The erasure of women

[@SydneyWatson]

This must be how men/dads feel all the time :D

[@personperson3515]

Yes As a male I can agree

[@Dr_Hill_726]

Yep

[@RobertWorley]

i have a ring....

[@sindelscat9336]

Yes

[@angelofrngesus8618]

Seems about right

[@FOF275]

"Birthing person" is one of the most disrespectful terms to use for a woman. It's like they're talking about a tool rather than a person

[@faithless4641]

I Nominate "Walking Uterus" or "Talking Womb" for consideration.

[@craigdonovan4277]

Some cannot birth though, so where do they stand.

[@aquamarine4474]

Same thing with 'person of color' just a newer way of saying 'colored person'. How is THAT more respectful?

[@philmenzies2477]

@@craigdonovan4277 "Birthing" the act of giving birth. So carrying a baby to term and then "delivering" by Csection is not? Take a look in the mirror Craig. You cherry pick a word, or phrase, get it completely wrong and then blame someone else. People like you are the problem

[@privacyIsKing]

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[@cycy1647]

Changing women to "Those who bleed" or "Birthing person" is honestly so degrading....like we no longer are a person, but only a bodily function

[@jammothyjimmothy6999]

Don't you know my dear friend, objectifying woman is wrong! That's why a person who has a uterus has to be called person who has a uterus, so we don't offend the actual women you see.

[@minagica]

IKR!?

[@pewpewTN]

"Non-jar opening people" is the current correct term.

[@minagica]

@@pewpewTN 🤣

[@synnegraven-sneltorp3682]

Taking biology out of the conversation by defining 51% of the population according to their biologic functions. Nice.

[@firstaccount888]

“Birthing person” is the derogatory phrase someone would use to describe a horrible or absent mother who abandoned or neglected them. It just eradicates the whole concept of being a mother.

[@Dianaranda123]

Thats pretty much what they want, they want children to come to them the state bassically to be owned by the state for the state, and nothing outside the state.

[@brookswoodward7278]

I call my birth giver.... birth giver.

[@zalezagoon1247]

Alternatively, it just makes me think that a "Birthing Person" is what they call women during some sort of post-war/apocalyptic future, and that they aren't seen as people anymore, but rather an "object" that produce smaller and louder "objects." Mad Max, I think was the name of one movie? Where they had women hooked up for breeding? I don't remember much about it, but "Birthing Person" sounds like a term used in that situation. Also, the mothers in Promised Neverland who got to live if they devoted themselves to working on the farms.

[@Dianaranda123]

@@zalezagoon1247 More like that they produce nice little obedient slaves and workers for there big mansions. Smart enough to do the work and file the paper, but to dumb and brainwashed to ever rise up against the Elites. Just like the Communists they in reality are, call them always for what they are Communists.

[@AndrewFishman]

@@zalezagoon1247 Mad Max did not have "birthing people", it was about a cop who goes after a motorcycle gang. Mad Max 2 - The Road Warrior is about helping a community trun petrol through gang controlled territory and Mad Max 3 - Beyond Thunderdome is about arena fighting and again, fuel. Mad Max - Fury Road does not have Max in it and is a terrible attempt to capture the originals. Howevet, in it, it is Max who is used as a blood bag. Again, I don't thin there were women who were just breeders.

[@mohanashewalkar8598]

I think we should do what they do to us. If they start calling us transphobic for giving a contradictory opinion to theirs, we should start calling them sexists, Chavunist and misogynist for doing what they are doing to us.

[@lucyanderson9064]

That is what myself and other women have been doing for years now.

[@robertmcginness4610]

Remember women screaming from the roof tops, men don't make commitments. WOW what a reversal.

[@DauminiqueTheDumpTruckDriver]

I’m a mother and I’m proud of it. Being called a birthing person is very offensive.

[@politicallycorrectredskin796]

I tried to talk my mother into it, but she didn't like it either. We compromised on 'egg layer' instead. I feel very progressive now.

[@GregTGolden]

@Dauminique....I'm offended that you're offended. Jk btw. I cant wait til all this crazy BS backfires. Seems like it just keeps getting crazier though

[@hpoels851]

​@@politicallycorrectredskin796 'egg layer' could refer to an egg laying machine. And who or what is going to brood those eggs? And since laying and brooding eggs seems to be a wide spread custom in the animal kingdom why restrict it to humans only? Is that fair? I would call it 'egg laying and brooding carbon based life form'

[@the_mulattos]

Is the insult to a man to say that those are men. It's only lesbians who are afraid of that because they are more like men in the bodies of women

[@the_mulattos]

@@DemonsCrest1 these radical feminists hate men more than any other demographic concentrated in such a small group on the planet. I can't believe you fell for this. I think it's an MRA conspiracy to erase lesbians which is crazy not women. They just use you you got played

[@monkeyming5545]

Well they can’t say “Men can’t talk about periods, abortions, etc because these are women issues” anymore 🤷‍♀️

[@ezekielrayfield1512]

no it cognitive dissonance they will claim to be feminist pro-woman future is female and all of that shit while saying the gender is a spectrum and devaluing woman to birthing people, cognitive dissonance is a step in control and tolitaritians look up double think in 1984.

[@gracelewis4016]

They will say 'cis men' instead of just 'men'

[@c6q3a24]

"Men can't talk about abortion." I've never been stabbed. I still know that stabbing people is bad.

[@gaaraofthedesert5808]

@@ezekielrayfield1512 they haven't realized that all the ideas contradict themselves, they dont even know what they stand for anymore

[@MA_KA_PA_TIE]

During the Democrat presidential debates they offered abortions to trans women.

[@haleytruslow7200]

“Birthing person?” Can you imagine how that feels to a woman who has been yearning for children all her life and can’t conceive/carry to term? Wow.

[@backwardsman8887]

Non-birthing birthing person?

[@peterharrell7305]

That's not a birthing person... Duh

[@squishy2229]

Given the absolute insanity of this decade, I wouldn’t be surprised if I hear “defective birthing person that needs to be returned to the woman store” somewhere.

[@RebekahSlick]

Thank you, @Haley Truslow! I was looking for this comment.

[@t-real7088]

@@RebekahSlick The comment is dumb, a woman that can't conceive isn't a birthing person and the term exists as an inclusion of trans men (female to male), not an exclusion of women.

[@amberkumar4514]

I’m not a feminist. I am a womanist. I just made it up, but I’ve decided it means protecting and celebrating the biological female. It doesn’t push women to behave like men. In contrast, it teaches women to appreciate their natural, biological tendencies. I’m looking for a book deal, y’all.

[@spartan.falbion2761]

You are late to the party. that's been covered numerous times.

[@LottieLucid]

love it! keep me posted if you take this further! :)

[@p382742937423y4]

I think you are heading places !!

[@Window4503]

Womanism is already a thing. Has its own Wikipage.

[@cdynes385]

Queen latifah was the mother of womanists. That's an expression of feminism from women of color. That's already a thing since the mid 80s

[@a-l9158]

'Even non-functioning female anatomy is still female anatomy.' So well said! Will remember this!

[@DaDitka]

Yes. A car that has a busted motor is still a car.

[@rosellamarotta1675]

So true. Crazy how they think the fact some women are infertile 'validates' them

[@nodiggity9472]

And that criteria is as relevant to brains as it is to ovaries.

[@joemummerth8340]

but fake female anatomy , made by re arranging male sex organs and giving hormones does not make one a woman !

[@smokexsmoke99]

Men and Women have different brain structures from each other. Example is that typically girls' brains develop 2 years before boys' brains, and women's cerebral cortexes are thicker than men's (which makes them more rational than men). Transgender people have the same brain structures of the gender they identify as. It's been proven with brain scans.

[@Bobcat173rd]

I miss the days when everyone wasn’t publicly crazy.

[@deinim5854]

miss the days when crazy people used to be ignored and not allowed to play the main cello, now if you are fucked up but loud you run the show

[@alfredharrison597]

I do too brother. I do too :(

[@eagna546]

Same. It’s weird how all of a sudden these people came out of no where

[@brentgilbert4208]

Ain’t THAT the truth!!!

[@shmupperfromhell]

@@eagna546 They didn't come out of nowhere - they were always there, the only difference is that now they have means to meet each other and group up. Historically people would ridicule the idiot, and the idiot would realize what a fool he is. But now there are many idiots, all cheering each other on, promoting much more idiocy, on a scale never thought possible.

[@melfree2545]

As a woman and a mother, the term “birthing person” sounds extraordinarily derogatory and disrespectful to me.

[@dominikweber4305]

If anyone called my mom birthing person she would probably smack their face

[@inuwasirajo4672]

Don't disturb urself with them, they are just jealous they don't have what u do. Misery love company

[@vlo4829]

Well, yeah. It makes it hard to distinguish human females from livestock...

[@amyj4283]

These people have not grasped that mother's day is not about simply acknowledging that "some people' have given birth, but the deep biological and social implications of being a mother.

[@sorelyanlie2784]

Precisely. If anyone calls me that, they can expect a cuff on the ears and to be sent to their room until they're 104 years of age

[@delilahjones6496]

Being a woman is not just a FEELING. As the lovely Sydney explained, it is inseparably tied to human anatomy and biology, encoded in our DNA. If being a woman is just a feeling, then being a man is just a feeling. Following the same logic and reasoning that we can be whatever we feel...how about my age, can I be what ever age I feel? Can I be whatever race I feel? Can I be whatever species I feel? If we are nothing more than a feeling, then our existence is never defined by anything unique to it. A bird is not a bird, a young person is not young, a black person is not black, etc... It is ironic how approximately 1% of the population get diagnosed with a medical condition called gender dysphoria but wants the other 99% of the population to be so inclusive of their medical condition as to damage, erase, dehumanize, and endanger those without gender dysphoria through language and policy changes. Yes, rapes in prisons and even domestic abuse shelters have already occurred by trans men identifying as women. The women on the swim team were forced to share a locker room and undress with Lia Thomas who still had a penis at the time. A high school boy who identified as female used Loudoun County, VA's new gender inclusive policies to gain access to the female restroom and rape a female student. And I bet a million bucks the trans community is only attacking women because they are more afraid of the violence that might ensue if they attacked men. So, they think we are easier targets which is infuriating and even more of a reason to fight back.

