tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post6016481596370470582..comments2024-03-26T16:19:11.382-07:00Comments on Crossdreamers: Kourtney Kardashian on "Autogynephilia" in Non-transgender WomenSally Molayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02015510914816971645noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-76050480765710932872021-02-01T09:44:45.126-08:002021-02-01T09:44:45.126-08:00Even though I would rather not speculate on the in...Even though I would rather not speculate on the inner workings of the TERF mind I find that I have an irresistible paraphilia toward outing stupid BS and putting it into context. <br /><br />It seems to me that the justification of the TERF bias toward trans women (in particular) is based on 2 things:<br /><br />(1) The puritanism of First Wave (and 2nd Wave as well) feminism naturally leads to the mistaken belief that "real women" are chaste and only perform SEX (omg don't say that word aloud) as a duty or under duress. Also, it promotes a myth that women are subjugated by men for the purpose of having children and further that this burden of fertility IS the very thing that defines a women. So if you can fit all this in your head at once it makes perfect sense that "real women' wouldn't be thinking about sex all the time - or at all. <br /><br />(2) The exclusionary attitudes of 1st and 2nd wave feminism, which were formed by mostly white, affluent, middle-class women lead naturally toward exclusion. The exclusion of black women was accomplished for 1st wave feminists due to Segregation, the exclusion of lesbians they justified by the ridiculous notion that such women (being viewed though the lens that all lesbians were butch *eye roll* and therefore just as predatory as men) and that trans women are not "real women" because we don't bleed *eye roll*. <br /><br />Both of these point offer a justification to exclude trans women and AGP fits that narrative perfectly. Fortunately 3rd wave feminism includes the concept of intersectionality and is gaining a lot of support - especially with young feminists - so we can only hope that this vile theory is eventually relegated to the trash-heap of history along with such winners as phrenology and eugenics. Roberta Heggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09607779253315646823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-64371526348014814762021-01-06T12:25:17.257-08:002021-01-06T12:25:17.257-08:00I agree with your assessment Jack and in the end i...I agree with your assessment Jack and in the end it is the age old problem of the inability of some in society to allow others to lead their lives in peace. if they don't understand something they must attack and deride it to protect their own world order safe.joanna Santoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16722222181799879120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-82784838760944574402021-01-06T02:02:35.092-08:002021-01-06T02:02:35.092-08:00There are three possible causes for the current di...There are three possible causes for the current disconnect between observed truth and transphobic narratives. <br /><br />One is obviously that they do not know the facts, but given that so many cis women have autoerotic fantasies, that is hard to believe.<br /><br />Another is that they are deliberately lying. That is: They understand that "autogynehilia" is common in cis women, but the temptation to weaponize transphobic tropes to hurt us is too strong.I am sure some of the TERFs are in this category.<br /><br />The third one is a kind of mental and intellectual split. Given the need to fight trans people in order to uphold the traditionalist word order (gender roles included), they are not able to connect their own autoerotic feelings and fantasies with the ones of trans women. <br /><br />There is a kind of mental blockage that allows them to stay bigoted, because the bigotry serves to defend their own identity and gives them useful scape goats to blame when things go wrong. <br />Jack Molayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03629363646482611722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-3057915176176664152021-01-03T10:11:56.024-08:002021-01-03T10:11:56.024-08:00yup AGP is long dead and buried but right wingers ...yup AGP is long dead and buried but right wingers are a stubborn bunch. My own discussions with a ciswoman friend about her own sexuality plus having a close friend who is a classical HSTS (according to Blanchard's limited typologies) and married to a man helped me understand things. Both explaining to me how their fantasies worked and how they reveled in their femininity (which was somewhat independent of their sexual life with their partners) sealed the deal for me in coming to terms with everything.<br /><br />It does not stop detractors from attacking trans people but that is less important than knowing the truth.joanna Santoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16722222181799879120noreply@blogger.com