"Then I asked a senior Dutch diplomat if he could see how reinforcing these ‘half man’ identities is just a different kind of homophobia, and that by celebrating all these third genders — as part of Western donors’ effort not to appear all colonial — they could perhaps be making things worse?"
The point is not to make things better. The point is to affirm status hierarchies and secure funding. Not to mention moral preening. Making things better is almost counterproductive.
00:22:10 The UK's NHS calls it "vagina-preserving metoidioplasty". Comes with optional scrotal implants, and optional urethra lengthing via a tube implanted to enable urination through an opening made in the clitoris.
It's good to hear from TERFs outside of the UK, Australia, and the US.
Very interesting and informative. Thank you.
"Then I asked a senior Dutch diplomat if he could see how reinforcing these ‘half man’ identities is just a different kind of homophobia, and that by celebrating all these third genders — as part of Western donors’ effort not to appear all colonial — they could perhaps be making things worse?"
The point is not to make things better. The point is to affirm status hierarchies and secure funding. Not to mention moral preening. Making things better is almost counterproductive.
00:22:10 The UK's NHS calls it "vagina-preserving metoidioplasty". Comes with optional scrotal implants, and optional urethra lengthing via a tube implanted to enable urination through an opening made in the clitoris.
Love your work! Could you please put it on the RSS feed? Cheers!
Thank you Roisin. Mary Lou & the rest of her SF biddies have become the ultimate blustering cowards.