[@ny3683syr]

A good part of society is agreeing to allow these people access to women's spaces for the same reason. It's because women are seen as easy marks. It is easier for everyone to push girls and women around, than it is to make boys and men behave themselves. Society is saying they want females to handle the problem of gender dysphoric individuals. If men who feel like females are afraid to use men's locker rooms and bathrooms, because men might bully them, it's easier to let them use our spaces than it is to make misbehaving straight behave. Society is forcing women to be their nannies, rather than laying down the law with men who are acting as bullies.

[@lamppuu1]

If i identify as a man, will my pay get better? 🤔

[@timkunkel5431]

I'm an astronaut. No wait!......I'm the King! I mean the QUEEN! Doh! Now I'm a pelican. The King of Pelicans! Now I'm Barbie! QUEEN BARBIE!

[@anamacedo]

The fact that speaking up about this can cost our jobs is absolutely terrifying.

[@alanharrison573]

And totally unacceptable.

[@DRDOGGO-iu4yd]

You are fired.

[@cristina_2796]

The fact that these things are debatable is terrifying

[@bloop1100]

Screw it! Stand for you principles!

[@six-gunsound1145]

Having an opinion about anything can cost you your job in PC world. That is a tool wielded by the rich and powerful against the decidedly less so to compel compliance. They don't need a job but us peasants do, so either get on board or get rocked. I wonder who the purge movies are designed to scare more, us or them?

[@bbaattttlleemmooddee]

The fact that the term "birthing person" came out of the same political party that came up with "women are not baby factories" just says everything doesn't it?

[@greenguardian5845]

Oh the Irony

[@sheisaMachine]

It’s “gender neutral “ since men with ovaries exist. I assume thats the sentiment

[@radioactiverat8751]

They're demagogues. Doing or saying whatever to keep themselves in power. It's why they always cobtradict themselves, they have to flip flop to keep it up.

[@sheisaMachine]

@SusanWojakDemonitized gender and sex aren’t the same 🥴

[@souchimisouni]

@@sheisaMachine Except they are. Biology doesn't care about your irrelevant stereotypes regarding how you perceive men and women

[@murrayoickle2947]

We are currently experiencing the most widespread and outrageous gaslighting in the history of humanity.

[@mysticsunshinestudios]

OMG, spot on!

[@knearhood8]

@@RoddyPipersCorneas well that is happening before our very eyes

[@nathanking6670]

@@RoddyPipersCorneas That gaslighting was on an economic and physical level, though. This gaslighting is on a spiritual level, which transcends Maoist China and Stalinist Russia's lunacy.

[@goutamboppana961]

yea

[@kora4185]

@@RoddyPipersCorneas I honestly think this is worse in the sense that is just the beginning and is world wide. When we weren’t so globalized before whatever insanity happening in one part of the world would hardly reach the other end, being possible to balance out the issues then. Now since we’re all connected when one thing hits one country, it hits all, making harder to dodge.

[@erinbuck129]

“Wokeness is not on the side of women.” Thank you for stating this so plainly. Spot on. I don’t get why people can’t see that trans ideology just confirms gender stereotyping. Someone doesn’t fit the stereotype of their gender so the answer is to… run away to another gender? If someone is willing to allow such definitions to push them out of their own gender, they’re just accepting the stereotyping. I grew up being told I ‘should have been born a boy’ because I didn’t like dresses, makeup, or dolls. It used to make me mad until I realized the only vote that mattered on how I express my womanhood is mine. I’m so sad and tired of watching men and women listen to this mess and abstain their vote.

[@MagpieDynamics]

Despite having the word person in it, “birthing person” is possibly one of the most dehumanizing things I’ve ever heard.

[@naturesfinest2408]

PerSON has SON in it so it needs to be banned.

[@cbmech2563]

And that is the point

[@yuseisatouissuffering]

I swear I saw that term in a slavery hentai

[@asarishepard8171]

this is something id expect to read in Orwell's 1984. and yes i have read the darn thing.

[@dominikweber4305]

Birthing Person sounds like someone in the handmaid's tale would say. Which is funny because the book's supposed to be feminist

[@jameschristensen1658]

“birthing person” is literally one of the most dehumanizing terms i’ve ever heard

[@rabryan]

It sounds like a cow. 🐄

[@arkham_miami]

@@rabryan sounds like if aliens enslaved humans to reproduce so they can eat their babies

[@rachelmcclain5367]

Just ew!

[@kimanderson1240]

That’s exactly why they want it , its apart of the Agenda, dehumanizing every thing makes people more submissive.

[@Shinobubu]

Yep because Marxism.

[@stevec6875]

I think the fact the we even need this discussion, indicates how insane the world is today.

[@GregoryM1]

Correction: it indicates how insane the political left is today. I have never heard of any conservative saying anything of this sort.

[@dominikweber4305]

We don't need it. People are making up non existant problems

[@stevec6875]

I've always said "Leaders Lead..... they don't apoease"..... Basically, if the extremes see weakness in leadership, by appeasing crazy notions, then that gives the green light to the crazy mob and that's what we're seeing today.

[@cheryleaston6820]

I totally agree. THE HANDMAID'S TALE reflects what the birthing person is.

[@moisty254]

China's watching

[@HexinDivil]

As a Woman and Mother, as well as former 'tomboy', I completely agree with you. They are calling us 'slurs' and think we just have to shut up and take it. I think more women should stand up against this speech that dehuminizes us into mere 'tools' to be used as 'they' see fit.

[@fanofeverything30465]

I've seen people say that if a woman wants to be anything like a man there must be something wrong with her

[@tsrocks2029]

It's disturbing when the government decides that "mother" is an offensive term. It's one thing when some moron on Twitter does it, but it's getting scary

[@christiana_mandalynn]

“Satan has declared war on motherhood. He knows that those who rock the cradle can rock his earthly empire. And he knows that without righteousness mothers loving and leading the next generation, the Kingdom of God will fail.” - Sheri Dew

[@Falcon-gl8ll]

@@christiana_mandalynn That's why modern feminists objectify women while thinking they are protecting women from being objectified.

[@retrogiftsuk4812]

A lot of the examples aren't 'decided' by governments, they come from medical organisations that need to explain medical issues to both cis and trans people.

[@sfdoctorp]

these woke MFs think "mother is a verb" and "men can mother, too". Look up the Piers Morgan video.

[@shivag73]

Exactly. I pride myself in being a mother who cherished her children and was a parent rather than a friend raising terrors. I have been with my husband for 29 years and will very loudly proclaim myself and Wifey, another title they are trying to abolish for women.

[@Parousia001]

The term “birthing person” is the most offensive thing I’ve heard in a long time! I’m a woman, NOT a “birthing person”!

[@xraceboyex]

@Vick Murray Water isn't wet though... water is what causes things to be 'wet'

[@tom-iv6lc]

Tough luck. You've lost your womenhood status. I'm glad. 40 yrs of feminism and now it finally affects you..... No sympathy here. Also since women have abandoned men in society don't expect men to help you when you need help. You are stunning and brave. You are on your own. I might actually laugh at you.....pfft....bye bye purse and phone. Call a social worker... person who menstruates.

[@grossartus]

Yeah sounds like "birth machine" ironically dehumanizing women

[@imlit3725]

i ain't mad it... women did it to themselves and its actually kinda funny. as a dude though i suprisingly wouldn't mind being called sperm bank, it sounds rich, y'all got the short straw with birthing person though

[@rwatertree]

@@xraceboyex Water is wet because wetness is the adhesion of water to a body and water coheres.

[@TheSnyderWeb]

“Birthing person” makes you a factory. Or a farm animal. 😡

[@dismantlingdeception8939]

She is correct, The world is over!!! If women want this to stop gather together just like black lives matters and start doing a Real Women Matter!!! stop giving our rights, accomplishments, and biological purpose to men.

[@i.y.thehero1124]

Equality matters! Because it's not just women being a birthing factory now. There are guys who got their rights degraded because of some shitty simp government.

[@jama5191]

@@dismantlingdeception8939 terf

[@zdd22fixes47]

You're not and never will be! It's the most hideous term ever constructed, at least we know now who to turn away from our doors! The shocking reality is stranger, this mentality is in OUR hospitals! Yeahhhh- now as a man that scares the life from me! You girls should be scared s%$#less... I now understand why some couples choose home births... I'd rather take the odds and keep my child's DNA etc where it belongs and not on some government fille!

[@zdd22fixes47]

@@dismantlingdeception8939 who's saying they're men! Try tormented and abused little boys... I find it sad !

[@sarabishop5659]

I have been watching this unfurl infront of me, so confusing and offensive to women. As a woman who has given birth to a girl and is pregnant with another girl I feel scared for my girls. There needs to be protection for women ( biological women) we go through enough physically and mentally being a female/woman. Turning our experience into a girly fashion makeup show is actually ridiculous and offensive. I am so grateful for people like you! Also the community of both men and women who are standing up for us and giving a glimmer of hope for my girls. Thank you! You are making a difference

[@smokexsmoke99]

Nearly all cis women don't care about transgender women being in their spaces, and most of them don't care about gender neutral language. Because not that long ago, people like you were warning everyone about how not murdering gay people would lead to everyone turning gay. That was a lie. Not that long ago, people like you were warning everyone about how black people were going to destroy western civilisation. That turned out to be a lie. Not that long ago, people like you were warning everyone about how ending slavery was going to destroy western civilisation. That turned out to be a lie. Not that long ago, people like you were warning everyone about how universal suffrage was going to destroy society. That turned out to be a lie. Not that long ago, people like you were warning everyone about mixed marriages. That turned out to be a lie. Not that long ago, people like you were warning everyone about the dangers of educating women. That turned out to be a lie.

[@axonice]

I hope you don't mean Femin!sm, because it hurts both sides.

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

What we're seeing now is explicitly anti-feminist. Second wave feminists made a lot of the the "male as norm" principle, wherein women are defined by the fact that they're not men. Now we right back to the "men as norm" idea with "lesbian" being defined by Johns Hopkins as "non-men attracted to non-men". Once again the identity of "woman" is defined entirely by how they relate to the concept of "men". What makes that especially stupid is that if you ask people to answer "what is a man?" without making any reference to biology I'd expect they'd find it just as difficult as "what is a woman?" They're constantly using terms that they themselves can't define. The entire world view of these people is shot through with illogic and things that can't explain but they keep demanding other people adopt it. I'll only consider that when their world view makes sense.

[@Fly_Banana90]

I love this comment

[@finecastleie]

"Birthing people" is the kind of thing I would hear an alien say when they are trying to act human

[@UserBeenBanned]

take me to your birthing person, beep boop bop...

