this is the lgbtqia wiki. is it even possible for these people to get a single thing about us right.
we don't believe that genitals or chromosomes determine anything. we recognise that there are two gametes required for sexual reproduction and that there are two biological growth pathways aiming towards generating bodies that are specialised for the production and preservation of these gametes (and one of which is further specialised to produce a whole human being once the two gametes have been united). there is plenty of natural and harmless variation in this process, but there is also some harmful variation in the form of DSDs (disorders of sex development). regardless, none of this determines 'gender'.
we literally do not believe assigned sex determines interests and personality
whilst believing that male people are inherently oppressive and dominating is something many radfems engage in, it is but one potential conclusion one could come to from observing the consistency of male violence across populations, throughout history, and accross species. however there are many radfems, myself included, who recognise the deep power of socialisation - in fact, if these people had engaged with any of feminism they would know that the vast, vast majority of feminist literature is literally dedicated to dissecting the very human motivations men have to dominate. feminism has its roots in leftist class analysis, so we have no interest in mincing our words - when we say 'men are violent', we are not necessarily describing some biological essence of men any more than poor people say that 'rich people are greedy'. that's literally it. shock horror, one's personality is deeply affected by one's environment and upbringing. it just so happens that unlike rich people and other such oppressors, there are real unavoidable physical realities that will impact men's relationship with the world. if you develop a penis, and the world around you says that as a penis-owner you can rape and impregnate a woman and get away with it, that's a specific experience that will impact your personality.
it's really not that hard to grasp these concepts, and it speaks to iron-clad grip that patriarchal thought has over our collective consciousness that an easily comprehensible and observable truth is suddenly treated as agenda-driven nonsense. this is a clear example of how despite how consistent and clear radfems are when we describe what we recognise about the world, we will be willfully misinterpreted to a comical degree. then other people will read this as a 'resource' and think they never have to engage with what we actually. fucking. say. on the plus side, it really speaks to how powerful and truthful or words must be for people to try this damn hard to ignore us.
