SEX MATTERS
Do You Have A ‘Woman Problem’?
The war on women seems to continue
One issue which, in truth, should not be regarded as an issue at all befuddles most. It concerns sex and gender.
For most, their sex and gender is one and the same. Both are science-based.
The World Health Organisation (WHO), however, says that gender is different from sex, and that gender is a social construct which can change over time.
For a wee fraction of the population, sex and gender are not one and the same. And there lies the issue, this woman problem.
So, how does one define a woman?
Responses to the question include those from people holding responsible government posts:
“A child is born without sex.”
“[It is] something that is assigned at birth.”
“…there are different definitions legally around what a woman actually is.”
“Only women have cervix.” (Note from the author: the “outrage” over this statement is currently ongoing.)
“It’s wrong to say only women have cervix.”
Could a woman have a penis?
Responses to the question are from those holding elective positions in the government:
“People are complex and different.”
“You’re in danger of inciting hatred.”
“I don’t think discussing the issue in this way helps anyone.”
Male rapists, including child rapists, should be allowed to serve their sentences in women’s prisons if they identify as women.
Those who deny males access to women’s spaces are “dinosaurs who want to hoard rights”.
Meanwhile:
*A biomedical scientist who worked on blood transfusion for 40 years was struck off the Institute of Biomedical Science when he stated, “Only women have a cervix… Women also have a right to women-only spaces.”
*A 29-year-old law student in her final year in a UK university faced expulsion for saying women have vaginas and that a woman is the weaker sex.
Her younger classmates took offence in what she said and reported her to the university to be investigated.
*A woman lost her job for saying that sex cannot be changed. A few of her colleagues took offence, brought the case to the employment tribunal where she lost.
She was subsequently cleared by a High Court judge, but who noted that what she said “may be profoundly offensive and distressing” but that it should be tolerated in a “pluralistic society”.
*Bette Midler was demonised on social media after she lamented that women are being erased, that instead of being called women, women are being referred to as birthing people or menstruators.
*And who can miss J.K. Rowling’s defence of women?
She received death threats, and people who did not agree with her statement, i.e. that sex is real, posted a picture of them (the three protesters) on Twitter.
The photo showed the three outside J.K. Rowling’s home in Edinburgh, with the house number visible to all. A clear case of doxxing.
(And this, without mention of the actors who earned millions and big names for themselves — thanks to J.K. Rowling — but who have chosen to unmask their lack of gratitude.)
So, do I personally have a “woman problem”?
My answer is a resounding yes, but not in the context of denying science.
My “woman problem” is that I have thought all along how much progress women and feminists have accomplished over many, many decades of the fight with regards to women’s rights.
It seems to me that the war against women is still with us.
Women, this time, have to fight to not be defined as chestfeeders, birthing people, pregnant people, people who menstruate, or a person with vagina. Women seem to struggle to fight to be acknowledged as women and be referred to as women.
What about you? Do you have a ‘woman problem’?
… my life has been shaped by being female. I do not believe it’s hateful to say so. — J.K. Rowling
Thank you for reading.
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