[@bluelanternguardianangel8038]

"How do you do my fellow humans. Isn't our birthing person so embarrassing?" Lol

[@marymcelroy6157]

Or a politically correct neckbeard...

[@theragingplatypus4743]

Correct...straight up Coneheads.

[@The3rdGunman]

"I too enjoy my cloth funnel."

[@NenaKPlans]

To add to Sydney's plethora of questions: If there is nothing that defines being a woman aside from identifying as a woman, why do trans women need to dress differently, take hormones, and sometimes get surgery? Why can they not identify as women *as they are?*

[@globalfamily8172]

They want to be objectified as women, which is really about the superficial part of womanhood.

[@sunflower-u6u]

“For sAFeTy ReAsOnS”

[@tahlia4381]

i'm going to share my view of it all, it may or may not answer your questions depending on how you interpret and how well i explain my ideas but anyways; it's a complex matter that gets diluted in how many sides there are to the debate. Gender is more psychosocial with a basis on anatomical sex. if society were to eradicate the constructs of gender (i.e. stereotypes in terms of behaviour, appearance, expectations and etc.) much of the debate would die down as gender would not be a thing. If society were to then conclude that sex = gender then that would be fine and you may find that a lot of gender diverse individuals may identify with their birth gender. Trans people would still exist of course as gender would essentially become the experience of comfort with your anatomical sex and not everyone is going to experience comfort with the body they were born with (essentially the biggest psychological aspect of gender) It gets complicated where people want to break down these ideas of socially constructed gender but also want to support those who identify outside of their assigned gender at birth and the gender binary as whole due to the same socially constructed ideas of gender. It becomes a thing where gender is both defined and undefined and I can understand why there is such divide and confusion within the topic. It's like pushing the erasure of gender stereotypes whilst also pushing to ensure people feel they belong in the categories they choose based on the stereotypes, terminology and etc. that they feel most connected to. To really simplify it gender, as it is constructed in our society, is basically a personality type which gets assigned to a person based on their anatomical sex. Not everyone's personality ends up forming in the way expected for their given gender, for many people they don't care and feel connected to their gender regardless which may have to do with their connectedness to their body which has been so strongly affiliated with gender. For others they can feel uncomfortable and as though they don't belong in that category regardless of how they feel about their anatomy. Which is why a person may feel more connected to another gender even if they have no intention to go through things to alter their anatomy and/or hormones. So gender is more than a person's anatomical sex even though anatomical sex can still play a huge role simply because gender has been attached to specific anatomy types for so long. Therefore you get a mix of people who transition to one gender and engage in a lot of the traits associated with that gender and go through medical transition but you also get people who do not do that and simply feel most comfortable identifying with that specific gender for a plethora of reasons including the ideas of gender being made up and able to change and such and both kinds of people are completely valid (in my opinion.). Which is where much of the confusion comes in. It is a super complex subject which can also be hard to conceptualise without separating sex from gender, which can be super difficult to do also. I hope that makes at least some sense! I personally lean on the side of being inclusive of everyone and how they identify as I view the world as something where everyone has a unique experience and if they are not directly harming others then I see no issue and accept everyone (i'm not gonna discuss indirect harm as that can get murky and can be highly subjective as well.), I enjoy hearing other perspectives in order to form and alter my own, and I hope you find my current perspectives informative even though I struggle to put a lot of it into coherent words

[@bds8715]

@@tahlia4381 thank you for this post! I agree with the original comment. There seems to be a contradiction. I will take the example of a trans woman because if I were trans that's what I would be. If I were trans I would have to accept both: 1) Aspects of femaleness are critically important to what it means to be a woman. 2) Aspects of femaleness are not critically important to what it means to be a woman (indeed, not important at all). Why would I have to accept 1? Because if aspects of femaleness were not important, I'd have no motivation to acquire such aspects through surgery and/or hormone therapy. Why would I have to accept 2? Because trans women were always fully women, even while having zero aspects of femaleness and having many aspects of maleness. Personally I resolve the contradiction by accepting 1 and rejecting 2, but that implies trans women are men because trans women lack the critical aspects of femaleness needed in order to be correctly considered women. That's awkward for me because "trans women are men" is considered transphobic, but following what makes sense to me does not make me transphobic anymore than an atheist following what makes sense to them makes them Christophobic. I feel no animosity or disgust toward trans people, only the kind of sadness one might feel toward someone who self-harms.

[@tahlia4381]

@@bds8715 there is indeed some contradiction, although one may question what are the critical aspects of femaleness? what aspects of femaleness makes a woman a woman? the answer could perhaps seem obvious although it gets a little more complex when you consider that not everyone can fit all the critical aspects that may be stated. i’m not just talking about intersex individuals (although that would be the biggest confliction) but also individuals who perhaps have the aspects of female reproductive organs but not so much secondary physical characteristics that much of society considers to make a woman. even if you were to say that only the reproductive system matters that isn’t really what society agrees with since so many women who perhaps have deeper than average voices often face bullying and get labeled as men despite very much not being. and sure such individuals that do not fit all physical characteristics of their gender can be argued to be a minority and not reflective of how many individuals do fit those, but that’s not really a valid point in argument in my opinion since trans people are also a minority and if we can agree that some people show variations physically and still view them as being part of the gender they most align with then it only makes sense that other variations that result in people being trans should be accepted as truly being the gender they align with (psychologically speaking) it’s a super complex thing, part of the idea of saying a person can be a woman even when retaining typical male attributes is a lot to do with deconstructing the societal concept of gender. all in all if being a woman or man comes down to reproductive organs then that’s how it should be, all other views of gender should technically be thrown away. but it isn’t quite like that and thats why you will have the contradictions between these in terms of how gender is constructed, many people do not actually fit all the characteristics of their gender and yet still would be considered truly a man or a woman, but at the same time many of them also would not be considered as such by all of society and this can bring a lot of issue and harm which only results in people diverging from the binary system of gender in order to feel they belong more

[@megmog4094]

The hardest thing about being a woman is picking out an outfit? My endometriosis is screaming. If this is really how the majority of people think, than bring on the end of the world already.

[@Val.Kyrie.]

Exactly. Hardest thing I’ve been through as a woman was my second sons birth, it was brutal but thank goodness he came out naturally. But yeah picking out my clothes is so much harder.

[@Yotrymp]

@Dear Lady Well, since women fall under "universal suffrage", yes, women are in fact partly responsible for men's actions. You are part of the political body.

[@Yotrymp]

@Dear Lady Get well soon

[@yanamclaughlin]

This. And ps.... same.

[@victorialisa]

Women don’t think that way. That opinion comes from an ignorant person who comes from such amount of privilege that that is her biggest worry.

[@thecaptainshaw]

This is so well put together. I found this 2 years after you originally posted it, but thank you for speaking up and for eloquently stating what so many of us feel.

[@rogbard]

Why stop at "birthing parent"? I would like to propose "gestation unit" as even more inclusive.

[@jameslauren3100]

I love it!!! gestation unit?? Whaaaaaa 🤣

[@katelynnkelly4185]

DONT GIVE THEM IDEAS 😭

[@battygirlrachel]

Why not incubator? It feels about as less human as any other choice 😂 and what about those who choose not to give birth? And saying that birthing person etc covers that because I have the equipment for it... I would contend that women used to be the term for that and look what happened to that... I think I will resign myself to not existing... I'm just a figment of everyone elses imagination... (and just to be clear, this post isn't an attack response to the original poster... It's just free flowing thought inspired by the original post)

[@adrianjude9041]

Excellent. And we call vaginas "birthing docks" and beds "incubation stations" let's make it as mechanical as possible to include the machines and AI! Jk... Lol

[@animinn2822]

@@adrianjude9041 Oh now you've done it!! You let the idea loose.😬 Quick take it back!!

[@DenverStarkey]

This is what happens when society starts catering to people with mental illnesses The rabbit hole just gets deeper and deeper.

[@caseymaree4370]

Yes!!! I have so much compassion for them but honestly would you get a kid who was mentally ill to give a motivational speech to the year? No. You get a person with there head screwed on. You wouldn’t get a person with an eating disorder to give a class on healthy eating. This is an extreme case of body dysmorphia and is treatable. Just like other forms. If your daughter was upset she was fat would u take her for liposuction or teach her to eat well and exercise? This isn’t rocket science. This shit is scary.

[@renny6151]

@ - Astor - What do you mean? Are you talking about trans? If so, I agree with you all the way.

[@steventaylor181]

Not a rabbit hole. Open pit mine with an express elevator to the bottom

[@katerinaaqu]

You know...the terrifying part is that there are people out there that might actually do it. I mean someone might come up with like "Oh those who suffered of mental issues were ostracised back then so we shouldn't be "stigmatizing" them by calling them "mentally ill" or call everyone else "healthy". Health at every mind people! A mentally ill person is not ill! They are just special!" And this can link to many things altogether. We who "identify as sane" will be called "mentally standarized" or something of that sort and so on and so forth. This kind of talk can be even dangerous for all these constructs and it can lead to many issues because technically in their own "inclusion trip" they will basically just erase every social construct or biological thing existing.

[@ravencassidy1979]

Bingo

[@nicholewilde4750]

"milk from the feeding parent" and "people who give birth" sounds like crazy crap from 1984 or The Giver

[@chilomine839]

Human milk eh...that could be innuendo.

[@amytrumbull156]

Yes, and those movies were both warnings that we have failed to heed.

[@theroamingsavage8813]

The "person who ejaculates" impregnated the "person who gives birth" and then the "person who is born" came out 9 months later.

[@xenomorph6599]

Even the giver still called them "birth m o t h e r s". We off the deep end

[@sjf8305]

i have read the giver great book though i really fear it is becoming reality and I don't want that ever!!

[@backcountyrpilot]

“Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.” ― Voltaire

[@BlacknRedSN95]

"i mean why even have a women's march if gender doesn't exist anyway?" hilarious

[@keithrobin6566]

Who are they marching for?

[@JamesASharp]

How about a women's month. It's all disappearing now.

[@Amai-Kitten]

*sex

[@headmaster6261]

@@JamesASharp Oh Lord no more mother days.. not even "birthing people day" that would be inclusive SMH😂

[@Stranger_Strange_Land]

I went with my mom because it was her birthday. In defiance and to separate myself I wore a blue beanie. It was the most unorganized and ridiculous event I'd ever been to. They had no idea what to center themselves on. They threw their trash everywhere and expected someone else to pick it up for them. It was a disastrous mess and a total waste of time. My mother acted like a child, bouncing back and forth between different groups upset about different topics. She ran off without me and I hung out at the Washington monument for a few hours.

