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Originally Posted by Stuart
Personally, I don't particularly like the term "pregnant people". The fact is that biologic women get pregnant. Biological men do not have the body parts required to do so. Men who happen to be transitioning from women do unless they complete the transition. However, it should be noted that not all biological women can get pregnant.
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The fact that some women can’t get pregnant isn’t really relevant here. I point it out mainly because some really low-grade trans-activist arguments suggest that this falsifies the biological basis of ‘woman’ as a category. In truth, if you have a road accident and require a leg amputation you’re still human even though you no longer meet the description of a mammal with two legs. In the same way a woman who has lost the ability to carry children, due to a defect or a disease, is still a woman.
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I do support the rights of every person to be seen as the gender they feel they are, even if that is different to what they were born as, but I do not think that should be at the expense of a group of people who already sometime suffer because of their gender.
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I support the rights of every person to claim they’re visitors from Alpha Centauri, if they happen to believe that’s the case. But I don’t believe that comes at the expense of my right to tell them that’s arrant nonsense, and to refuse to address them as Your Excellency.
The problem with trans activism is that it is not satisfied with establishing rights to a set of beliefs. It is committed to acquiring the right to impose those beliefs on others, thereby diminishing the safety, dignity and free expression of everyone else.
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However, I do not think transitioning should be easy because if you do it properly, it involves a series of serious medical procedures, some involving surgery. Surgery should never be undertaken lightly.
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Indeed.