Sly's FOAD Thursday: The Trans Cult, Female Erasure, Homophobia, and Reinforcement of Gender Roles

According to TRA Theory, Jaden Smith has been going around raiding trans women's closets. Just read this entitled editorial for an explanation.

"People like Jaden are starting to wear the trans uniform without actually stating that they are transgender, and they’re claiming it for themselves under the guise of gender-neutral fashion."

So now dresses are a "trans uniform."

Jaden Smith is not transgender. Why would he state that he was? He's a young adult male. He is male regardless of what he is wearing. 

The genderist article gets worse.

"...whoever knew that they (Louis Vuitton) were actually selling womenswear for men?"

They're not. They're selling articles of clothing and accessories generally utilized by women. However, there is no rule stating that men cannot also utilize these items. 

"Jaden seems to be up for this gender-neutral, equal clothing rights thing which allows men to wear women’s clothes without any fear of ridicule."

The more I read of this entitled mess, the more I started to wonder if it was a parody. Alas, I fear this is not the case. The author seems deadly serious about enforcing rigid rules regarding WOMEN'S CLOTHES.

By the way, I'm wondering why WOMEN'S CLOTHES are the "trans uniform." Why are MEN'S CLOTHES not the "trans uniform?" Would not trans men prefer traditionally masculine clothing? Once again, TRAs erase trans men from the equation. Why is the author not in a tizzy about Jaden's girlfriend wearing MEN'S CLOTHES?

Is the girlfriend not stealing the TRANS UNIFORM for trans men by wearing MEN'S CLOTHES? Why does the author not care about trans men's uniforms?

"There’s a reason why men wear men’s clothes and women wear women’s clothes, and why they are generally so different.  OK, I know women have been wearing trousers for decades but they’re usually a femme version of the male equivalent - and I’m not talking about unisex clothes like jeans and t-shirts."

Trousers for women are cut to fit the female body--imagine that! It isn't a "uniform" for women. Any clothing manufacturer who refuses to acknowledge that men's and women's bodies are shaped differently isn't doing their job. Women tend to have wider hips and bigger butts and thighs than men, which is why "unisex scrubs" are so annoying for women who have curvier bodies. Unisex scrubs are scrubs cut for men, but thinner women can wear them. Some women can wear pants cut for men. Most women, however, require a different cut for their trousers than the cut that works for the average man.

I never went shopping for trousers and said to myself upon finding a pair that I liked:

"Well! There's the 'femme version' of an article of MEN'S CLOTHING. We women should not be wearing MEN'S CLOTHING because we are supposed to be wearing dresses. But it's okay, as long as the trousers are 'femme coded' or some such horseshit." 

No!

What I thought was:

"These might fit."

"Stereotypically, men wear trousers and women wear dresses and skirts.  That’s the ‘norm’ and it’s more than that – it’s a uniform."

The 1950s called. They want their dress codes back.

"When you get out of bed in the morning the most important thing you have to do all day is tell the world what your gender is, because from that, everything else flows."

When you're this fucking obsessed with your gender, the most important thing you have to do all day is to examine why the fuck you are this obsessed with your gender.

Upon getting out of bed in the morning, the most important thing I have to do all day is to go to the bathroom so I don't piss myself. The next most important thing I have to do all day is to take my medications and eat breakfast. The next most important thing I have to do all day is to make sure I have clothes on because it's generally frowned upon in the United States to walk around the street naked. The next most important thing after that is to attend to whatever tasks I have at hand for the day so I can contribute to my household in various fashions.

Not once--never once--do I consider the "need" to "tell the world what my gender is." 

From waking up alive, everything else flows. Not from assuring the world that "man, I feel like a woman!"

This sort of rigid genderism is the kind of oppressive crap that radical feminists have been fighting against for decades. People like the author of this article are trying very damn hard to set things back decades.

"Deep down your real job is to reproduce, and showing other humans your gender is the first step on that path."

No, no, no, no, no, no, NO! Did I mention NO? World, galaxy, and Universe of NO!

