We have become a society where some publications and entities consider it perfectly possible and even undeniable that a man can "give birth" or "have periods", because they have fully accepted and moreover promoting the post-modernist idea that if a woman says she is a man, then that's a hard undeniable irrefutable written-in-stone fact and holy gospel that cannot be questioned, doubted, criticized or denied (and if you even try, you'll face dire consequences for your blasphemy and apostasy). Thus they will ask questions like "can a man give birth?" and answer in the positive, in all seriousness. Or write articles like "the first man to give birth".
This is nothing more than a redefinition of words for sociopolitical purposes. An Orwellian redefinition of the language, as a tool to exert power, control and dominance over society.
A "woman" is by definition a female human, who has female reproductive organs capable of becoming pregnant and giving birth to a child (barring some disease, deformity or accident that makes it not possible; however, the organs and the biology are still there.)
A "man" is by definition a male human, who has male reproductive organs, which are not the ones capable of becoming pregnant and giving birth to a child.
Period.
That's the definition of those two words. A woman does not become a man just because she says so, any more than she becomes a dolphin or a lion just because she says so. Physical reality does not change just because people say so. Your words, opinions and personal views mean nothing when it comes to physical reality. Reality is not shaped by your opinions. You can repeat the opposite all you like, but that doesn't make it true.
Of course people are completely free to say whatever they like, and claim whatever they like. If someone claims that he's a wolf, he can freely do so all day long for all I care. As long as he's not hurting anybody or severely inconveniencing anybody, he can have his fantasy all he likes.
However, where this crosses the line is when this gets legislated. It crosses the line, severely, when the police comes to knock on your door because you don't accept a woman calling herself a man or vice-versa. When you go to jail because you don't want to engage in this fantasy wordplay. That's when it stops being ok.
"Misgendering someone" is most definitely and absolutely not something that should be criminalized. The government has absolutely no business in this kind of compelled speech in a free constitutional society that has freedom of speech guarantees. People are free to have their fantasies if they like, but they should not have the power to force other people to participate in those fantasies by law.
This is nothing more than a redefinition of words for sociopolitical purposes. An Orwellian redefinition of the language, as a tool to exert power, control and dominance over society.
A "woman" is by definition a female human, who has female reproductive organs capable of becoming pregnant and giving birth to a child (barring some disease, deformity or accident that makes it not possible; however, the organs and the biology are still there.)
A "man" is by definition a male human, who has male reproductive organs, which are not the ones capable of becoming pregnant and giving birth to a child.
Period.
That's the definition of those two words. A woman does not become a man just because she says so, any more than she becomes a dolphin or a lion just because she says so. Physical reality does not change just because people say so. Your words, opinions and personal views mean nothing when it comes to physical reality. Reality is not shaped by your opinions. You can repeat the opposite all you like, but that doesn't make it true.
Of course people are completely free to say whatever they like, and claim whatever they like. If someone claims that he's a wolf, he can freely do so all day long for all I care. As long as he's not hurting anybody or severely inconveniencing anybody, he can have his fantasy all he likes.
However, where this crosses the line is when this gets legislated. It crosses the line, severely, when the police comes to knock on your door because you don't accept a woman calling herself a man or vice-versa. When you go to jail because you don't want to engage in this fantasy wordplay. That's when it stops being ok.
"Misgendering someone" is most definitely and absolutely not something that should be criminalized. The government has absolutely no business in this kind of compelled speech in a free constitutional society that has freedom of speech guarantees. People are free to have their fantasies if they like, but they should not have the power to force other people to participate in those fantasies by law.
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