Even from a categorical standpoint I don’t see how the distinction matters. Like, if the categories were “can give birth” and “can’t/won’t give birth” that’s one thing because the “can’t/won’t” category would include trans and cis women but having the categories be “trans women” and “women who can give birth” feels very gender essentialism to me. By that logic we should also have a separate category for cis women that can’t/won’t give birth but then at that point why even differentiate based on whether they’re trans or cis at all?
The basic attributes of a person are meaningful in myriad ways. In fact, many people would prefer a partner that they may not accidentally procreate with. I mean, if you can avoid taking birth control that’s great. I’ve done this for my partner and it’s been a massive positive in our relationship.
But yeah I get that this is the internet and anything short of enthusiastic praise for trans positivity can be seen as an attack. I mean jesus TERFs are everywhere these days. Probably should have included a blurb in the top comment…
That’s true, but from a categorical standpoint, all trans women are incapable, which, at the very least, is a distiction with non-zero significance.
Even from a categorical standpoint I don’t see how the distinction matters. Like, if the categories were “can give birth” and “can’t/won’t give birth” that’s one thing because the “can’t/won’t” category would include trans and cis women but having the categories be “trans women” and “women who can give birth” feels very gender essentialism to me. By that logic we should also have a separate category for cis women that can’t/won’t give birth but then at that point why even differentiate based on whether they’re trans or cis at all?
The basic attributes of a person are meaningful in myriad ways. In fact, many people would prefer a partner that they may not accidentally procreate with. I mean, if you can avoid taking birth control that’s great. I’ve done this for my partner and it’s been a massive positive in our relationship.
But yeah I get that this is the internet and anything short of enthusiastic praise for trans positivity can be seen as an attack. I mean jesus TERFs are everywhere these days. Probably should have included a blurb in the top comment…