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Topic | Which (if any) MeToo-type reveals have impacted your enjoyment of a work? |
Forceful_Dragon 02/24/21 12:56:56 PM #46: | JK Rowling does seem not understand the difference between Biological Sex (as defined by having XX or XY Chromosomes) and someone's Gender Identity (as defined by a person's own psychological view of themselves). When that comes up it feels like a very Black Lives Matter vs All Lives Matter sort of thing. "We are saying Black Lives Matter to call attention to the racial inequality that black people experience" "Yeah, but wouldn't you say that ALL lives matter too? ALL includes black people too." "I mean sure, but that isn't the POINT. That isn't the conversation that we're having right now." . "We are discussing gender identities because that is how we personally feel about ourselves and how we identity ourselves as people" "Yeah, but male and female are different things! Chromosomes. Science. Etc." "I mean sure, but that is not relevant to gender identity. Those are different things" Like you might as well respond by saying "Lima is the capital of Peru". It might be a factual statement, but it just doesn't have anything to do with the conversation. --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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