How not to think clearly

Jan 17th, 2024 | By Ophelia Benson
Category: Notes and Comment Blog

Also, that definition is full of sneaky distortions, aka lies.

Imagine if a group of white people identified as black on the basis of having a feeling of being black (see, e.g., Rachel Dolezal) and then, when black people questioned this, accused the black people of "transracism." pic.twitter.com/53vpcygV8D

— Prof. Gary Francione (@garylfrancione) January 17, 2024

Second sentence. There’s no such thing as “discrimination of.”

Third sentence. No, misogyny is not “the hatred and devaluation of femininity.” That’s a new, manipulative definition sneaked in to make the word “misogyny” apply to men who playact being women. Misogyny is the hatred of women, end of story. Men who playact being women don’t get to help themselves to that word.

Fourth sentence – yet another silly manipulative refinement: “transfeminine people” – get out of here.

The remaining sentences build on this fatuous made-up hokum.

It issues from an academic institution.

P.S. The above screenshot comes from the U.C. Santa Barbara Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity. That is, it comes fom an academic institution. That is, it comes from an institution that is supposed to teach people how to think clearly.

— Prof. Gary Francione (@garylfrancione) January 17, 2024

3 Responses to “How not to think clearly”

#1
ibbica
January 17, 2024 at 10:02 am

Thus, transmisogyny … sexualizes their femininity

Based on the public content they generate, most TiMs acting as TRAs are therefore transmisogynistic. Noted.
#2
Mostly Cloudy
January 17, 2024 at 10:54 am

I see the trans-Stalinists at Verso Books have released a whole tome about this, “A Short History of Trans Misogyny” by Jules Gill-Peterson. Complete with praise from Torrey Peters and Shon Faye.

https://archive.org/search?query=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.versobooks.com%2Fen-gb%2Fproducts%2F3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny
#3
Jeff Chamberlain
January 18, 2024 at 6:13 am

“fatuous made-up hokum” — Another nicely turned phrase; thank you!