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[quote]It is important in the context of sociology/history/biology, basically all of human history. [/quote]

Unless you are a sociologist, biologist, etc it does not effect you. And I think people working in those fields can work well enough with "most" they do not, as a practical matter, need definitions that drop the modifiers.

[quote]Women are in many many ways defined by their sex organs and reproductive systems.  It is what makes us vulnerable, it is the defining rights that are constantly in danger of being stripped from us. And yes some of that is societal, but societal pressures that are inextricably woven into our biology. 
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And transgender women share many of the vulnerabilities of women, and loss of rights.

[quote] But they don't get to change the definition of what a woman is or what a man is [/quote]

Not sure what you mean by that. There is no "definition of what a woman or what a man is" that exists in the ether by itself. There are dictionaries. There is usage.  Most dictionaries try to reflect usage, though a few do not. More and more people use the words man and woman that reflects how the people they are talking about define themselves. So language is changing.  It seems to make you angry that language is changing, though you can still make yourself understood.

[quote]to address the plight of a small subset of the population with a medical condition.[/quote]

I am not sure if its considered exactly a "medical condition".

[quote]If there was no real difference between men and women then why on earth do transgendered people feel so intensely focused on identifying as one or the other.
 The very definition of the transgendered condition speaks to the real differences between the sexes. If it was all a bucket of societal changes, then no one would feel so compelled to change their bodies and appearances so drastically.[/quote]

Clearly transgender people do not agree with the notion the old radical feminist idea that there is nothing else to sex and gender than our physical differences, which is why many radical feminists are uncomfortable with transgender.  What is being argued is that gender as an identity is different from physical sex.

Anyway, it feels like you could do a lot more reading on this matter, rather than angry posting. Especially telling people they are stupid for pointing out to you how widespread hysterectomies are. [/quote]

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