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YOUR HANDY GENDER CRIT CHEAT SHEET

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Patriarchy: enforces gender stereotypes, based (spuriously) on biology, to keep women dependent on men, thus ensuring mens access to womens bodies & labor
Biological sex: scientific reality Woman Female chromosomes, hormones and reproductive organs. Gender: socially acceptable internal states Feminine: emotional submissive other-oriented Masculine: logical dominant independent Gender: socially acceptable aspirations/behaviors Feminine: Create & caretake life Serve others Be attractive to others Masculine: Lead/build/conquer Protect/provide Gender: socially acceptable aesthetic presentation Gender: pronouns She/Her

Man Male chromosomes, hormones and reproductive organs.

Him/He

Radical Feminism: gender recognized as harmful social construct and abolished

Biological sex: scientific reality WomanFemale chromosomes, hormones, reproductive organs. ManMale chromosomes, hormones reproductive organs. IntersexMixture of female & male biological traits, differentiation difficult.

Socially acceptable internal states However you feel. Allowed to vary.

Socially acceptable aspirations/behaviors Anything for which you have drive/talent and which doesnt harm others. Anything for which you have drive/talent and which doesnt harm others. Anything for which you have drive/talent and which doesnt harm others.

Socially acceptable aesthetic presentation Whatever the heck you want, within reason (health, safety, non-harmful and non-prejudicial dress codes) Whatever the heck you want, within reason (health, safety, non-harmful and non-prejudicial dress codes) Whatever the heck you want, within reason (health, safety, non-harmful and non-prejudicial dress codes)

Pronouns Language evolves with culture. One set of pronouns- not based on genitalia - for all

However you feel. Allowed to vary.

Language evolves with culture. One set of pronouns- not based on genitalia - for all Language evolves with culture. One set of pronouns-not based on genitalia - for all

However you feel. Allowed to vary.

Transgender Identity Politics: patriarchal gender stereotypes determine sex.


Biological sex: gender identity Woman Feel feminine Gender: innate internal state Enjoy stereotypical feminine things Gender: innate aspirations/ behaviors Need to be seen as a woman, period. Gender: innately desired aesthetic presentation If you have male chromosomes, hormones & reproductive organs, may need to address through hormone treatment, surgery. If you have female chromosomes, hormones & reproductive organs, may need to address through hormone treatment, surgery. Gender: Pronouns Must ask everyone for their preferred pronouns. Which can change overnight. Must ask everyone for their preferred pronouns. Which can change overnight.

Man Feel masculine

Enjoy stereotypical masculine things

Need to be seen as a man, period.

Erased here: Basic human reproductive biology, thus the reproductive vulnerability, power and work of the female sex. Personal freedoms gained over gender abolition? None.

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