Except… wide swaths of feminism still hate him for what he/she is. Because instead of being just a man, he/she is now a man refusing to adhere to the imposed rules of what women expect a man to be. So he/she is hated by them twice as virulently.
It’s why the term TERF - trans-exclusionary radical feminism - exists. Scratch the thin veneer of most feminists hard enough, and this can be found underneath in some capacity.
I really hope he/she has a strong support network in their friends and family members. They are going to need it.
Also as someone who knows a huge number of feminists that are militantly anti-terf, it’s categorically untrue that strict, trans exclusionary interpretations of who counts as a woman are in any way an intrinsic aspect of feminism
You’re right though, he will need a strong support system, and I also hope there are folks in his corner
You’re vastly overestimating the number of TERFs in the world. Assuming you accept their classification as feminists in the first place, I imagine it’s easily under 1% of those who identify as feminists. I have literally never met one irl
Except… wide swaths of feminism still hate him for what he/she is. Because instead of being just a man, he/she is now a man refusing to adhere to the imposed rules of what women expect a man to be. So he/she is hated by them twice as virulently.
It’s why the term TERF - trans-exclusionary radical feminism - exists. Scratch the thin veneer of most feminists hard enough, and this can be found underneath in some capacity.
I really hope he/she has a strong support network in their friends and family members. They are going to need it.
He. Not he/she. He
Also as someone who knows a huge number of feminists that are militantly anti-terf, it’s categorically untrue that strict, trans exclusionary interpretations of who counts as a woman are in any way an intrinsic aspect of feminism
You’re right though, he will need a strong support system, and I also hope there are folks in his corner
Hope you are well
If you’re unsure of a person’s pronouns, then using 'they ’ is probably a better idea than ‘he/she’.
You’re vastly overestimating the number of TERFs in the world. Assuming you accept their classification as feminists in the first place, I imagine it’s easily under 1% of those who identify as feminists. I have literally never met one irl
Why are you using both pronouns?