My "real job" is not to reproduce. Also, how is this bullshit not counter to the TRA assertion that one is the gender they say they are just by saying it? Trans women are biologically men. If their "real job" was so important to them, would they not be driven to look as stereotypically masculine as possible so that women would be attracted to them and want to reproduce with them?

Trans women are hoping to look like women. If we are going with the whole "everything is making babies" screed, a woman-presenting person is hoping to attract a man with whom to reproduce. But trans women do not have female reproductive organs. Therefore, if a trans woman hopes to reproduce and still possesses male reproductive organs, she will have to reproduce either with a trans man who still possesses female reproductive organs or a biological woman.

So, is the author saying that trans people are shirking their REAL JOB duties because they are presenting as the opposite sex and therefore will attract the wrong sex to reproduce with? I really don't think the author thought about anything but their outrage at Jaden Smith wearing a dress and tried to make that outrage sound legit because somehow Jaden Smith in a dress is the equivalent of taking away the "TRANS UNIFORM", which consists of stereotypically feminine clothes. Whatever, let's move on.

"So, to help make it plain for anyone to see which gender you are, you put on a uniform.  Men put on trousers and have men’s haircuts, and women put on dresses and skirts, feminine tops and tights and women’s shoes to show their femininity and declare to the world that they are female."

Both of the people in the picture above are women. They are female. The one on the left has a more traditionally feminine haircut. The one on the right has a short, "masculine" hairstyle. Both are still equally female. The number of XX or XY chromosomes in a person's body does not increase or decrease with the length of their hair.

Lea Delaria, the woman on the right, is not a trans man. She is a butch lesbian. Who, apparently, is shirking her "real job" of reproducing by desiring a sexual and romantic relationship with another woman. However, we don't care about trans men anyway. There are no scathing articles about women like Delaria stealing their "uniforms."

"They have women’s hair-dos and they put use cosmetics to make themselves look nicer and more presentable and to reinforce the female uniform a bit more."

I haven't worn cosmetics in twenty years. I have long, wavy hair, which I guess is a "women's hairdo." So, I guess Peter Steele and I are both women. Our hair is a similar length and texture.

The late Peter Steele, a 6' 7" icon of femininity

"So, when some people come along and want equal clothing rights, that upsets the apple cart a bit."

The late David Bowie, professional apple-cart tipper 

"Male-to-female transgender people rely on props like clothes, shoes, make-up and hairstyles to create the gender identity they want to portray to the world because most of the time their bodies alone are unable to do that.  There are a few lucky ones who don’t have to do a thing to put across a female persona, but most trans women have to work hard at it."

Fine, but how the actual fuck does Jaden Smith in a dress stop you from doing that?

You better take off that dress and eyeliner, Kurt Cobain! You are stealing the TRANS UNIFORM looking as womanly as you do, and not at all like, you know, a man in a dress wearing eyeliner.

"The danger for trans women is that if wearing what are traditionally women’s clothes becomes the norm for men too, then trans women will no longer be able to rely on these props to help them display a female gender identity - and for many, that could be a serious problem."

If your gender identity is so fragile that Jaden Smith in a dress threatens to overturn your apple cart, you need to be discussing that with a psychologist. 

Woman is not a costume that one puts on. One either is or is not a woman. So, if we are to buy into the TRA screed that "trans women are women," why are they not women regardless of what they--or Jaden Smith--is wearing? Why is their gender identity so fragile that it is fractured by a man in a dress?

You better take off that dress now, Prince! How dare you rob fragile genderists of their gender identity?

"But trans people should be aware that well-known faces like Jaden Smith are starting to encroach on our territory.  They’re starting to wear the trans uniform without actually stating that they are transgender, and they’re claiming it for themselves under the guise of gender-neutral fashion. All of which begs the question: where does that leave us?"

It once again begs the question WHY DOES WHAT JADEN SMITH IS WEARING MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE TO YOUR GENDER IDENTITY?

Further, why should Jaden Smith state that he is transgender? He isn't. He is a young adult male. 

