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In the U.S., right-wing supporters of “bathroom bills” have long conjured the specter of a male predator in the ladies’ room. Yet there’s an element of psychological reality to an argument like Rowling’s that makes it something more than cynical scare-mongering. Alison Phipps is a professor of gender studies at the University of Sussex and the author of Me, Not You: The Trouble With Mainstream Feminism ( https://www.amazon.com/Me-not-you-Alison-Phipps/dp/1526147173?ots=1&ascsubtag=[]c2[p]ckiut0uce000077ofmyfogj70[d]M[z]m[t]w[r]google.com&tag=thecutonsite-20 ). In her observation of the self-styled “gender-critical” feminists, their position “has a lot to do with trauma, and it has a lot to do with anger,” she told me. “I’m not excusing this politics, but I think that that is a reason for it. I think there are a lot of women involved in gender-critical feminism who have been really, really badly hurt by men — cis men.” The problem is that “gender-critical feminism completely misrepresents where the danger is. Very few people are going to be raped by somebody in a public toilet.” (A 2019 Harvard study, meanwhile, found that policies restricting bathroom access by birth sex were correlated with a greater likelihood of sexual assault for trans and nonbinary teens.) Fears can be ungrounded or unfair and still be genuinely felt. “People’s triggers are not politically correct,” Phipps said. You can support people who are triggered, try to help them manage their fears — but “that doesn’t mean that people’s triggers should be used as the basis of policy.” The experience of womanhood that anti-trans feminists present often seems to be defined by fear. Maya Forstater, for example, shared an essay in 2019 called ( https://uncommongroundmedia.com/banned-from-medium-pronouns-are-rohypnol/ ) “Pronouns Are Rohypnol.” The pseudonymous author writes that she refuses to “use female pronouns for anyone male”: Extra mental effort might be expended in using a trans woman’s preferred pronouns, and therefore their effect is akin to a date-rape drug. “They dull your defenses. They change your inhibitions. They’re meant to. You’ve had a lifetime’s experience learning to be alert to ‘him’ and relax to ‘her.’ ” Forstater called it an “important article,” adding, “every woman has learnt from experience that politeness is exploitable & can put us in danger.” “I think there’s a certain attachment to victimhood,” Phipps said. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#5308): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/5308 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/79537165/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
