducated or trying to rage-bait? Given your whole profile, you are the latter. Go get a job.
Says the person who chose to bring transphobic talking points into a post about political news positive for trans people. Fuck off.
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*This is the truth, look in the logs.
Hmm…
Fuck off, transphobe.
Edit: unmarked content edits are peak internet behaviour.
I hope you stub your toe.
/s dropped that. Still a stupid comment as it ain’t funny.
Ngl, it’ll only be for the better If state-backed sport competitions would finally start to die out because of that. The big sports industry is a huge waste of money, that only cripples people.
How’s this fucking CLOWN not had this comment deleted yet?