I don't think Jaden has said even once "all the dresses are mine!" Jaden isn't wearing your dresses, he's wearing his dresses.

Why does it have to leave you anywhere but where you are? No-one is stopping you from wearing a dress or putting on makeup. Rather than ranting at Jaden Smith for stealing the "TRANS UNIFORM," perhaps you need to take a moment to reflect on why your gender identity is so precarious that he needs to be prevented from wearing dresses just in case it might make your gender identity feel threatened.

Biological women should also never refer to such issues as menstruation, pregnancy, or menopause because these are things that also upset the apple carts of fragile genderists.

Fuck right off with this shit.

~Sly Has Spoken~

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Reactionary Left Groupthink Smells Like 1984

Doublethink

The keyword here is blackwhite. Like so many Newspeak words, this word has two mutually contradictory meanings. Applied to an opponent, it means the habit of impudently claiming that black is white, in contradiction of the plain facts. Applied to a Party member, it means a loyal willingness to say that black is white when Party discipline demands this. But it means also the ability to believe that black is white, and more, to know that black is white, and to forget that one has ever believed the contrary. This demands a continuous alteration of the past, made possible by the system of thought which really embraces all the rest, and which is known in Newspeak as doublethink. Doublethink is basically the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.

— Part II, Chapter IX – The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism

The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism, credited to the character Emmanuel Goldstein, is the fictional book that is a thematic and plot element in Part 2, Chapter 9 of the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984), by George Orwell. 

When applied to the TRA madness, men are women, women have penises, biological sex is a social construct rather than physical reality, and if you believe otherwise, you will be branded a TERF and ostracized. Never mind that in a medical setting, denial of biological reality can be harmful and even deadly.

Further, women who do not want to have sex with people who have penises (lesbians) are transphobes and should be bullied and made to feel bad for their sexual preference according to the TRA screed, and the reactionary left does not seem at all bothered by the severe homophobia inherent in this assertion. 

Ten years ago, nobody claimed that trans women were literally biological women. Everyone knew that they were biologically male, but it was understood that their dysphoria regarding their sex was so severe that the only way they could overcome it was to have surgical procedures and hormone treatments to make their bodies resemble female bodies. Liberal-minded people felt that tolerance and inclusion was the best option with regard to transgender people. 

Ten years ago, no-one used idiotic and dehumanizing terms like "menstruators" in reference to women. It also astounds me that very few people have caught on to the fact that no such dehumanizing terms are applied to biological men. You never hear anyone insisting on terms like "sperm producers." The reactionary left never questions why erasure of women is okay, but no-one is insisting on similar erasure of men.

There is plenty of insistence that "trans women are women" and should, therefore, be allowed to co-opt feminism and any woman who is resistant to this notion is a TERF and deserves to be bullied.

I have never seen a "trans men are men" sign. In fact, trans men tend to only be mentioned when doing so somehow benefits certain pushy TRA women.

Not supporting the insane TRA groupthink agenda is not transphobia. It is a refusal to be drawn into a very frightening, McCarthyist level of forced conformity to harmful ideals. One can be both supportive of the very real struggles of trans people and opposed to the current TRA culture which does far more harm than good, particularly where vulnerable young people who may be questioning their sexuality are concerned.

~Sly Has Spoken~

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Common Sense Prevails in Scotland

This is my response to a post on Transgender Trend regarding the withdrawal of "transgender schools guidance" in Scotland.

Conflating common sense with "transphobia" needs to stop. Not pushing for extreme, physically altering measures with potentially serious negative consequences right out of the starting gate is not "transphobia." 

Further, ordering girls that they must accept a boy in the changing area or risk being branded "transphobic" and, therefore, a bad person is not acceptable. 

Nobody should be insensitive to a person who states that he or she is transgender. But schools were very quick to dismiss the thoughts and feelings of girls as "hysterical", which would seem an obvious indication that sexism is alive and well.

At least common sense has prevailed in this case.

