I really love the way Bess expresses this. Very direct and to the point. Brilliant thinker. -M.A.
Bess Hungerford The
mantra “trans women ARE women” falsely posits “trans” as an adjective
that describes an *additional* characteristic of “women” who
simultaneously possess all of the other shared qualities necessary for
membership in the larger group. An adjective is used to provide more
information about an existing noun, not less.
“Trans,” however, is not an adjective but a *modifier* that actually serves to eliminate an axiomatic characteristic of the host word “woman:” her girlhood. The effect of adding “trans” to “woman” is to intentionally erase or nullify the shared experiential reality of *life-long, from birth, involuntary* socialization AS "girls" and AS “women" on the very subject at issue: "women"!
“Trans,” however, is not an adjective but a *modifier* that actually serves to eliminate an axiomatic characteristic of the host word “woman:” her girlhood. The effect of adding “trans” to “woman” is to intentionally erase or nullify the shared experiential reality of *life-long, from birth, involuntary* socialization AS "girls" and AS “women" on the very subject at issue: "women"!
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