3. Strangers don’t assume they can ask you what your genitals look like and how you have sex.
women face invasive questions about their bodies and sex lives in inappropriate situations. here is a timeline on the development of US sexual harassment laws.
4. Your validity as a man/woman/human is not based on how much surgery you’ve had or how well you “pass” as non-transgender.
women’s validity is judged by their conformation to gender. see: GNC women
5. You have the ability to walk through the world and generally blend-in, not being constantly stared or gawked at, whispered about, pointed at, or laughed at because of your gender expression.
constantly? seriously? don’t be self-absorbed. also: cat-calling is a women’s issue.
8. You can reasonably assume that your ability to acquire a job, rent an apartment, or secure a loan will not be denied on the basis of your gender identity/expression.
great news, women! your gender ‘identity’ doesn’t interfere with your ability to get a job. quit whining about hiring bias. also: here is a great timeline of the restrictions on women’s ability to own property, inherit, take out loans, etc.
9. You have the ability to flirt, engage in courtship, or form a relationship and not fear that your biological status may be cause for rejection or attack, nor will it cause your partner to question their sexual orientation.
my ‘biological status’ as woman puts me at increased risk for partner violence and sexual assault.
10. If you end up in the emergency room, you do not have to worry that your gender will keep you from receiving appropriate treatment, or that all of your medical issues will be seen as a result of your gender.
here is a fantastic article about the perception of women’s pain, and a brief introduction into sexist bias in medicine.
11. Your identity is not considered a mental pathology (“gender identity disorder” in the DSM IV) by the psychological and medical establishments.
women’s mental health has been pathologized for eternity. even the word hysteria - a mentally disordered states - has its roots in the word for womb. this and this are two articles that deal with women and mental health, especially lobotomy.
13. You have the ability to not be profiled on the street as a sex worker because of your gender expression.
are you honestly trying to say that non-trans men and non-trans women are profiled as sex workers at the same rate???
15. You do not have to defend you right to be a part of “Queer,” and gays and lesbians will not try to exclude you from “their” equal rights movement because of your gender identity (or any equality movement, including feminist rights).
complaining about exclusion from any equality movement? what? i don’t throw a fit because i’m not welcomed into activism against anti-black racism.
16. If you are murdered (or have any crime committed against you), your gender expression will not be used as a justification for your murder (“gay panic”) nor as a reason to coddle the perpetrators.
if gender expression includes short dresses for women, then yes, dressing in revealing clothing will be used as justification for sexual assault, and the perpetrators will be coddled. there’s no way this article was written by a woman.
17. You can easily find role models and mentors to emulate who share your identity. AND 18. Hollywood accurately depicts people of your gender in films and television, and does not solely make your identity the focus of a dramatic storyline, or the punchline for a joke.
women are profoundly underrepresented and misrepresented in media.
32. Being able to pretend that anatomy and gender are irrevocably entwined when having the “boy parts and girl parts” talk with children, instead of explaining the actual complexity of the issue.
gender and anatomy ARE intertwined. gender is constructed around sex and cannot exist without it.
holy shit this is terrible.