[@jacksterling9258]

“Birthing Person” sounds like something out of a lame sci fi show to describe breeders for the upper class or something

[@toothlessgrin04]

Reminds me of the god emperor of Dune and the axolotl Chambers that they cloned Duncan with.... Birthing people

[@darkmistress1980]

its the handmaid's tale all over again... *says to you "under his eye"*

[@michaelpettersson4919]

In the Sci Fi movie "The Island" they do exactly that. A company grow a clone of a woman customer, impregnate the clone with her husband's sperm. Once the child is born it gets delivered to the customer and the clone, now useless are killed.

[@Thaijler]

Sounds like something out of '"A Brave New World."

[@Viewable11]

_The Handmaid's Tale_ . It's a tool of oppression born from totalitarian ideology.

[@LunarMarie]

"Why even have a march when gender doesn't matter?" 😂😂😂 so true.

[@MelindaPapM]

Or like why be transgender at all if gender doesn't matter?!🤔🙄

[@alexlindstrom555]

@@MelindaPapM Truth! Ok...at least I think so. Part of the reason why the transgender situation exists is because yes...gender does matter!

[@alexlindstrom555]

It’s a non-cis-hetero male march, lol.

[@nthgth]

And if it's not about what's between your legs, what's up with sex changes?

[@scarlett19b]

Like the statement Caitlyn Jenner {Biologically MALE} made ; Not knowing what to wear is the biggest problem for Women..🙄 *Stereotype BS* 🐮💩 Like ; How dare you Caitlyn⁉️💁🏽

[@MTrent3]

I know I’m coming to this comment section 2 years late… BUT there’s a podcast called “witch trials of J.K. Rowling”. It explores this issue as well as you really could expect a 7 episode podcast to. And it gives Rowling the opportunity to flesh out her perspective and what caused her to speak out. It’s good!

[@gensoumusic2145]

"chestfeeding" sounds disturbing, like an alien parasite term for sucking blood out of a human's chest or ripping it open and eating hearts. It's like calling kissing "facehugging"...

[@josephusb.villanueve6687]

Like an alien from the movie Aliens that does things in reverse, bursting in rather than out.

[@cooperyoung1928]

Underrated comment

[@MidnightSt]

THANK YOU! I felt the same way since the first time I heard it, but was unable to put it to words! You just did!

[@gwahli9620]

Especially weird considering that men HAVE (more or less flat) breasts. With hormones , they can grow and they can lactate. So this "distinction" does distinct absolutely nothing.

[@tablescissors]

Duh, that's why it was your mother's nickname for you.

[@Kimbaroo]

Birthing person makes me feel bad for the women who want but can't have babies. That must be such a slap in the face. 😢

[@battygirlrachel]

And to those who choose not to have children... Though I would say it effects those wanting and unable in far more impactful ways.

[@MiniWolf666]

Oh, it is. My wife hates that term.

[@lsheridan4388]

If this term comes to be on forms, I will choose OTHER and write Woman/Female in the space.

[@dianevierra781]

oh my gosh, I didn't even think about that!

[@animinn2822]

@@MiniWolf666 I think this might be one issue the vast majority of society can agree on. The re-writing of our terms and common usage of language is offending everyone.

[@sasha7894]

The fact that we are called birthing people makes me feel like an alien

[@nocturnaljoe9543]

You are now a breathing milk and birth giving entity with less rights and social value, then a male, who indentifies himself as a woman.

[@kayakMike1000]

For an alien, your thumbnail suggests you're quite a pretty lady.

[@theblackbaron4119]

Awesome, I always wanted an alien, but I couldn't make it to area 51 :p

[@toyotaecw]

But how many Apache Attack Helicopters have given birth?

[@skknireeker9073]

I feel sincerely sorry for all woman who once again get something taken away from them! But this time its the women themselfes who dehumanize themself

[@The-Portland-Daily-Blink]

The hatred Transgender women/biological men direct at biological women is repulsive. Great video!

[@michaelterry1000]

Remember when the argument was, “we all just want to be left alone to live our lives in peace” We all knew that was a lie.

[@webhead4414]

They were never here to "take part", they're here to take over.

[@dlyonthescreen2657]

If it was a lie, people like you would be the reason.

[@Trashloot]

Can we please not forget that we are talking about loud minorities here. I bet most of the trans/non binary people have nothing to do with this (or even know about this happening). Not all woman are extreme feminists. Not all man are evil. Not all non binaries are idiots. It only takes a few assholes to make any group look bad.

[@Kalgert]

@@dlyonthescreen2657 Nah. People "Left them alone", and they couldn't help but force themselves upon everyone, and you enablers pretty much sped up the process. What they really need is people to shove their heads in the toilet more often.

[@dudemcfurgusson7179]

@@Kalgert toilet is an interesting way to spell "woodchipper".

[@Trainwreck_Art]

The irony of people who are supposedly fighting against 'being labeled' turning around and foisting labels on everyone else...

[@Trainwreck_Art]

@Vick Murray There's a huge gulf between the original feminist movement and what's going on today. The original movement was because women essentially had no voice or choice in their lives. They were expected to get married, and stay home and have the babies, end of. They weren't even allowed to vote. Back then, if you disagreed with your husband and he beat the shit out of you, nobody really batted an eye. It was considered a failure of you as a wife and mother, not that your husband was abusive. So, in that regard, the original feminist movement was a very good thing. Women as a whole do have a lot more to offer than just being baby factories. Women doctors, lawyers, soldiers, and astronauts have made an immeasurable impact on society, and advances in what we know about pretty much every field there is. However, this new thing, which seems basically to want to erase ANY demarcation whatsoever between the sexes, and stomp out the concept of sex/gender in its entirety...is completely toxic, and nothing good is going to come from it. If someone feels that they were born in the wrong body, fine. There is actually credible medical science behind that; sometimes, usually when there was a twin initially, things do go a bit wrong in utero, leading to the surviving fetus absorbing parts or all of their deceased twin. So, for them to have chromosomal disorders, or to be visibly male but be producing female hormones, or vice versa, is measurable, and makes sense. What doesn't make sense is a parent foisting these things on a child entirely too young to even HAVE these types of hormones to begin with; medically, that type of dysphoria doesn't happen until puberty; that's when what the body looks like vs the hormones and associated feelings differ. It drives me nuts that a lot of the crazier ones are screeching about 'believe the science', but actually rabidly disagree with what the science actually proves. For a lot of these people, the whole LGBTQ+ movement has become more of a new trend or fashion statement rather than anything rooted in provable medical science. Eventually, it will blow itself out, and leave a trail of broken people abandoned by said movement, that don't know what the hell they are anymore.

[@booksteer7057]

Everything I don't like is violence. Anything that prevents me from doing what I want to do is violence. Not agreeing with my pov is violence. What an infantile philosophy.

[@Viewable11]

"Not agreeing with my POV is violence" is the correct definition of _safe spaces_ for _woke_ people. _Woke_ people regularly claim that they feel "unsafe" when anyone contradicts their opinions. They use the term _"violence"_ as a tool to gain hegemony over discourse. It is an abuse of language that's fitting to George Orwell's nightmare of the totalitarian state _Oceania_ , which uses _NewSpeak_ to deprive the citizens of the possibility to shape thoughts that could challenge the regime.

[@johnkaltine9788]

That’s not a philosophy. That’s an ideology.

[@rogerdodger6025]

BLM riots are mostly peaceful.

[@RobKMusic]

Everything about the left is infantile. Their perceived problems, their solutions to said problems, the way they perceive the world... if the airplane is crashing, just wait until the last second and then jump up in the air and it will cancel it out. Duuuuhhhhh! It’s simple science people, this isn’t hard.

[@Paladin1034]

These people wouldn't know violence if it came up and slapped them in the face. "Microaggression". Imagine saying that unironically and with a straight face.

[@Erick-dk5vr]

She just made me realize the fundamental contradiction of this nonsense. Claiming there is no difference between men and women negates the whole idea of changing from one the the other. If there is no difference, then there is nothing to change!!

[@bdmc6583]

Calling a mother a "birthing person" is like calling a father a "sperm donor. " It means that the parent wants nothing to do with the child.

[@KingBobBobBob]

Got it in one. It also was an insult not too long ago

[@ProjectStarLIGHTS]

"Birthing people" Nice that women are being referred to as broodmares for the state

[@-._.-KRiS-._.-]

I mean, that really is what all abortion bills are introduced for.

[@h4rdi7g3]

@Skylar Mosby literally every single person in all of human history who has given birth is a woman The hell are you talking about

[@OzyMandias13]

@@h4rdi7g3 They are talking about situations like the one that got a lot of press years ago. The Man Whose Having a Baby was the headline. It was a transgender man, so he had all of the female reproductive parts. For a traditionalist, it wasn't so much a man having a baby as a woman having a beard.

[@Defathomize]

@Skylar Mosby Why shouldn't non-birthing women just be called non-birthing women and birthing men just be called birthing men? It doesn't involve "birthing women" at all that way. Because never involved birthing women, it was always about the exceptions to the rule. SO let it stay there. Don't affect people that have nothing to do with it.

[@DeNorali]

@Skylar Mosby Are you thinking of the movie Junior (1994)? It is a movie, it is fiction, it isn't real.

[@lldrax2]

"Its getting so bad that any day now, I'm expecting to hear a rape victim referred to as an unwilling sperm recipient." -- George Carlin

[@maiahoneyagerTV]

But ..... suppose the rapist wears a condom or doesn't produce sperm... also men get raped as well... so I'm okay with just rape victim?

Now that is a media description that could happen depending on the attacker. Rather than describe race etc.

[@iyaiiya-wawg3657]

I feel you there pal. For real

[@martiddy]

​@@maiahoneyagerTV how is the rapist wearing a condom or not relevant to the victim?, rape is rape no matter what.

[@jessealvarez779]

Provided the assailant can actually produce sperm. Oh George, you got out just in time...

[@greg_for_short]

at 15:40, this reminded me of syndrome in the incredibles. When he says "if everyone is super, no one is". Its the same mentality.

[@cormoran2303]

"Remember when I said it wouldn't affect you, woman?" "That's right trans activist, you did!" "I Lied."

[@wolfwithin2967]

Nice commando reference 👌

[@AncestorEmpire1]

Sully at bottom of Cliff: "First time?"

[@your_waifu_hates_you]

DaT pfp

[@headmaster6261]

It's sad because females are their main supporters at least 90% I assume

[@thewhiteman7381]

Remember when they said the same thing about opening the borders too?

