"Trans women" are mad that lesbians don't want their " girl-dicks".

I am a radical feminist, an FDS supporter and acolyte, and I also love and support trans people.

I believe that when women embrace our true power, gender issues like this won’t bother us. Harsh gender polarity is a tool of the patriarchy.

Even Andrea Dworkin said that gender lines should blur as we move away from misogyny. (https://www.reddit.com/r/GenderCynical/comments/a160yh/terfs_idol_andrea_dworkin_has_extensively_written/). Matriarchal societies allow people to express traits that are both “feminine” and “masculine.” (https://thegauntlet.ca/2022/07/07/how-accepting-gender-fluidity-is-one-step-closer-in-dismantling-the-patriarchy/)

My oldest child is a trans woman. She’s been on a multi year journey and I love and support her all the way. She has no entitlement about dating, such as in the post above. She shares a home with three other trans women, and they support and love each other. Plus, she’s a much nicer person now! Estrogen has made her more empathetic and collaborative and caring. She never did fit in culturally as a man anyway, when younger - the unforgiving patriarchy bullied and tried to eliminate her. I’m glad she’s found her tribe, and a way to navigate the world. They have formed their own social group and they do not invade traditional women’s spaces (which are uncomfortable for them as well).

I’m not sure why there is so much hatred for especially - trans women (aka MTF). I don’t hear this vitriol against trans men (FTM); everyone pretty much leaves them alone. I suspect it’s because we all fear men (many men truly ARE dangerous!), so we don’t want people with male body parts in our private spaces. I empathize with the fear.

But I have to say based on my 8 years of real life observation - not internet rage corners - trans women live quiet lives working, homemaking, and spending time with friends and family. They’re wary of being attacked by men, just for existing. As all of us women, are.

I also appreciate the journey I’ve been on, because of my daughter. I had to process her transition, decide to love my child no matter her gender or performance of gender, and I had to deeply interrogate my own patriarchal baggage of what makes a woman, a woman. At first, I felt like she needed to wear makeup, girly clothes, do her hair a certain way, to truly be female. But all that is just a social construct, and I realized I was trapped in the patriarchy too. It was very eye-opening.

I don’t hope to change anyone’s mind here. You are of course entitled to feel the way you feel. But please know that some of us here, deeply love the trans people in our lives. And I hope you can at least empathize.

PS. Btw - My most radical belief is that ALL men should be dosed with estrogen. It would make them more empathetic, less aggressive and more cooperative. And the world would be much more peaceful and less dangerous for us all.