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In reply to the discussion: If Jenner can be a woman while still sporting a penis, why can't Rachel Dolezal be African American? [View all]Snobblevitch
(1,958 posts)425. That was my way of explaining
that a woman who has had a hysterectomy is still a woman. I was not referring to gender reasignment surgery. Any other intrepretation of my comments is not what I intended.
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If Jenner can be a woman while still sporting a penis, why can't Rachel Dolezal be African American? [View all]
uhnope
Jun 2015
OP
Which, by human definition (cause race or breeds are a made up term) is essentially race
Drahthaardogs
Jun 2015
#244
Gender identity is not dependent on body parts. Women who have no uterus or ovaries are still women
uppityperson
Jun 2015
#95
I had a hysterectomy, am postmenopausal. I consider myself female, a woman. You deny me that?
uppityperson
Jun 2015
#117
Postmenopausal means none of those female hormones, which makes women's features coarsen, facial
uppityperson
Jun 2015
#157
None of those facial changes has happened to me, and I've been post-menapausal for awhile
whathehell
Jun 2015
#224
What body parts "makes you a woman"? You seem to also say being a woman is dependent on
uppityperson
Jun 2015
#252
Unless a person fully transitions physically, they are still he/she as they were born?
uppityperson
Jun 2015
#259
Is the person in this reply a real man? He no longer has those biological physical
uppityperson
Jun 2015
#261
No, you are posting your point of view, and are making absolute statements based on minimal
Zorra
Jun 2015
#311
It depends. For someone transitioning to their perceived gender identity of male, no. For those
uppityperson
Jun 2015
#417
Why?..Why is it all so negative?..I think unhope is just asking an honest question
whathehell
Jun 2015
#84
Do you have the slightest clue how stupid your wavey thiong is in these situations
HERVEPA
Jun 2015
#251
It was late. That being said, the opinions of those who can't spell a word like "thing"
whathehell
Jun 2015
#370
For your knowledge, there is a difference between "can't spell" and a typing mistake
HERVEPA
Jun 2015
#371
I don't think it's fair or accurate to automatically categorize the DU Jury pool as "transphobic".
whathehell
Jun 2015
#231
Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE - Explanation: Calling it what it is ...is not hide worthy.
L0oniX
Jun 2015
#372
I'm afraid it is, and if you had "listened and learned" from a larger pool of people,
whathehell
Jun 2015
#367
No one from that larger pool is successfully pushing 'trans-racial' as legitimate theory.
lovemydog
Jun 2015
#384
Not in the extremely short time that the Dolezar case has been in the news, maybe
whathehell
Jun 2015
#392
Thank you...It is being discussed all across the media, social and otherwise
whathehell
Jun 2015
#368
Why do you put identifies in quotes? That is nasty towards trans gendered people, implying that they
uppityperson
Jun 2015
#17
I have a feeling she probably never felt all that privileged 'being a white man'.
polly7
Jun 2015
#83
The difference between being forced to live a lie and choosing to do so is huge
uppityperson
Jun 2015
#65
Juror one is a fucking transphobe. This board is crawling with them. N/t
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2015
#189
What fucking drives me up the wall is they are tolerated here. This is not a safe place...
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2015
#201
Confusing bluntness and adolescent petulance is the first mistake. Just sayin', part two...
LanternWaste
Jun 2015
#8
gender dysphoria is pretty much a universal experience across countries and cultures
Johonny
Jun 2015
#10
However many, many people try to assimulate themselves into another culture.
AngryAmish
Jun 2015
#144
Can't we say the same for Dolezal, "no matter what body parts she may or may not have"?
uhnope
Jun 2015
#20
Your oppression and self-styled martyrdom will be given all the credibility they indeed, warrant...
LanternWaste
Jun 2015
#94
Uhnope, Uh, remember me? Who supported your many posts before? Then you get a time out and come back
freshwest
Jun 2015
#373
The OP may have That dreaded Agenda©. But if it's a slow-moving target, hit it.
Eleanors38
Jun 2015
#155
I would be interested in reading the reasons duers voted to leave. Were they unclear on the
uppityperson
Jun 2015
#178
Because I don't want that batshit insane woman claiming to speak for me and my culture.
Blue_Tires
Jun 2015
#23
The difference between being forced to live a lie and deliberately choosing to do so...
Lizzie Poppet
Jun 2015
#29
You were clear in the direction of your frustration, and I completely agree with your sentiments.
LanternWaste
Jun 2015
#128
How can gender be fluid? It's not that way in the rest of the natural world - biology, botany,
Hestia
Jun 2015
#387
That's fine...This talking point was circulating on Conservative Twitter 3-4 days ago
Blue_Tires
Jun 2015
#77
More vote to hide a post calling bigots out than the bigoted post? Juries can be odd
uppityperson
Jun 2015
#125
Yes, which tells you a lot of people here do not view her question as "bigotry".
whathehell
Jun 2015
#97
Because she's only black when it's convenient, Dolezal was plenty white when she sued Howard U.
beam me up scottie
Jun 2015
#70
She has harmed both the AA and trans community with her "transracial" bullshit.
beam me up scottie
Jun 2015
#112
Why are white people trying to tell black people to let Rachael Dolezal be black?
bravenak
Jun 2015
#89
lol you got it backward. The NAACP was fine with Dolezal. White conservatives are mocking her
uhnope
Jun 2015
#103
Wow. Would you like to buy a clue? ACLU is not the same thing as NAACP.
Liberal Veteran
Jun 2015
#127
I'm sure police would be more than happy to oblige black folks they pull over.
geek tragedy
Jun 2015
#114
I co-sign ever word of your post topic. I don't even know why I clicked on this thread.
Number23
Jun 2015
#260
If this woman is black, why did she sue Howard University for discriminating against her for being-
bravenak
Jun 2015
#184
"We do not have to let this white lady be black until we get to be white if we want."
Codeine
Jun 2015
#187
Gender expression is a social construct, for example, dresses for girls, pants for boys...
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2015
#254
Thanks for the links, marking so I can read when I have some spare time. I read the PT article and
seaglass
Jun 2015
#369
How do you know that a woman is a non-lesbian trying to be racy instead of a bisexual woman? n/t
prayin4rain
Jun 2015
#331
I don't undestand why that troll hasn't been banned yet, she is an open social conservative...
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2015
#257
Since when is the goal to "deconstruct gender" what does that even mean?
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2015
#281
Race is largely a cultural construct, what differences exist are superficial. "Transracial" isn't...
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2015
#282
I see a lot of people who don't care that their subculture is adopted by someone who...
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2015
#292
Its the framing the questions which is the problem, you don't want honest answers...
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2015
#295
The OP used offensive language, transphobic language to ask their "question"...
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2015
#459
I know you can't reply, but you should self delete anyway. This is a horrible and transphobic OP
stevenleser
Jun 2015
#323
How unfortunate for DU that an OP this insenstive to a member of the trans community survived an
merrily
Jun 2015
#329
If the NAACP was cool with having a white woman identifying as an African American woman
merrily
Jun 2015
#353