[@violaberry413]

Calling us “birthing women” sounds like we’re some sort of scientific specimen

[@relaxingsounds1386]

Believe me, they think even worse of you than that.

[@tyramasters-heinrichs921]

They say 'birthing person' so no women allowed...

[@kh1046]

they still haven't scientifically figured out what gives women orgasms, so I am not surprised.

[@nodiggity9472]

What about "Reproductives"? Maybe "Progenitive persons?" Or is that demeaning and facile?

[@Kuroteren]

"Birthing person" gets even worse than it already is when you realize that it also designates people to a singular role/ purpose in life. If you call someone a birthing person, you're claiming they only exist to give birth, like cattle on a farm. Absolutely disgusting.

[@DarkPrincess_13]

The same ppl who hate the patriarchy said this shit

[@phillipgraf4856]

I grew up hearing on TV that since science has discovered a way to make babies using 2 eggs, men are no longer necessary for a thriving society. How dehumanizing can you be to tell someone their existence is pointless? Now that good women are experiencing some of this I feel sorry for them.

[@barbie3139]

@@phillipgraf4856 I've known women who had no mother and they had some holes in their upbringing that were deep. I also have known men treated badly by their fathers or ignored by them. They have a huge hole in their heart that they try to fill many different ways. Both mothers and fathers give their children what the other one cannot in many ways. Both are essential!

[@BradSmits]

Also akin to this is the term oft used at the moment "Herd Immunity"

[@phillipgraf4856]

@@barbie3139 I completely agree. As the father of stepchildren, I've seen the hole it makes in a child when their father isn't in their lives and wants nothing to do with them. A broken home is not the ideal situation. The mother and father have unique roles that are equally as valuable.

[@miraomadden6195]

I was ranting to my husband about how women are being erased by all this woke culture and he said "I've got someone you might like to watch" Here I am days later finally feeling like I'm NOT crazy and feeling like I am being heard! Im so upset that I fought so so so hard for my rights as a women and now my daughter has to grow up in a world where her rights are being taken. It makes me cry.

[@kadran3263]

You have an excellent husband, too!

[@miraomadden6195]

@@kadran3263 Yes hes a Good one ^.^

[@I_Am_Transcendentem]

your husband is a true "sigma male," a guy who respects women unlike a person that is part of a certain extreme of the mens rights movement

[@miraomadden6195]

@@I_Am_Transcendentem I haven't heard this term before. He is amazing, when our daughter was born he told me he never had so much respect for anyone in his life. He was cheering me on and even whispered instructions in my ear when I told the Midwife I couldn't hear her through the pain. I think our relationship works so well because we both believe in a traditional family and we both know our roles which honestly is not a bad thing! I have built my whole life around growing up, getting married to a MAN and becoming a MOTHER. When I had someone call me a birthing person I looked at them with so much venom and vitriol they stepped back. Like how dare you! I am a Mother. I DID NOT go through a natural child birth with no drugs to be called a frackin birthing person! Why do you want to take what I RIGHTFULLY EARNED WITH MY BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS.....LITERALLY!!!!!!

[@I_Am_Transcendentem]

@@miraomadden6195 Sigma male is a term based off a disproven theory regarding wolf pack behavior. It is like astrology for guys.

[@VibinKat]

also birthing person is a slight to adoptive mothers. i was adopted and its similar to people calling my birth mother my "real mom" because she isnt.

[@nation5743]

This is very accurate.

[@maeve_a]

Also, to women who choose not to "birth" and to those who cannot but want to. 🧐

[@AndRew-vo9bz]

My wife was adopted by her farther and he is her farther 100% it takes more than semen or an egg to be a parent

[@doltBmB]

Well she is your real mother. Don't be offended by facts. No one is saying that your adoptive mother is not a good person or that your bond isn't special due to her raising you.

[@VibinKat]

@@doltBmB im not saying that she technically is a mother, but she didnt raise me. my adoptive mother did. she did all the mother stuff.

[@scoobykitty]

The NHS recently took the word women off their page about cervical and ovarian cancer,but oddly kept the word men in their page about prostate cancer. How are more people not seeing the erasure of women is a real thing?

[@itzakehrenberg3449]

Men were erased long ago except as fodder for the machine. All things in this society are centered around females. For every five woman who die of breast cancer, four men die of prostate cancer, yet 12 times as money is spent on breast cancer vs prostate cancer. This is the tip of the iceberg of how great women have got it compared to men.

[@scoobykitty]

@Tom Thumb ,Although I didn't realize that men were under attack too,I never thought that men were the problem. To me,the greatest threat to women right now are the trans activists.

[@Veritasominavincit]

This has to stop

[@jouuu6314]

did you read the definition of lesbian that they are trying to push? "non man who is attracted to non man" or some sh*t like that, is ridiculous!

[@joannageorge7305]

@@whatsMyNameAgainAgain Yes. It's this readiness to assume the role of a victim that stops me from agreeing with this kind of content. Even though there is some scientific basis to the complaints. If women didn't see their unearned privileges under threat, I'm pretty sure they wouldn't complain. After all, how many of them complain about the treatment of men in the family court or legal system in general? And while it may be only a small cross section, my extended confirms the known statistics - women are often the source of any dysfunction. So I won't be crying over their "plight". Why would anyone feel seriously threatened by a few freaks? This crazy fad will crash and burn on its own.

[@darethefair3419]

I'm not comfortable with being refered to as a "Birthing person" like I'm some alien rather than a woman.

[@degrelleholt6314]

Perhaps they are the aliens.

[@AProudDad]

Yeah, neither is my girlfriend. And also, what about women who can't get pregnant? Did Sidney cover that? I might have missed it.

[@prac2]

hence the title

[@mojrimibnharb4584]

It sounds like some kind of involuntary host animal for a parasite.

[@blacksun106]

@@AProudDad 11:58 is where she covers just that.

[@etienne8382]

So glad I don’t live in the US. But can see this insanity making its way slowly around the world.

[@GodotWorld]

Honestly, I think the term "birthing person" is incredibly degrading and offensive. Might as well just change the term woman to cow and treat them like livestock. I mean are we literally just calling women "baby makers" now? That's seriously something I would expect an actual chauvinist/misogynist to say. It totally erases not just what it is that makes women special. It totally devalues the one thing they do that men will never be able to do to the level of taking a dump. I have a daughter and, having seeing the process, I have a lot of respect for what my wife had to go through. It is one of the most emotionally confusing events I have ever gone through in my life, I can only imagine what it must have been for her. It's horror and joy and gore and beauthy and creation and terror and euphoria and suspense and relief and so much more all that the same moment in time.

[@rickyturner223]

They aren't calling all women birthing persons. They are saying that not everyone who is pregnant is a woman. Which is equally as stupid but slightly different. To use there terms, a cis woman is a cis woman but a pregnant person may be a cis woman or a, trans man so instead of calling them a woman or mother they have come up with birthing person. But no they aren't trying to define a woman by child birth if anything it's the opposite

[@catherinerobilliard7662]

@@rickyturner223 no such thing as "cis". Enough of the gender gobbledygook - I believe in biological sex not gender claptrap

[@christopherleveck6835]

Technically speaking, my wife carried our twins, but she and i have always called me the "Baby maker".... I mean, you can't really do it without us, but I don't think anyone with a brain in their head doesn't know who does the heavy lifting here. I will say this though, you women get a gift we dad's wish we could have and will never experience. I will NEVER have the same kind of bond with my daughters that my wife has. It has been and will always be, them and me. I think men have a bond as brothers in arms that most women will never experience but I would trade that in a heartbeat for a closer relationship with my kids.... I just spent a great weekend with my wife of 25+ years and my 21 year old daughters plus one boyfriend at the beach. I drove them there. Built the fires in the woodstove. Kept the boyfriend out of trouble. But my wife and daughters were glued to each other the whole time. They were telling stories I'd never heard before. From times when I was at work. I really missed all the best stuff. But someone had to, I guess it's best it was me. I'm just really glad everyone is happy healthy and doesn't blame me for screwing anyone up. Mostly. Birthing person just doesn't cover it. That's what the word mother is for. Anyone can be a birthing person or whatever.

[@rickyturner223]

@@catherinerobilliard7662 I know that's why I said to use their terms

[@coleomantenforty8747]

I'm sorry, it's gore?!? What is going on over there?!?

[@sebagab9795]

It's like a villain once said: "When everyone is special. No one is."

[@wadestanion4617]

Kind of like everyone getting tattoos.... I never got them and now i am the odd man out. Go figure. I don't care though.

[@JoRosieQueen68]

Nah, I like that good ol' one from the YTP Joker: "If you're good at something never do it"

[@SkittleXero]

SYNDROME!

[@wl4131]

I’ve been saying that for at least 20 years now.

[@edirinotuburun979]

"I just like to watch the world burn" - joker

[@sphen3109]

"birthing people" sounds dehumanizing

[@isaacribeiro6823]

i still looking for the animals right activists, because they really care about animals but only some because the human ones not even close.

[@Grayald]

It's what cults do.

[@michaelpettersson4919]

It make me think of farms with thousands upon thousands of hens trapped in tiny cages for the sole purpose of producing eggs.

[@michaelpettersson4919]

@@isaacribeiro6823 Sadly some of those activists cause more harm then good.

[@rnesmith1959]

I think you clarified for me because it all seemed odd, and I couldn't put my finger on it. Yes, I think this whole movement has sort of "mocked" women instead of enhancing or empowering them. It's worse now than when you put this up two years ago. Thanks for sharing.

[@channeljrs]

The beginning of the end started when "everybody became a winner"

[@laalaa41]

Funny you should say that actually. My mother never allowed my sister to lose in a game, always told her she won when she hadnt (Im talking snakes and ladders, ludo, tiddly winks). An important lesson of life totally ruined and I said so at the time. Now as an adult, she is one of the most entitled people I know. Like the world owes her a living. Judgemental and demanding. My mother once asked me how I turned out to be so normal with our family dynamic being so "flawed". I can only guess its because I did a lot of critical thinking from a young age. But I digress. They do say that its the Left who have encouraged "entitlement". Misguided kindness.

[@tracieh215]

YES!!!

