Camille Paglia, a lesbian feminist, said she was glad they didn’t have transgenderism when she was young. They would have tried to turn her into a boy, instead of letting her be who she is.
She also considers it child abuse; this is a feminist lesbian, and she agrees that:
* biological sex is binary male/female (the rare biological accident doesn’t nullify the rule)
* sexuality is a continuum but doesn’t negate the fact that you are male or female, and that people can choose how they act
* men are undervalued, because they do the work that builds civilization but get demeaned by women chatting online
Yes, “Sexual Personae” saved me from feminism. Thank goodness for Paglia’s ego. She is one of the few lesbians out there who is comfortable enough with who she is that she hasn’t joined the crusade to deny reality most of her ilk are on. I suppose Tammy Bruce would fit that category as well. It takes bravery to be honest when your emotions function outside of nature’s law.
In a day not that far down the road, this is coming to our towns and we need to know how to respond when moms and dads bring their “transgendered kindergartners” to school.
Use liberal logic — Paglia is a good example — to get inside liberal heads and show them how they are being inconsistent with their own views.
This girl may well be a tomboy. Why should a budding future feminist be given a message that being male is better than being female? After all, can't women do traditionally male things?
Perhaps these parents have a problem with “internalized male chauvinism.” Instead of celebrating their daughter's desire to be a woman doing traditionally male things, they secretly still value men more than women, and need to accept that men and women are equal, so women don't need to change into men.
I'm not saying that will work. More than bad logic is going on when parents want to change the gender of a kindergartner. But sometimes liberals spend so much time in their own narrow liberal world that they've never run into a conservative who seriously challenges their views and can create “cognitive dissonance.”
But at an absolute minimum, making arguments like that may help keep other people from following the confused parents down their path.