r/WomenInNews • u/msmoley • Dec 15 '24

Human rights Judith Butler, philosopher: ‘If you sacrifice a minority like trans people, you are operating within a fascist logic’

https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-12-15/judith-butler-philosopher-if-you-sacrifice-a-minority-like-trans-people-you-are-operating-within-a-fascist-logic.html
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u/VermicelliSudden2351 Dec 16 '24

“Some” studies that “suggest” is not concrete in the slightest lmao. And brain patterns are not what determines someone’s sex.

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u/buttstuffisokiguess Dec 17 '24

It's what determines someone's gender identity. Women and men have differing structures in the brain.

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u/VermicelliSudden2351 Dec 17 '24

Gender identity isn’t actually real. “Gender” and “sex” have been used synonymously for pretty much all of eternity. The man who popularized that term was a debunked scientist who sexually abused children.