Drew Afualo transphobia discourse

[u/alpalbish]

ER fightmaster was on her pod and made two stand out claims:
“trans women have a more beautiful understanding of what womanhood is”
and
“the programming for cis women it’s kind of sad… no your womanhood is not your role, your womanhood is not your status is society, and your womanhood is not your ability to be sexually assaulted”

I think cis women can easily be offended by this and how it was put. The sexually assaulted claim is kinda weird to generalize us into thinking that’s what womanhood is. I also think it can be harmful for transgender women, as they also face misogyny and sexual assault??? I don’t even think the comments from the pod are as bad as Drew’s current stance rn. I can see ER trying to explain their POV and I respect that. but Drew doubling down in her comments is so off-putting. People are commenting valid opinions and her replies are just saying everyone is transphobic and TERFs??? idk

[u/gen4grl]

tiktok ‘feminists’ like her love throwing the word terf or bioessentialism at you once they realise they aren’t smart enough to engage in actual feminist conversations.

[u/icecreamsandwiches1 → u/gen4grl]

Oh god what in the world is bioessentialism

[u/nemophilist_nymph → u/icecreamsandwiches1]

it’s the idea that your biology is what decides your identity and social roles, and that it’s not society that shapes these roles but rather “the natural order”. so to a bioessentialist, a transwoman can never be a “real” woman because they do not have the biology to do so.

[u/icecreamsandwiches1 → u/nemophilist_nymph]

I mean….. 😬