Dumpington
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J.K. Rowling, the popular author of all of those "Harry Potter" books, recently tweeted out her support for a woman named Maya Forstater, age 45, a tax expert & researcher at the Centre for Global Development (CGD), who lost her job after expressing her view that human beings cannot change their sex - and that a transwoman remains, despite their expressed gender identity, essentially male.
https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/stat...rowling-has-changed-the-transgender-debate**F - (J.K. Rowling's controversial tweet)
Dress however you please.
Call yourself whatever you like.
Sleep with any consenting adult who’ll have you.
Live your best life in peace and security.
But force women out of their jobs for stating that sex is real?
#IStandWithMaya #ThisIsNotADrill
A lot of people feel this same way, but live in fear the backlash of speaking out, including the accusations of transphobia. Yet slowly, slowly, things are starting to change. More people are starting to talk, calmly and sensibly, about a matter of policy and culture that needs more discussion. Bit by bit, more people are starting to see that this is an issue that can and should be talked about.
That turning of the tide has been slow and modest, but with this tweet the pace has quickened - a lot. The gender debate is an event that many people have been waiting for. And now J.K. Rowling has spoken. In a single tweet, the woman who gave us Harry Potter, has quite deliberately entered a debate that many people have avoided for too long.
Maya Forstater lost her job for expressing her view that human beings cannot change sex and that a transwoman remains, despite their expressed gender identity, essentially male. You might think that is a statement of biological reality, but Forstater lost an employment tribunal case this past week.
But now, JK Rowling, who has 14 million followers on Twitter and a good claim to being one of the most popular and even beloved women in the world today, has entered the fray. And as a result, people are going to talk about this, and about her.
You can't underestimate the courage it has took for Rowling to do this. It’s easy to say ‘well, she’s got billions and a huge platform – what took her so long?’ but that’s unfair. With that fame comes pressure and scrutiny that the rest of us cannot imagine. By entering this arena, she is exposing herself to significant risks, volumes of criticism beyond anything most of humanity will ever experience. The woman has courage.
https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/stat...rowling-has-changed-the-transgender-debate**F - (J.K. Rowling's controversial tweet)
Dress however you please.
Call yourself whatever you like.
Sleep with any consenting adult who’ll have you.
Live your best life in peace and security.
But force women out of their jobs for stating that sex is real?
#IStandWithMaya #ThisIsNotADrill
A lot of people feel this same way, but live in fear the backlash of speaking out, including the accusations of transphobia. Yet slowly, slowly, things are starting to change. More people are starting to talk, calmly and sensibly, about a matter of policy and culture that needs more discussion. Bit by bit, more people are starting to see that this is an issue that can and should be talked about.
That turning of the tide has been slow and modest, but with this tweet the pace has quickened - a lot. The gender debate is an event that many people have been waiting for. And now J.K. Rowling has spoken. In a single tweet, the woman who gave us Harry Potter, has quite deliberately entered a debate that many people have avoided for too long.
Maya Forstater lost her job for expressing her view that human beings cannot change sex and that a transwoman remains, despite their expressed gender identity, essentially male. You might think that is a statement of biological reality, but Forstater lost an employment tribunal case this past week.
But now, JK Rowling, who has 14 million followers on Twitter and a good claim to being one of the most popular and even beloved women in the world today, has entered the fray. And as a result, people are going to talk about this, and about her.
You can't underestimate the courage it has took for Rowling to do this. It’s easy to say ‘well, she’s got billions and a huge platform – what took her so long?’ but that’s unfair. With that fame comes pressure and scrutiny that the rest of us cannot imagine. By entering this arena, she is exposing herself to significant risks, volumes of criticism beyond anything most of humanity will ever experience. The woman has courage.