Gender is not physical sex, and conflating the two leads to a myriad of problems.

~Sly Has Spoken~

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TERF is a Slur and a Call to Violence

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Screen caps taken from terfisaslur.com

One of these talks about how women bleeding is "gross." That certainly isn't misogynistic and doesn't sound like all the chauvinist male assholes of the past who made similar anti-woman statements.

Did you know it is possible to disagree without resorting to physical violence?

You wouldn't know it if you asked today's radical "trans activists."
The term "terf" does nothing but endanger women. There is no equivalent term for men deemed transphobic.
As a person who has always felt a great deal of sympathy for transgender people and the obstacles they face, I still get branded a "terf" because I have stated that there is a difference in the way one is treated when one is born a female (otherwise known as assigned female at birth or AFAB) and when one has transitioned from the sex they were assigned at birth. I have never said that one situation is superior or inferior to the other, just that it is different. There is a great deal of intersection between feminism and transgender rights, and I think it is erroneous to be at war with each other.
I would never claim that I know what it is to feel like I was born into the wrong body. I was always okay with being female. What I wasn't okay with was the rigid gender roles which place me in a position of second class citizenship.
People can be labeled a "terf" for anything from using slurs such as "he-she" against trans people to simply not agreeing with 100% of the objectives of the extreme trans rights movement.

Shame on the San Francisco Public Library for praising and encouraging violence

This person is Char the Butcher, a white nationalist trans activist

Somehow, the "white nationalist" part is overlooked and her violent rhetoric (Die Cis Scum) is praised

Labeling someone a "terf" is a call to violence against that person. 

There are those who claim that using words such as "vagina," "clitoris", and "mother" are "violence against trans women."

These words are not violent, they are just words to describe certain parts of the anatomy. I also find it interesting that these same people are not decrying the use of the words "penis", "scrotum," or "father" with the same vehemence. Why are they hell-bent on calling for violence against women with whom they disagree while ignoring potentially transphobic men?

Further, offense is not the same as actual violence.

The majority of people who menstruate are XX chromosome women.

The majority of people who gestate and give birth are XX chromosome women.

The majority of women's health services are directed towards women in their child-bearing years.

Some people may find terminology aimed towards XX chromosome women in their child-bearing years "exclusionary" and may be offended by such. Personally, I am offended by depersonalizing terminology such as "menstruators." I feel such terms are erasure of women. However, I acknowledge that there is a difference between a statement I find offensive and a statement calling for violence. 

"Punch a TERF" is a statement calling for violence.

Referring to women as "menstruators" is offensive. 

I am not going to call for violence against those using this dreadful term. I am, however, going to say why I don't like it and to try and educate people as to why such a term is problematic.

Then there are the disturbing statements by radical trans activists encouraging sexually violent behavior towards women.

Telling women who disagree with you to "choke on my ladycock" may just be gross, puffed-up hyperbole. However, it sounds a lot like the anti-feminist men of yore who made such statements as "these feminists just need a man to slam them up against the wall and give them a good fucking."

I saw a statement which said that "TERF is just Feminazi covered in glitter. Meet the new boss. It's the same as the old boss."

How are these people any different than the so-called "Incels" who praise attacks on women by individuals like Elliot Rodger and who feel that women should be forced to have sex with any man who wants to have sex with them?
Even if you vehemently disagree with someone, violence is not the way.

I don't agree with people making ridiculous claims such as using the word "vagina" is violence and coining depersonalizing terms like "menstruator." However, I am not calling for them to be violently attacked.

If I violently attacked every person I ever disagreed with, I'd rightfully be in jail.

I couldn't stand Phyllis Schlafly and her ilk. Dear Phyllis had this sweet Southern Belle voice, bless her heart. Buttah wouldn't melt in her mouth, yet the most vile, awful words fell from her mouth, spoken in very honeyed tones. I still don't think calling for violence against her would have been right. I advised people to ignore her and denounce the bullshit she was spouting.