[@thefarmer6541]

Yep

[@donnapirnat5313]

@Абдульзефир I mean, there IS a truth in that. In a competition with others, you may not place first and be THE winner. But the act of finishing what you start is a victory all its own. If presented THAT way, every participant that finishes, and that gives their personal best effort is in fact a winner. In the world today, we have the technology and resources to feed and shelter every human, to convert completely to renewable, clean energy, and to change the paradigm of "life is centered around working to survive" to "survival is pretty much ensured, and now life can center on creative endeavors, spirituality, and the like." But all of this would require co-operation, trust, releasing greed and fear, and embracing a spiritual love for all creatures. As unlikely as this may seem, in that scenario, everyone would be a winner. It's unlikely, but not impossible. Life, business, love...do they really have to be zero sum games? Or can we all benefit MORE by benefitting together?

[@donnapirnat5313]

@@laalaa41 "I'm not sure who your "they" is, but just because "they" say it, doesn't make it so. And...here's an important point: why does it matter so much who encouraged something? Does it add to the solution of the problem to place blame? Also: pandering to someone and not teaching them a fair and balanced understanding of the world and their place in it is not kindness. It's a weak way to lead, and as a parent, you are the leader. It is the path of least resistance, which is lazy, when it is both better and more difficult to hold that boundary firm when your child wants to have a shit fit because they have never experienced defeat before. But kindness sometimes...oftentimes, actually...requires hard truth: " I appreciate your interest in me, but I just don't feel that way for you," or "your picture is good, and I think you can still use some work on shading." Don't confuse lazy parenting with kindness.

[@deepfriedsammich]

"What makes a woman is how she feels, acts, and dresses." So, "woman" is performance art? In a world of words: NO. To hell with these people. As Voltaire pointed out: "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities."

[@mariasoulastrology8169]

yes. I am a woman (adult human female) but I have more in common feelingwise with most regular blokes than I have with any trans identified male claiming to feel he's a a woman

[@kyushirokun]

Agreed. Reference may be too obscure for the woke crowd though. Those moobs probably think Voltaire is a pokemon

[@snakekingblues3017]

🤣

[@nightlord5102]

I think they did something similar with the word Non Binary

[@themanidentifiedasdinosaur8138]

If that's their idea of gender, then from now on, I'm not a man. I'm a dinosaur. RAWRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@dunmwarupreachan4567]

Calling everything violence, just blurs the real definition of violence. Hearing and reading trivial issues about identity politics and the people claiming not agreeing with them is violence. Which says to me, none of these people have experienced real violence.

[@densityvr3858]

You make a great point. Someone look at me, my mother, my sister, my aunt, and any other woman who or man has experienced the terror of domestic violence even once, and tell me face to face that my attachment to my womanhood is violence. That particular keyboard warrior is just sad and inaccurate

[@trilight3597]

@@densityvr3858 It's sad that moments like this makes me wish for hard times or these people to be beaten or stoned. Not the greatest thought but I feel like there is no option. We be quiet; they proceed. We allow the them passage and live and let live; they get worse. Seems like pushing back is enough since they now hold a big club, most of us can't do anything because we have a lot to lose now, but I feel like we will later lose more.

[@MickeyMishra]

Define real? LOL. And its MAMM! LOL!

[@SacredMagic13679]

A close friend of mine said to me recently that these people could all do with a solid punch to the face. Not for any malicious purposes, but just so they realize what actual violence is.

[@givensurname1296]

@@SacredMagic13679 - Or a bullet to the head. Not for any malicious purposes, but just so they STFU for once. ....... I'm kidding. ...... I'm half kidding.

[@marissashea5103]

Recently while at an appointment for my pregnancy, I was referred to as "the pregnant person" and my husband was referred to as a "sperm producing partner". I can not accurately or fully explain the cringe and disgust I felt that either of us were reduced down, especially after 10 long months of carrying our child amd going through all the highs and lows that *women* experience while nurturing a life inside our womb. I was however surprised that they actually lumped a man in with their reductionist insult, since its usually just the degradation of women these terms are used for lol

[@karismith5079]

First of all congratulations!!!! I hope you and child are healthy ❤ second WOW just wow they called you that!

[@marissashea5103]

@karismith5079 thank you🫶🏻 my beautiful baby and I are very healthy and I'm still as much of a woman as ever lol though the recent paperwork for postpartum check ups asked what I and my partner were currently identifying as lol so I'm not sure if it's getting any better anytime soon

[@lakelanddentalarts]

I guess they''ll be calling fathers "seeding people" next.

[@Mr.EintheMorning]

Well, we already have "sperm doner." Just take that a step further.

[@frederickwhite9220]

No, I think it’s “financing person”.

[@robbiebullock1003]

Hahaha

[@imlit3725]

well lets be real now, they can't create a term for men thats truly derogatory, me and the boys are chill with being gardeners or planters, seeding people... it doesn't matter cause we don't take it seriously and can just flip it, seeding people don't know why but sounds like a super power

[@MidnightSt]

i expect that (if the left keeps winning for 5-10 more years) the word which will stabilise as the official primary synonym for men (of any function or position) will be "rapist". we've already been on that course for a couple of years.

[@nekonicodemus6107]

If men actually want to be women, why would they find female symbols offensive?

[@Nigel1Powers]

trust me. Nobody is offended without an other person telling them to be offended. The stupid people get told what is offensive by schools, universities and media. Marxists in key positions want to destroy western civilization. They hate our work and freedoms. They hate it. They want communism. And it seems that they win

[@edstar83]

@play gray Again with the Nazis. what were witnessing is *cultural marxism* cultural marxism has nothing do do with muh Nazis.if anyhthiny this is leading to *bolservik communism.*

[@razorjoe4729]

Everything is bad now,.. remember lady gaga was having a ""creature"" not a baby. Soo.... 🤣😂🤠💀🤠

[@skknireeker9073]

Its all part of the plan of the patriarchy. Men try to infiltrate woman and destroy them at their core, like they always did! Im just joking, but i well can imagine some insane feminazi saying that..

[@thecapatalistpropagator_9470]

First you ask why men want to be women . It’s because masculinity is being dem0nised . Young boys feel they are guilty to be a boy and escape it by being a girl . Honestly we need to stop fem1nism before it destroys us

[@Bluebass5120]

"I mean why even have a women's march if gender doesn't exist anyway?" This line done me 😂😂

[@coreyhickox2282]

See...I've been telling people I'm an old school feminist...I don't want womens identity erased . This is an actual tragedy for actual WOMEN.

[@mariahgabriella16]

As a mother who is pregnant and currently breastfeeding, I find this change in language extremely offensive. And yet I'm finding my voice matters less and less as these changes are made.

[@estherramsay445]

Yeah, I feel very disturbed.

[@zalamael]

It isn't an attack on women, it is an attack on motherhood and parenthood in general. The idea being to take away your ownership of your children, as in, the children are not yours, you just gave birth to them. This worries me, because I always suspected that somewhere down the line our rulers are planning to take peoples children away to be raised by others in order to break the bond of family loyalty, and this seems to be a step in that direction.

[@paulatreides4274]

@@zalamael Brave New World coming your way. The future is now.

[@zalamael]

@@paulatreides4274 Yeah, Orwell just guessed the wrong year.

[@paulatreides4274]

@@zalamael Well BNW is Huxley but its all the same in the end, totalitarianism.

[@ninjaaw997]

"Don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it" -1984, George Orwell

[@rebeccabrooks368]

Yes Adam… but how many people in this feed even know who George Orwell is or his book that you speak of? The school systems here in the USA have just about banned the reading of any of the books that were required in my day, “1984”, “Fahrenheit 451”, “Animal Farm”…..If they do decide to allow them again I expect that the “Truth Minister” will rewrite them to fit the narrative that is being pushed. My country is being eaten from the inside and it is heartbreaking😢😟😖

[@ninjaaw997]

@@rebeccabrooks368 I'm 35 and we read 1984 when we were in year 8, 13 years old not sure what grade that is in the US. I didn't appreciate the message back then but read it along with animal farm and brave new world about 5 years ago. My god, they are an instruction manual for what is happening now! The UK is the same my friend I cannot fathom how people cannot see what is happening and where this is all going to end. My heart breaks for humanity.

[@johnm.4141]

@@rebeccabrooks368 I was born in 1986, didn't know about this book until I went to a rally to protest mask wearing back in 2020. Bought it on Amazon and started reading it.

[@jameskyle3466]

@@rebeccabrooks368 When I went to high school (fairly recently), 1984 was a mandatory read, as was Animal Farm.

[@Vogas2]

I knew about this book long time, but i´ve read it only few months ago. It was not easy reading because of current world. What was fantasy once, starting look like possible future.

[@Stuy777]

I feel like I am witnessing the destruction of humanity and society as a whole, at an alarming rate.. We really are in the end times.

[@Catsrules1]

Good thing I don't identify as human so I will not be affected by Human destruction.

[@IchisePoland]

People: *identify with a different gender and are open about it.* KZbin comment setcion: THE DESTRUCTION OF SOCIETY WE WILL FALL THE WORLD WILL END

[@ravenstar5376]

*Catsrules1* IS THAT YOU cousin Chevy Camero 😎🙏

[@MrKgBizzle]

@@IchisePoland Yes that is the end of days signs. We don’t know when but we sure can see the signs.

[@fae1283]

In my religion we believe its because we're nearing the end of the world, hence the world becomes crazier each minute

[@simonwaffleman]

I have a daughter and this makes me extremely sad for her.

[@mikewieggers6337]

I am extremely sad for all of society. The 99.99% "has" to bow down to the 0.01% that is screaming the loudest. And it's only going to get worse with every generation. We are all doomed. Problem is if anyone speaks out against the Far Left Beliefs, they're are deemed a racist, or homophobe, transphobic, etc. Way can't we all just live our own lives without sticking our noses into other peoples business/lives. If someone is being mistreated, yes stand up for them, but enough with the trying to change society for the "better". Be who you want, but don't push your ideology onto others.

[@mickk8519]

It's ridiculous. There is a reason men are called men, and women are called women, the wo is short for womb. Man/men is basically humanoid/s, and woman/women is basically humanoid/s with a womb. And to consider a man in a frock is more woman than an actual woman is truly moronic.

[@redpillaware5101]

Don't feel sad for her. Educate her. A child will listen to their parents. Don't be afraid to teach the truth. Don't be afraid to speak to her about how completely messed up society has become. The people that embrace this bizzaro mentality either had parents that didn't care or they had parents that were too afraid to go against these nutjobs. Teach your children well.

[@barryaaa5909]

At this point Alfred from Batman was right. Some people just like watching the world burn.

