SOC359H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Kate Bornstein, Trans Woman, Male Privilege
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Gender terrorists are those like ms. millot who bang their heads against a gender system which is real and natural and who then use gender to terrorize the rest of us. These are the real terrorists, the gender defenders. His vomiting can be seen not so much as a sign of revulsion as an admission of attraction, and the consequential upheaval of his gender identity and sexual orientation. The gender defender is someone who actively or by knowing inaction, defends the status quo of the existing gender system, and this perpetuates the violence of male privilege and all its social extensions. I"(cid:448)e see(cid:374) so(cid:373)e e(cid:454)a(cid:373)ples of (cid:449)hat ra(cid:455)(cid:373)o(cid:374)d fears: (cid:373)ale- to-female transsexuals entering women only spaces and attempting to assume a position of control and power. Personally, i agree that hidi(cid:374)g a(cid:374)d (cid:374)ot pro(cid:272)lai(cid:373)i(cid:374)g o(cid:374)e"s trans status is an unworthy stance, (cid:373)ore hei(cid:374)ous if o(cid:374)e"s i(cid:374)(cid:448)isi(cid:271)le status is (cid:373)ai(cid:374)tai(cid:374)ed (cid:449)ith the purpose of gai(cid:374)i(cid:374)g power.
