Yes I have my doubts about Bindel (hence commenting about them) and I guessed the Trans folk might have a good reason to hate her. Her comments about 'kink' or other sexual practices did seem prudish - and yes could provide ammo.
Doesn't mean she didn't in part have a point though.
But just because a community gets tarred with another's brush does not mean they share a common base. Arguably bisexuals do partly; but my world isn't the same as someone who is Trans and I can't even imagine to start to understand that. I'm happy being male, and like men, gender issues seems like another world to me - and may foster that whole 'gay men really want to be women' thing - I'm sure a few do, but IMO I like men and the men I like love their masculinity, and the necessary feminine part of every male - but don't want to be women.
To lump groups just because they aren't part of heteronormativity is a mistake I think - and it's pushing it too far into disparate groups under one banner - that way unhappiness lies. I've also been discussing the whole Respect thing recently, which collapsed in part because the groups had one unifying factor (the War in Iraq & Afghanistan) but a load of very destructive differences - one being sexuality. There were other reasons, but politically I think it's a mistake to try and fit all of these in the same box.
Better to have an alliance of groups, rather than one group trying to please everyone and ending up pleasing no-one.
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Doesn't mean she didn't in part have a point though.
But just because a community gets tarred with another's brush does not mean they share a common base. Arguably bisexuals do partly; but my world isn't the same as someone who is Trans and I can't even imagine to start to understand that. I'm happy being male, and like men, gender issues seems like another world to me - and may foster that whole 'gay men really want to be women' thing - I'm sure a few do, but IMO I like men and the men I like love their masculinity, and the necessary feminine part of every male - but don't want to be women.
To lump groups just because they aren't part of heteronormativity is a mistake I think - and it's pushing it too far into disparate groups under one banner - that way unhappiness lies. I've also been discussing the whole Respect thing recently, which collapsed in part because the groups had one unifying factor (the War in Iraq & Afghanistan) but a load of very destructive differences - one being sexuality. There were other reasons, but politically I think it's a mistake to try and fit all of these in the same box.
Better to have an alliance of groups, rather than one group trying to please everyone and ending up pleasing no-one.