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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Up above there were trans activists who were insisting no trans folks want to force dating partners to date trans folks. But there are articles/commentary online saying exactly that. Here is one, for instance: https://link.medium.com/4hoCDsSDe7

As a woman who has been sexually assaulted, I found this article horrifying. Consent is something women have fought for for years. And yet, here is someone insisting that not allowing access to another person's body is transphobic. People get a right to say no and to exercise consent regardless of the reason. There should be NO entitlement at all to another person's body. None.

It's articles like this that I find very, very difficult to absorb. It absolutely feels like this is the point of view of someone who doesn't understand or care about the history of rape and violence against women at all. [/quote]

They don’t. You would think that Transwomen would be horrified at the violence women experience and would want to support women’s shelters, rape centers, and bodily autonomy. After all, don’t they associate as women? Unfortunately, there is a very vocal group that behaves like women’s safety issues are irrelevant. Who would be so narcissistic as to proudly defund a rape center? And demand to ogle women in a DV shower? Millions of women - people with vaginas - across the world are raped and murdered each year because they are female. They’re not at risk because they feel like women. They’re at risk because they have vaginas. I don’t fear walking alone at night because my gender identity is female. I fear walking alone at night because my sex is female. I support trans people and trans spaces but as a woman who has experienced a lot of male violence, I will fight for biologically-female safe spaces. [/quote]

I know this sounds ridiculous but hey it's the truth. My school changed all the bathroom so they were available to all, which I agree with at the time,  but to be honest most of them became a pissy mess and they were no longer stocked with female hygiene products or had the lotion etc that various women would donate to keep the bathroom lookin and smelling nice. Most women I know hated going to the bathroom and before entering we always had a discussion about how gross it had become, whether it was okay to go in, the condition etc! After we wished we had advocated for a women only bathroom even if it was just a couple, so that we didn't have to share it with men! I wouldn't mind whether trans-women used it or not as long as everyone respects that men's plumbing is different than women's![/quote]

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