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I'm all for men wearing skirts. I'm all for men enjoying whatever stereotypically feminine things they enjoy. I'll even support medical transition, provided you're over eighteen, understand the health risks, and have faced persistent dysphoria.

The problem is that they've redefined "woman" to be a feeling. I can no longer use "woman" to discuss the tangible reality of having a female body. Presenting as women isn't enough for them, they have to be women.

Not only does this erode my ability to discuss sex-specific issues, but it leads to self-identification policies that allow men into female-only spaces. Female-only spaces that were created because of the physical threat men pose to women.

I was accused of "driving a shiv between cis and trans women," when I tried to discuss how cis women, face different issues from trans women. I didn't even say that trans women aren't women, but acknowledging a difference at all was enough to elicit hostility. (Their follow-up sentence was, "Someone should drive a shiv through you.")

So in the interests of a better comparison, imagine if Ben Shapiro said in his stupid voice, "I can't believe that me talking about Border Security is a 'racist dog whistle' "

And the whole time it is actually the same, thanks to "radical feminists" being platformed by the Christian Right to spread Reaction against gay and trans rights since Stonewall.

Oh, you're crazy. Got it.

Wait why are you asking for people to respect your boundaries, spaces, and comfort?

Anything negative about the male body = transphobic

If you think women protecting themselves is opressing you it’s because you believe you have the right to harm them without consequence.

No, a woman distancing herself physically from a man who may or may not be a threat to her in the given circumstance, is not sexism, as many intelectuals have pointed out in the comment section. Sexism is discrimination, this scenario is just a person being cautious for their safety, she’s not taking away any opportunity from him just for being male, unless you believe her taking away his opportunity to harm her is misandry.

I can’t imagine being hurt by a stranger avoiding me out of caution, even if they assume the worst of me, even if they are wrong, they don’t know me so why should they trust me, especially if I am stronger and may be a threat? Why would a stranger on the street choosing their safety offend you if you’re not trying to do anything?

This seems like some chronically online shit because every woman knows not to go out at night, avoid sketchy men and to carry some sort of weapon and it’s not disputed in real life, more so, if they fail to protect themselves, if they do put themselves in dangerous positions, they are blamed for it, suddenly not avoiding men if a woman is actually harmed is stupid, suddenly she was asking for it. Suddenly the question is “why didnt you just cross the street?”

So trully its a loose if you do loose if you don’t , you deserved it for being too trusting,or you’re a horrible misandrist if you’re too “paranoid”.

The responses from the very well adjusted men:

Crying about “misandry” (aka women being rightfully cautious) while being horribly misogynistic

Others are of course bringing up the fact that “men are being attacked too and radfems don’t care!!”

Cool, sooo.. Does every post about a woman talking about her experience have to include an obligatory “I KNOW MEN EXPERIENCE THIS TOO BY THE WAY”? Because I’ve never seen a man preface with “I know women experience loneliness and suicide as well” when talking about their issues, sorry, when bringing up their issues to undermine women’s.