[@Gorbz]

If being a woman is defined by how you dress, act, and feel, does that mean that if I choose to cosplay as a female character that I am, for that duration, female? And then male again when I take it off? The short answer is no. I do not become a woman by wearing a dress.

[@-._.-KRiS-._.-]

I'm still trying to understand why men who want to dress like women and women who want to dress like men, can't? What's stopping them? I had a friend in high school who wore ankle-length black skirts because he found them really comfortable. I, as a woman, don't find skirts comfortable at all so more power to others who do.

[@matheussampaio1529]

Yeah but for the crazy people is whatever, if you want to be a paper weight, they'll congratulate you

[@g.frankenberg]

@@-._.-KRiS-._.- Considering that in certain cultures. that is also completely normal. I have to think primarily of Kilts but also Kimonos, Yukatas and other such clothing.

[@feartheghus]

Dude you are the character you cosplay as, if you identify as Superman you can fly. Leftist logic in a nutshell.

[@leojanuszewski1019]

Yes you do! Get woke!

[@SEELE-ONE]

“Birthing person” is half a step away from “grown in a lab inside a tube”... Sounds utilitarian and disposable...

[@TheJeremyHolloway]

Hey now. "Tank" grown humans were still humans in "Space: Above and Beyond".

[@SEELE-ONE]

@@TheJeremyHolloway no no no... I’m not talking about artificially grown humans. I’m talking about humans being reduced, even linguistically, to mere wombs.

[@Johnnybanarna]

Communism at it's finest.

[@allenmontrasio8962]

Ultimately what anyone identifies as will always take a back seat to what they are. I may identify as a billionaire heiress, but that doesn't change the fact that I'm a broke dude.

[@SanFranita]

As a non “birthing” biological woman, the thing that bothers me most is that people who never had to deal with female puberty, the embarrassment, hassle and genuine pain that comes with menstruation. Being afraid to go out alone after dark. Risking your life every time you go on a date. Having creepy old men saying scary things to you when you are still just a kid. For some of us, having our period and breasts at 10 years old, looking like a woman even though we were still children. The hassle and nightmare of birth control. Unwanted pregnancies. Single motherhood. Being seen as less competent than men, we’re not as funny, we’re not as smart, we’re not as strong in so many ways our entire life. All of that is is dismissed as irrelevant when a trans woman says she is exactly the same as a biological woman. A trans woman has her own history of trials and tribulations, but they are completely different than what I went through.

[@PotterSpurn1]

JK Rowling said pretty much the same thing, as well as voicing alarm about what this means to women who've suffered sexual abuse and rape. I hate it when trans-genderphile messages are put out that implies that trans rights are about 'everyone's needs are to be respected and recognised' (hence their reason for adopting trans-gender friendly policies). No, in fact women's needs are being complete denied. In such a statement, assigned females at birth, already don't exist; they are not even acknowledged. So what they mean by 'everyone' is men, trans-men and trans-women.

[@blast2686]

Not being funny?

[@martam4142]

Oh please.

[@hellybelle5]

Anita, I said that before, but it was more focused on the nightmare periods are for so many girls, and was told that "trans women" know that, but would still choose it... Serious?! They can't cope with people telling them anything about reality, can you imagine if painful, embarrassing, messy, costly, and emotional etc... reality hit them? 😂😂😂

[@SanFranita]

@@hellybelle5 well, “knowing about periods” is a far cry from HAVING THEM!

[@Mothmoth3]

I was reading in a website that referred to women as “people with vagina” I felt like an object not human beings. This is really offensive to women

[@genetachi9890]

Wow, that's degrading

[@rachelgebhardt449]

It's everywhere. Look into the WHRC. Radical feminists are taking a stand and need support.

[@rachelgebhardt449]

@Albert Felsen if men's rights were on the line im sure there would be times in wich they showed genuine righteous anger about that. Oh thats right they have throughout history. I'd say radical feminists have been pretty measured and reasonable in their response. Radical feminists don't always agree on everything. And since I actually know them I can say the goal is to protect the dignity and safety of women and girls. They come from a place of love wich is why they focus so much on understanding and preventing violence. If you have any evidence to the contrary please provide that.

[@rachelgebhardt449]

@Albert Felsen you seem like a very angry person. You don't actually know what is discussed or what we believe. A quote from one woman means nothing here. You probably believe in the 2 party system and speak about politicians more than the actual issues. Have fun with that

[@rachelgebhardt449]

@Albert Felsen when did a claim someone wasn't a feminist? I won't discuss someone else's opinion. I think you may have an issue with comprehension. What actions have radical feminists done that's led to harm? Women have been impacted and have the right to organize on their own behalf just as anyone does. Even with the current attempt by TRAs to make it illegal for women to do so.

[@chlodowech]

The western world is going crazy faster than I ever would have imagined it. Having fled the eastern European communism in the eighties I'm constantly rubbing my eyes wondering how the hell we got here.

[@carolinesky1645]

Me too.

[@graymatters7584]

Here's the complete answer. It's the result of at least 20 years of university propaganda from Marx!st, Femin!st professors. Those grads then take their places in every corner of, and industry in America -- from journalism to movies, politics to Psychology. Every damn place. It's the only explanation that fits what we see today. It just so happens that this current crop of grads is particularly bereft of critical thinking and independent thought. It's the perfect storm. #defunduniversities

[@chlodowech]

@@graymatters7584 I'm aware of all of that, and yet, the question remains. Why did we let it happen without adequate push back?

[@kevinroberts4683]

Yeah. I'm shocked at how so many are pushing communistic policies in our country.

[@graymatters7584]

@@chlodowech Our civilization has weakened, shamed and marginalized men and filled them with self-hatred. Until we rise up and demand our country back, the downward slide will continue.

[@charlesphilhower1452]

It is really an attack on healthy family life, just like trying to minimize the criminality of adults pursuing sexual relationships with very young children as being minor attracted.

[@teastrainer3604]

The left is now calling vaginas "bonus holes." Nobody could make that up.

[@maggieflos5715]

That absolutely disgusts me as a survivor.

[@hammerghostdog5375]

Does anyone with real problems ever use “construct” in any context? Also, isn’t “birthing person” very hurtful to infertile women who’d love to have children?

[@user-eq6xc6yx1d]

Birthing person, cause that is all they're good for? It's just going to be another term that is derogatory if certain people speak it, isn't it. All in the name of being inclusive. It's getting boring, truthfully.

[@kateboy7]

How is that hurtful?

[@LadyIarConnacht]

@Rusty Kinks Yes, the veil is becoming very thin. Do you see through it to the actual evil agenda being pushed on the human race?

[@user-eq6xc6yx1d]

@@kateboy7 , will understand when you are a parent and your child says, "Momma". If you are worth a shit, you will understand.

[@SvenPrime]

@@user-eq6xc6yx1d ”breeder” is already being used as an insult in some areas.

[@izabela.wilson]

In few words: "We will dehumanize women by taking away all the importance and protagonism of what it means to be a woman. When all this loses its importance, we will take it away from you. And if you don't agree with being dehumanized and invalidated for who you are, you are intolerant. Goodness, this is sick.

[@itzakehrenberg3449]

Why all the talk about what it means to be a woman, but not about what it means to be a man? Why no outrage about how any trans-man (ex-woman) could possibly understand the brutal social conditioning that males must endure growing up to be the disposal beings who nevertheless hold up the world? Because no one cares about men, of course & because few women want to become men. Why do few women want to become men? Because, when females stop telling themselves lies about "male privilege", they all know that it sucks to be a man & to take up a man's responsibilities, that society now actively hates men and that men end up homeless or dead when they fail.

[@blah914]

​@@itzakehrenberg3449 3/4 of trans ppl are female to men. The males (transwoman) just pose a larger problem bc they pose a risk to biological women in a way trans men don't pose any risk to biological men.

[@blah914]

@@smokexsmoke99 the only time I was sexually assaulted was by a transwoman kn a bathroom, so respectfully, i dont give a fuck.

[@micheleh5269]

Remember that period when women thought it was cool to go around calling certain men "So Gay"? As if it put her above him

[@80PercentScottish]

​@@smokexsmoke99so she's a sex traitor and an idiot then. Quicker way of saying the crap you did.

[@404waenotfound]

There is a saying in german: "Herr, lass Hirn oder Steine regnen. Hauptsache du triffst" which roughly means "Lord, let it rain brains or stones. Just make it hit"

[@CreativeCreatorCreates]

Oooh I love this!

[@Serenade2461]

🤣🤣 goddamn that's a good one!

[@user-dk7su3lp6e]

consider the english translation stolen, sir

[@dominikweber4305]

This right here is what i mean when i say i'm proud to be german

[@SparklesNJazz]

obsessed LOL

[@immortallegacy100]

"Bleeding people" gets me ever single time, as does "chest milk". I know "breast milk" sounds kinda gross when you actually stop and think about it, but "chest milk" just makes me think of a hairy dude's chest. Also, the idea that genders are separated by men and not-men is hilarious to me.

[@Immortal4everable]

I’m pregnant. My husband loves the baby and empathizes with me, but he’ll NEVER really understand what it’s like. Why? Because he CAN’T. Doesn’t make him less, just different.

[@ShamelessFNGRL]

For fun, you could do the 'pregnancy challenge' together? Basically strap weights to his abdomen equal to your gained pregnancy weight, see how long he lasts ;p Hope it comes out healthy~ 💜

[@anncarroll7354]

The most amazing thing about being a woman is growing a human! And nobody in the world can understand pregnancy without ever being pregnant, EVER! And yup we’re the only ones who can do this is FEMALES! This wokeness is scary 😳 creepy business! Enjoy you mummy tummy time 😊❤️

[@suzannekirkwood6392]

@@anncarroll7354 Very true. I would add the fathers experience is also unique.

[@-._.-KRiS-._.-]

@@ShamelessFNGRL I think there's a device out there that mimics what contraptions are like. THAT device would be more accurate to teach empathy. Contraptions are crazy, like the worst period pain you've ever had times 100.

[@BNuts]

"When everyone is a [blank], nobody will be." - Syndrome

[@SilverscreenTrivia]

EXACTLY!!

[@zachariahlloyd6043]

*"If every day's a sunny day, then what's a sunny day??"* - *Eddie Murphy* - *Vampire in Brooklyn* 1995!!

[@saraoroszova7685]

Now I'm thinking how narcissistic can someone be when they get offended by "you can't get pregnant" or "you can't breastfeed".

[@CrowsFable]

As a biological woman, I couldn’t agree more with this. I was born this way, I will die this way, and I will be all that I am with pride this way. I am that I am a woman. And that cannot be chosen, but it can be embraced.

