We must recognize the female class, and we must recognize issues that impact the female class as disasters in their own right — not as prologues to real trouble for other, real people. Only by naming the issue and uniting as a cohesive class can we begin  to work together towards a solution. 

To make sense of “You don’t shave, so you’re not a girl,” I made up the term “queer sexism.” It’s like sexism, but reversed: rather than regulate your behaviors, queer sexism seeks to alter your “identities” to match the behaviors you display.

Women are presently appallingly disregarded from both the left and the right.

“It took years for me to really understand that a man had been telling me what I should be comfortable with and that the fear of being seen as evil had silenced my own instinct to defend the rights of women and children.”

“Sexual abuse survivors feel powerless all over again and disregarded by society for fear of being labeled transphobic.”

“I did not think I was a girl, even though I was in a girls body. I mean, there was no way I could be...after all I didn't want to play with dolls.”

“It was like a fun game for them to pretend to need this as much, if not MORE, than the women I saw day in day out, most of whom were in serious pain or had serious body issues.”

“I once rejected a trans woman because they are male and he tried to rape me to teach me to like penis.”

“I would still be a woman even if I chose not to wear lipstick, dresses, or high heels. I would still be a woman even if I chose not to have children. I would still be a woman even if I took cross sex hormones, removed body parts, had my birth certificate changed, or decided to call myself Max.”

“I want everyone to be happy and be well, but I do not want to be part of a system that hurts the bodies of children.”

“I have never felt so endangered simply for existing or trying to speak. And I used to be an activist for LGB rights in what was the most violent Evangelical area in the country, at that time. This is worse.”

“I suffer from Anorexia Nervosa - it has almost killed me. If people pandered to my delusions and validated my delusions then I would be dead.”

“As a lesbian and woman I am furious that public schools are teaching trans ideology.”

“Why don't we hear about how suicidal rape can make girls and women, and the horrifying risk that being bullied and humiliated by men in our safe spaces will result in a spike in girls' and women's suicides?”

“I was watching a documentary about cults, and I got the weird feeling that the way they described the cult sounded like the camp”

“My son's therapist told me if I didn't affirm him, he'd be a serious suicide risk. I was terrified. I love my son. So I affirmed his delusion that he's actually a girl.”

“This gender ideology has forced itself on the women’s movement as the most important issue.”

“This is the first that I’ve really come to terms with the fact that I won’t even be safe in spaces specifically meant for women only.”

“I prepare myself for never having her back in my life, hoping... one day... I'll be able to hold her and tell her I still love her. I always have. I always will.”

“To Be A Girl” - a poem