Love Harry Potter but Not the Author!

WitchyPrincess06 said:

my point is, I love harry potter but I do not support J.K. Rowlings views in anyway shape or form

I thought JK was supporting (biological) womens rights and when there was a conflict with trans rights she sided with (biological) women.

From what I have read (admittedly I do not have a deep knowledge of the history of these events) she has been consistent i her view and has largely only defended herself form personal attacks with barbed sarcasm.

I don't see why we are expecting her to side with trans people when it is at a detriment to (biological) women.

To me this is the core of the conflict - can anyone clarify if this is factually incorrect? Please keep opinions out of the response as I'm just trying to understand the facts of the situation.

I'm just going to post about this once and then I'll be turning off notifications on this thread because this isn't what I use this forum for.

Initially JKR was speaking about biological women's rights and safety, but due to some of the pushback she got from some possibly extreme trans women and trans supporters it's now gone way beyond that.

Under the guise of 'keeping women safe in womens spaces' she now goes out of her way to publicly call out any person who doesn't fit into her ideal of what a woman should look like. This has included androgynous, queer, intersex and heterosexual women who have been challenged and bullied out of women's spaces simply for the way they choose to dress. This law she's used her millions to push through not only makes it less safe for women but also less safe for trans men. She's also aligned herself with and financed far right figures and hate groups.

Thanks to this law women can now be challenged and ordered to prove their gender for not looking female enough. Thanks to this law now any man could walk into a women's space claiming to be a trans man or 'biological woman'. Thanks to this law trans women will have to use men's spaces where I'm pretty sure they will feel far less safe and will be far more at risk of abuse and/or assault. I'm sure Joanne can now feel safe in her cubicle without having to wonder what genitals the person in the next cubicle has. Does any sane person actually wonder this?

During the Olympics JKR publicly shamed professional boxer Imane Khelif calling her a man when she is a biological woman. Her lot often get it wrong, and far too often. In March this year in Texas a biological woman identifying as a 'stud lesbian' was ejected from a womens bathroom by police and accused of being a man. Granted they're a lot more extreme over there, but with Reform on the rise how long will it be before that happens here?

She's not a well woman, and she only cares about her own little middle class ideal of what women should look like. Why does she get to decide that? Why does anyone? My wish for her fitting end is to be forever hounded by angry biological women who no longer feel safe expressing their identity and entering women's spaces thanks to her hate and fearmongering campaigns. That's what she has created and I hope she reaps the whirlwind for it. She refuses to back down and deserves no peace after this.

Additional...

Transgender people are far more likely to be survivors of sexual assault than perpetrators.50% of transgender people have been sexually abused or assaulted during their lifetime.

A man who wants to attack women isn't going to take any notice of a Women Only sign. There are far more risks to women's safety by men than a hypothetical man dressing up as a woman to enter a women's space to attack women.

Trans people, and trans women especially, are at far greater risk of assault by men than women are at risk from a man pretending to be trans to enter a space to attack women. This is a case of 'man bites dog' for how rare it actually is and most often trans people are attacked just for being trans..

I'm just going to post about this once and then I'll be turning off notifications on this thread because this isn't what I use this forum for.

Initially JKR was speaking about biological women's rights and safety, but due to some of the pushback she got from some possibly extreme trans women and trans supporters it's now gone way beyond that.

Under the guise of 'keeping women safe in womens spaces' she now goes out of her way to publicly call out any person who doesn't fit into her ideal of what a woman should look like. This has included androgynous, queer, intersex and heterosexual women who have been challenged and bullied out of women's spaces simply for the way they choose to dress. This law she's used her millions to push through not only makes it less safe for women but also less safe for trans men. She's also aligned herself with and financed far right figures and hate groups.

Thanks to this law women can now be challenged and ordered to prove their gender for not looking female enough. Thanks to this law now any man could walk into a women's space claiming to be a trans man or 'biological woman'. Thanks to this law trans women will have to use men's spaces where I'm pretty sure they will feel far less safe and will be far more at risk of abuse and/or assault. I'm sure Joanne can now feel safe in her cubicle without having to wonder what genitals the person in the next cubicle has. Does any sane person actually wonder this?

During the Olympics JKR publicly shamed professional boxer Imane Khelif calling her a man when she is a biological woman. Her lot often get it wrong, and far too often. In March this year in Texas a biological woman identifying as a 'stud lesbian' was ejected from a womens bathroom by police and accused of being a man. Granted they're a lot more extreme over there, but with Reform on the rise how long will it be before that happens here?

She's not a well woman, and she only cares about her own little middle class ideal of what women should look like. Why does she get to decide that? Why does anyone? My wish for her fitting end is to be forever hounded by angry biological women who no longer feel safe expressing their identity and entering women's spaces thanks to her hate and fearmongering campaigns. That's what she has created and I hope she reaps the whirlwind for it. She refuses to back down and deserves no peace after this.

Additional...

Transgender people are far more likely to be survivors of sexual assault than perpetrators.50% of transgender people have been sexually abused or assaulted during their lifetime.

A man who wants to attack women isn't going to take any notice of a Women Only sign. There are far more risks to women's safety by men than a hypothetical man dressing up as a woman to enter a women's space to attack women.

Trans people, and trans women especially, are at far greater risk of assault by men than women are at risk from a man pretending to be trans to enter a space to attack women. This is a case of 'man bites dog' for how rare it actually is and most often trans people are attacked just for being trans..