[@chaosgyro]

"The Patriarchy just wants women barefoot and pregnant!" "Nah, you came up with 'birthing person' all on your own."

[@interqward1]

Hehehe, but it wasn't 'you' it was freaking 'THEM' - the frigging 'they guys/THINGS.' ...But yeah, you have a kind of a droll point there.

[@E.C.2]

Here's a secret not many people are aware of in 2021... Only Women can have Children.

[@Satchmojones]

Imagine being a woman who dedicates her life to training for the olympics, in weight lifting then you get the silver and lose to a man who identifies as a woman....ummmm and yet performance enhancers and even pot are bannable offenses....wha?

[@gusmonster59]

Not identifies as a woman, transitioned to a woman. There is a difference.

[@catherinerobilliard7662]

@@gusmonster59 no-one can change their DNA. No mammal can change their sex. I've two questions for you 1) What is gender 2) What is a woman?

[@gusmonster59]

@@catherinerobilliard7662 You want to make gender black and white when it isn't. There are those who are born with the sexual characteristics of both male and female. It called hermaphrodite or androgyny. So what gender are they? When a male chooses to transition to female it means he becomes a she in all physical manners and takes medication to suppress testosterone and have female hormones. That is far different than a man who identifies as a woman but has all his male bits. This doesn't mean I agree or disagree with a transitioned woman competing in the women's divisions. It simply how it is. What is a woman? Some may say a woman is a person who can give birth, but there are loads of women who can not give birth. Some say it a person who was born female. And here we are back to hermaphrodites.

[@ALuiza-pm2dp]

@@gusmonster59 True hermaphrodites don't actually exist. Hear me out: Can people get themselves pregnant? No one has both completed sets of sexual organs. And most people who have physically "transitioned" to the opposite sex never were what we call a hermaphrodite to begin with. I'd like to finish on a different note, though. I'm not saying that people who have certain thoughts or physical traits should ever be treated as less. Disagreeing with how someone identifies themselves is not even remotely the same as hating them (though the two can coexist), despite what so many people say nowadays. So, please understand that there are those of us out there who want to make things clear in hopes of bettering society and individuals. I think living with an incorrect interpretation of the world can be extremely harmful, and by caring about each other and discussing things we might be able to change at least some aspects of this world in a positive way.

[@ALuiza-pm2dp]

@Natasha Warden First of all, I think the most important thing we should all remember when dealing whith someone else is that we're all human. And in retrospect, it might have been a bit rash of me to make a statement like "there are no true [full] hermaphrodites". I'm not a doctor, and although it's true that no one can get themselves pregnant, I ignored the infertility factor. However, did you not read the thread? I was replying to someone who said that some people who are trans are hermaphrodites (and seemed to forget that most, by far, are not). I know that the two are different, why else would they have completely separate names and definitions? I never said they were the same. Also, even when I said TRUE hermaphrodites don't exist, it wasn't to say it's a simple subject -- that's why it's more acceptable to use the term intersex nowadays. For some people (even if it's a small minority), things are more complicated than just slapping on a girl or boy label. But the point is that people who are intersex rarely see themselves as tras -- and people who see themselves as trans are rarely intersex.

[@Smithkakarot]

Here's a quote that I personally feel is about these maniacs: "A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him, saying 'you are mad; you are not like us.'" -- St. Anthony the Great

[@scottcontreras4569]

👍

[@nintencat]

I'll have to remember that one.

[@christopher-ge4tj]

whoa

[@DarthGibberish]

Oooh! Nice. I'm using that from now on.

[@t-masterrules5085]

Funny how a minority group of insane people call the majority group of sane people insane😆😆😆how did we get here???

[@alyce-kayruckelshaus1224]

New subscriber here. Very eloquently said! Thank you for your courage. I think, at the very least, if men want to identify as women, they should be surgically committed to that identification. If they still have any of their male parts, they should not be allowed in the ladies' room -- FOR OUR SAFETY. It's incredibly insulting to have men think they can "identify" as a woman -- they have NO IDEA what it's like to be a woman. And beyond that, I totally agree with you. Well done.

[@RainRemnant]

There is a but here... a trans woman still has the physical strength of a man, with or without a male part, and if they want to use the women's bathroom with bad intentions it would be hard for us women to fight them off. That's like saying they can compete in women's sports too as long as they have their male parts removed. Not fair or right imo

[@TheBoss-dv2ww]

Ironically, we’re celebrating Mother’s Day today in Poland! I wish Mothers from every corner of the world all the best! You are loved and respected and we appreciate everything you do because without you, the world would not exist. Thank you!❤️

[@oOIIIMIIIOo]

Thank you! 🙂

[@nlmlkadhsu1868]

It's "birthing person day " actually

[@telemachus7732]

Polish rock

[@TheBoss-dv2ww]

@@nlmlkadhsu1868 No. And stop reporting and removing my comments because it’s not gonna change my mind. Only women can give birth and they are called mothers

[@redsays5767]

"Birthing people" sounds like mere, dispensable tools for breeding. How can women allow themselves to be reduced to this? When you think it could not get any crazier!

[@beneaththesurface1569]

*Black birthing people, the most hilarious yet racist sounding term we've heard

[@Lynn.-_-.]

@Jaxon Suede which word are you talking about. I request elaboration

[@newdivide9882]

The left: “Women aren’t your baby factories!” Also the left: “Women don’t exist, there are only Birthing People”

[@LautaroQ2812]

To be fair, they allowed themselves to be reduced to be sexual objects, even though that was the first thing they were complaining about in the first place. So it makes sense some idiot complained about inclusivity and thus removing an entire sex out of existence.

[@accaeffe8032]

They want to breed humans in artificial wombs. They'll want full control of the genetic make up of the population they'll allow to exist on earth.

[@fishtaylfertility]

Ever noticed that many trans activists and trans people have the most stereotyped ideas about what makes a woman? A woman, to them, seems to be defined by her clothing and sexual attractiveness - which to me, seems to miss the point of womanhood almost entirely.

[@Bookworm452]

It’s their perception of women. They could never know what it feels like to be female. They go on what they see

[@ceu160193]

What about general state of mind, being graceful and modest? Which, however, do change sexual attractiveness - just like in Cinderella story, Cinderella turned out nicer, than her evil sisters, despite really bad clothing, while her sisters wore latest fashion, but still were ugly.

[@doug4974]

I've noticed that there are many leftist ideologues that display a similar disposition among other topics as well.

[@NakMuayPaul]

well said

[@kiasmn]

Yes. Transgender people just dress up and act like the stereotype of the gender they want to be. Just because you like pink and dresses, doesn’t mean you’re a girl.

[@infinitelyblessed1778]

We are real life women, not fake ones. That’s it that’s all. My ego is not afraid to be marked as transphobic.

[@Edabee405]

Back in the 80s as a teen in London I was friends with a group of much older gay men who were drag artists. They referred to women as “bleeders” and “fish” and to straight people as “breeders”. They had such a fucked up mix of envy and contempt for women. Decades later, these people are ruling us.

[@magellan7216]

They are ruling what we let them to rule.

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

I've been wondering about the behavior I see from drag queens. As a straight man if I dressed up as a grotesque caricature of woman and said the things they do I'd quickly be labeled the King of Misogyny. Gay guys get a pass because...?

[@toshiojohnston3732]

Drag queens=wanna be girls the ultimate in womb envy.

[@kadran3263]

I'm a gay man and did drag and I never used any of those terms please don't put me in a box with them ever.

[@toshiojohnston3732]

Let's be honest all men have that contempt and envy for women gay or straight all men are connected to women for life whether we admit it or not.

[@skylinedivetribe2638]

I'm just glad that there are young people out there talking like you. I'm 44 and a liberal and I feel like the left has lost its mind.

[@Brathole]

Same! I was a liberal my entire life, until I disagreed with an opinion that transwomen should be able to compete against birthing people in professional, collegiate, and high school sports and was labeled a Nazi, and a White Supremacist. Lost their minds. (I never in my 46 years thought I would type out a sentence like that.) So dumb.

[@domm6812]

Same. I'm a lefty, but these people are utterly insane. They don't represent me or what the left should be or really is at its core. They've hijacked left politics and are ruining a legacy of genuine meaningful achievements and progress over generations. What's worse is I believe they're building up a critical mass of anger and resentment directed toward anything "left", which will cause much more damage than any supposed good these people have done.

[@smokexsmoke99]

How does one woman erase another woman by simply existing? The math does not add up. I think you need to stop thinking of it as an ideology and look it as a reality. The case might be made that Chas Bono erased a net one female, but he was never a woman in the first place. Not one woman I know thinks women are being replaced by trans women. They are one of us. So, don't be mad, be….GLAAD! GLAAD was originally known as the Gay and Lesbian Anti-Defamation League. Soon the name changed to the “Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.” The abbreviated term GLAAD became the call-sign of the organization. In 2013, they dropped the longer, former title as to not exclude bisexual and transgender people from GLAAD’s mission. Now known only as GLAAD, they strive for proper representation of LGBTQ people in all types of media. Source: The Mary Sue online

[@badquestion4785]

This is NOT the left. This is all kind of opportunists hijacking the leftists ideas and perverting them for their own benefit. All ideas and movements, no matter how decent, can and often are corrupted.

[@BadManRiRi]

Its crazy how even in the midst of an Era where we're all more positive towards women as a society. get behind women, Champion them, make them equal, etc. We're also taking away everything that makes women special and different. And putting these tiny, TINY minorities of trans women on a pedestal above actual women. This does that, AND it degrades women down to being just a tool for giving birth.

[@MidnightSt]

We are? No. We are not. There's two sides of the issue. One is trying to treat women as adults. The other one is getting behind them, championing them, etc, meaning essentially they treat women as mentally deficient children. But this latter approach not only degrades, but also degenerates women, yes.

[@AquaticStarchild]

@Vick Murray Are you really trying now to blame modern feminists for something other feminists did 60 years ago? That's like blaming Democrats now for what some plantation owners did in the 1850 or all Republicans for what some did on Jan 6th. Stop blaming people that had nothing to do with it for opinions that other people had. Attack the merit of the argument, not people that had nothing to do with it.

[@althae_the_dino]

Thank you for this video. It's like in the book 1984 by George Orwell : the reduction, the control of the language narrows the minds and traduces itself with the society. If the language changes, the society is also changing. If we cahnge the definition of men or women, then we change society, and not always in a good way.