It’s not a contradiction that cis women claim to know trans people better than we know ourselves (as they critique cis men for doing the same to the them). It’s not ironic that cis women legislate around trans bodies (as they condemn cis men for doing the same to them). It’s not a discrepancy that cis women deploy the rhetoric of biology to justify discrimination against trans people (as they denounce cis men for using it to discredit them).
It’s just two sides of the same coin. Trans exclusionary feminism is patriarchy. So many women are fighting for cis privilege, not against patriarchy. There’s a difference.
This is not about a few bad apples. This is about a system of patriarchy which rewards people for upholding heteronormativity, sustaining the gender binary, and distancing from gender non-conformity.
Womanhood is far more expansive than reproductive function. There are plenty of men and non-binary people who can give birth and plenty of women who cannot.
But this has never been about facts or even cognition. This has always been about a deep, ingrained hatred and distrust of us. In order for patriarchy to work we must be demeaned and disappeared.
It makes me so sad. So scared. So, so tired.