I didn't feel too bad when a protester threw a pie in the face of homophobic Anita Bryant. However, that was a pie, not a fist or an object meant to cause injury. I still didn't fully approve of the action although I understood it and didn't feel sorry for Anita. It was a violent action even if not an ultimately harmful one. The best way to fight people like Anita and Phyllis is to educate people as to why what they're saying is prejudiced and wrong. The more people understand that their agenda is bogus, the less of a following they'll have.

As to the modern, violence-promoting "trans activist" movement, I also disagree with their disturbing assertion that someone identifying as a lesbian has to be DTF with a person who has a penis. Nobody has to be DTF anybody. To insist that they must be is pretty damn rapey. How is this any different than "give me a chance, Baby, I'm a nice guy. If you won't do it willingly, I'll make you do it and show you what you've been missing."

Some dudebros love to claim that fat women (like me) want to force men to have sex with us. Like, no. I don't want to have sex with you assholes. I appreciate the fact that you wear your shitty personality on your sleeve so even if I was looking for a sexual partner, I wouldn't waste my time with you.

I don't like these jackasses, and I wouldn't be sad if they somehow ended up in a tar pit or on a rocket ship bound for the center of the sun. However, I am still not calling for direct violence against them. I feel that the best way to counteract their shitty behavior is a) educating people about why their attitudes are shitty and wrong and b) giving no fucks that they find me unattractive. The problem is theirs, not mine.

Having hangups about having sex with a person who has transitioned does not mean that the person with the hangup hates trans people or that they won't fight for trans people's rights to be treated equally and to not have to face scorn and violence. Sometimes people have hangups, and they are aware that the problem is theirs and they need to work on it. Sometimes people do just have awful beliefs and say awful things. Either way, nobody is ever required to have sex with anybody and a call to violence is never the first line of defense.

Other problems I've come to have with the radical "trans activist" agenda:

The Women's March should be about everyone except for AFAB women.

Women have all their rights intact? In what Universe is that happening? I'd like to go there.

I went to the Women's March in Denver. A man near me started chanting "her body her choice," and the women responded "my body my choice." Nobody was going around carding anyone or examining their genitals to see if they were an AFAB or trans woman when they responded "my body my choice." I hardly see how this was a "terfy" action. As to the man who started the chant, thank you for being an ally.

Wrong. Rigid gender roles are a social construct. Biological sex is biology.

As for the "transmedicalist" claim, I can tell you as a former nurse that there are actual reasons that your medical care team need to know your biological makeup. Sure, there are some awful people who become medical professionals who will be shitty to you because they think being transgender is a sin or some other such crap. Those people need to check themselves. However, from a purely neutral standpoint, the reason medical professionals need to know whether your chromosome patterns are XX, XY, or something else is because certain medications that are helpful to people with an XY chromosome pattern might be very unhelpful for a person with an XX chromosome pattern and vice-versa. Also, do you want doctors giving you something that might mess with your HRT or otherwise promote the very secondary sex characteristics that you've been trying to suppress?

In a social setting, it doesn't matter to me what gender you identify as other than wanting to be polite and not misgender you. (Yes, the TERF doesn't want to misgender you, oddly enough.) I'm not going to check your trousers to see what you're sporting in the groin area. There is at least a 99.999999999 percent chance that I don't want to have sex with you, because I have the sex drive of roadkill. I'm going to be approaching you from an above-the-waist perspective. I don't care what you have going on below the belt.

In a medical setting, I do need to know your biological makeup, not because I feel you should be treated poorly because of it, but because certain medications can do bad things to people with certain chromosome patterns. It's as simple as that. If this makes me a "transmedicalist," then I guess I'm a transmedicalist. What the hell, I guess I ought to go ahead and be a "transmedicalist," seeing as I'm already a "terf."

Labeling everyone who doesn't agree with 100% of your agenda a "terf" and then calling for violence against "terfs" does not make the world a better place for anybody.

Violence is not the answer.

This shit needs to stop before someone gets killed.
We should be trying to understand each other, not kill each other.

~Sly Has Spoken~

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