an arguement against gender ideology - 5/4/26

gender ideology is something that i have been very exposed to since early teenagehood. in high school, a lot of my friends identified as transgender, both in school and online. there were even a lot of people in my school outside of my friend group who were transgender. i think at one point, when i was maybe 15, every single one of my friends was transgender. being surrounded by so many people who parroted the same points over and over again resulted in me, for a very short period of time, to go by she/they pronouns. i was quickly pulled out of this though, when i discovered radical feminism and gender critical views. i wouldn't describe myself as a radical feminist, however i certainly think it helped shape my views on this topic. i decided to start off with this, as when discussing the topic, many claim i am 'bigoted', 'misinformed', or just simply 'wrong'. that i clearly have never spoken to a trans person before, and get all of my information from tumblr/twitter. i am none of those things, i have spoken to trans people, and i don't use tumblr or twitter. kek.

seeing first hand the harm that this ideology caused my friends is what pushed me over the edge. in radfem/gc spaces, what 'peaked' you is often a common question, and to that i would say the sexism, the homophobia, and the encouragement for children and vulnerable people to transition.

i think it's probably best to make it clear what i personally believe and how it compares to gender ideology. the first thing is sex and gender. there are two sexes, male and female, and two genders, man and woman, which are attributed to the two sexes, being made up of stereotypes, expectations, roles, etc. i think that this is something everybody can agree on, bar the two genders, but more on that later. the first disagreement comes with the topic of intersex conditions/dsd's. i see many claims that intersex is kind of like a secret third gender, that somehow validates the existence of transgenderism, but this is just simply not true. im not a doctor or anything, so do take what i say with a grain of salt, but people with dsd's are still male or female. for example, klinefelter syndrome only affects males, and turners syndrome only affects females. personally, i think it is disgusting to refer to people with dsd's as a third gender. suggesting somebody is less of a man or less of a woman because of a medical condition? and then to use them to justify your made up gender? it's insulting and offensive, and causes nothing but more problems and misconceptions about dsd's.

but back to gender, i believe in the abolition (sounds extreme aha, but i can't currently think of a better word) of gender, that it is useless and promotes sexism. this is not a simple process, it will not happen quickly, and it will never fully happen. we as humans naturally stereotype, that's just simply who we are. however, i do certainly think that we can work towards the goal of abolition, which we were doing until covid hit. ideas of men wearing dresses, makeup, painting their nails was become more mainstream, the move away from the concept of gendered toys was encouraged, there was a big push for women to enter stem. now these things were not perfect, nor were they revolutionary, however they were definitely a start. however, during covid gender ideology was pushed on social media more than it had ever in the past.