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Originally Posted by Ammi

…I think that there are some ‘genuine sides’ who would be fine and open to discuss it…(…I don’t like the use of ‘sides’ as a term as such because I think there is quite a hit of common ground but there is a lot of progression still to get with conversations…)….but I’ve stated before that I feel there is some disingenuous intent and jumping on a bandwagon when I refer to bigotry…sexism and lack of support for many feminist related issues until the ‘transgender’ flag is waved and then …oh….

…as I say, I don’t feel that this is a good place to have such conversations but I do appreciate that there is some genuine willingness to have them from some and that’s sad and frustrating also…

I honestly think the vast majority of people (women, trans community, everyone) is more than open to the discussion but the fringes on both sides are so dogmatic and aggressive that it simply literally isn’t safe to do so. In fact I don’t just think, I know. I personally know academics who have withdrawn from research and academic discussion of these issues because of the level of threats, intimidation and harassment. It is extremely worrying.