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I know where it goes from here- "if its relevant, it doesnt hurt anyone" to "if it hurts people, then I/ my side dont mean it" to " if we do mean it its because youre a facist bigot terf"
Of course when you start from the assumption that anyone who disagrees is a bigot- its hard to come to another conclusion. Just why bother trying to debate people when youre not willing to consider new information at all? go educate yourself.
It doesnt have any bearing on people who claim to be non-binary. Thats what Im saying. Hijras are - mostly- not non binary. In surveys theyve conducted for themselves they define themselves as men who were castrated in horrible circumstances. This has been their story until very recently. They went to courts to stop forced castrations. So Non-Binary or trans is a different thing. I think a very western very divorced from reality idea based on bad philosophy is trying to gain a foothold and gain sympathy in this country on the backs of these poor men. It is a thing in western academia to exoticise and romanticise all things orient and to ascribe to ancient wisdom what can be ascribed to more banal and often more horrifying material realities. Hijras arent some ancient divine caste in Hinduism that proves the existence of all these new identities. Just like devadasis dont prove some ancient divine feminine role. Theyre religious cults that exploit poor people in society.
if 99% of women claimed they were being assaulted- yes- I would assume no woman could consent to sex. We do assume women cannot consent to sex under circumstances dont we? when theyre drugged or drunk or trafficked? When there are power equations or when theyre children?
For a lot of these people- castration happens when theyre children or under influence or once theyve been trafficked. Im not here to argue the edge case of someone who just likes the aesthetic and volunteers- Just like I dont argue the edge case of the woman who finds prostitution extremely rewarding and could have other jobs but chooses not to and really she gets to pick the men she has sex with and when. Thats not the case for the majority of prostituted women. When youre talking about social groups you rarely argue the edge cases. Theres obviously exceptions for anything anyone might say for any group- that doesnt mean there arent averages and there arent studies and there isnt realiable data we can generalise from.
Harry Potter is a relic of the past. Her subsequent novels were pedestrian at best.
"Only 1 percent of eunuchs are born so, while the rest either pretend to be hijras (eunuch) or have been forced to join the community by abduction and castration, reveals a study by the All-India Hijra Kalyan Sabha (AIHKS)."
https://www.indiatimes.com/news/lgbtq-the-truth-about-how-hijras-are-made-in-india-because-they-re-not-always-born-that-way-257525.html
Interestingly they haven't done this survey since then have they? why not I would wonder?
According to this logic, if many women are sexually assaulted, we should assume that no woman can consent to sex.
To be clear- no uterus- no shedding of uterine lining- no bleeding- no weakening of body- no periods. Women are real.
This is appalling! What's happening to this world!!!?
Your body like you’d own a handbag. Let’s all disassociate together because then we can all be “healthy” because we all go to therapy. In fact you can’t be healthy without going to therapy. The natural states of minds is to be unhealthy- you need to go to therapy and be taught to be healthy. Let’s give you some hormones that will shred your bones and cause cancer because you have big feelings about gender stereotypes. Let’s pretend minors can make life altering medical decisions because frontal lobe development isn’t a real thing - maybe they’re precocious ? Let’s say fat people who are looking themselves are actually healthy even if all of them are dying because of an obesity epidemic. Making people feel good about themselves is more important than actually wanting people to have good lives. Emotions are real and biology isn’t. Let’s also pretend that your biological parents - the folks who gave birth to you and who fed and housed and cared for you all your life aren’t your real parents when they do things that make you mad. Instead let’s pretend strangers on the internet who have questionable views about incest and childhood are your “glitter family”.
And if anyone tells you any different they’re an evil terf nazi bitch and we should literally put them in prison or murder them.
It’s completely off the rails divorced from reality this nonsense.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/eunuchs-not-always-born-but-made/articleshow/1219979.cms#:~:text=But%20a%20recent%20study%20by,are%20not%20transvestites%20or%20hermaphrodites.
You want non binary to be a thing so bad you’re willing to ignore the real distress of these forcibly cast rated and exploited men because you want your favourite elite academic to be validated as a prophet. It’s disgusting.
She has been comparing this weird relationship to actual parenthood. Most interestingly, her pronoun was "He" for that week (I am not trying to be sarcastic here, she actually changes her pronoun quite frequently). Mind you, I am not even going into the details of how weird this relationship is. And ofc, don't think that the guy is an orphan or something.
I am a liberal and do support their rights, but this is just ridiculous imo. I love JK Rowling even more for the stand she is taking. This world will soon turn into a shithole if this culture keeps spreading like this. Need more people like her who have the guts to speak what needs to be spoken in today's times.
Hate speech means inciting violence or using slurs or inciting hatred. Calling a man a man doesnt do any of those things. Its just speech you hate. She literally didnt say anything other than pointing out that someone being celebrated for being a pathbreaking "woman" in a male dominated profession is in fact- a male.
Look- people just disagree with you about this. You all can keep posting nonsense links every week, get into a long ass conversations about why sex is a material and important category- call women bigots and shame them for being "unkind" - you can "virtue" signal to others and have it make you feel superior. None of it is actually productive. Why do you get your jollies that way? She clearly isnt alienating a lot of people because HBO is still making that show and hogwarts a legacy was a hit. All youre doing is trying to cancel a woman who earnestly disagrees with you.
You could just keep doing this over and over like its gonna help at all- or you could try to open your mind one tiny inch and try and figure out why people disagree with you? If you dont have it in you to wonder if maybe youre not born virtuous and have only pious thoughts- maybe behave like other religions and keep this nonsense to yourself.
I think this particular forum has had too many conversations about gender woo woo. especially lately. We're all tired. Get a life. Touch grass.
https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1789590944976650436
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/jk-rowling-row-continues-after-she-doubles-down-on-mocking-trans-football-manager-lucy-clark-101715522748967.html