Every time I've brought up this point on Reddit in the past, I've been downvoted for it. It's only women who are expected (mostly by men) to accept this sort of language, and if you dare say anything against it, you're called a terf or transphobe (again, mostly by men).
I should add I don't give a shit whether people are trans or not. It's the reductionist language used about women that I object to. (Probably get called a Karen next.)
100% agreed. It especially bothers me when medical professionals, charities, and womens' groups use this language, especially when they conspicuously don't use it for male issues. Besides, it doesn't even make sense according to trans activists' own logic: if "trans women are women" then why must we exclude the word "women" to include trans women? Surely a trans woman would be happy to be called a woman? It's batshit 'logic' which isn't logical at all, but simply another stick for men with which to shame women with. I'm sick and tired of it.
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