but saying "gender doesn't exist" doesn't invalidate the trans experience. It doesn't suddenly make everything go away, it simply frames the issue in a different light.
The light you're framing it in ignores the lived experiences of trans women, who were NOT pressured to fit into the box marked with an F. If anything, they were pressured to fit into the box marked M, but they felt it was Wrong. They felt like women. Yet saying "gender is some bullshit society made up" invalidates their lives. Read Whipping Girl. Serano, a trans woman, spends a good deal of time on how this theory of gender invalidates her lived experience.
If you want to know more about radfems and transphobia, here's a set of links, and google has more. See also "michigan womyn's music festival." Serano discusses this in her book as well.
Even in magic happy post-gender land, there will still be people who identify as male or female. I get that identity in general means nothing to you, but it is important to a lot of people.
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Date: 2010-06-23 01:25 pm (UTC)From:The light you're framing it in ignores the lived experiences of trans women, who were NOT pressured to fit into the box marked with an F. If anything, they were pressured to fit into the box marked M, but they felt it was Wrong. They felt like women. Yet saying "gender is some bullshit society made up" invalidates their lives. Read Whipping Girl. Serano, a trans woman, spends a good deal of time on how this theory of gender invalidates her lived experience.
If you want to know more about radfems and transphobia, here's a set of links, and google has more. See also "michigan womyn's music festival." Serano discusses this in her book as well.
Even in magic happy post-gender land, there will still be people who identify as male or female. I get that identity in general means nothing to you, but it is important to a lot of people.