In ... 'defence?' of Iran (which is the big one for it IIRC?) I'm pretty sure they do it as a punishment for being gay as an alternative for death. It could just be seen as a form of mutilation over there. It doesn't seem to be the same as Western trannyism; which seems more like predatory men using it as a way of enforcing power over others.
No. Actually, nobody knows why Iran recognized transgender identities after the Islamic Revolution. In fact, that was a
religious call made by the Ayatollah (despite him not actually being the highest Shi'ite cleric, but Iran always had a bit of a problem in that regard, as the nominally highest Shi'ite clerics are all seated in Iraq...), and since Iran was now an "Islamic Republic", religion became politics. But nobody knows what the Ayatollah's theological reasoning was, and rumours are that a MTF had somehow gotten his ear. So, no, this was absolutely not meant as a punishment. Even in case of homosexuals, it's more a "get out of jail" card, since the
usual punishment, and the one that is actually implemented if they refuse to identify as female, is the death penalty. Still kinda fucked up, though.
Radical feminism (radical meaning from the root) has never supported this. The biggest anti-trans movement has always been radical feminism. "Gender is a social construct" was not created by a radical feminist.
Liberal feminism is a new phenomenon which consists of women being brainwashed into doing what men want but thinking they are the ones in control. These are the feminists that are pro-trans. Notice that these feminists, that support men's wishes, are a lot more successful than radical feminists. We hear about MTF but seldom FTM.
But women must always be to blame for men's actions in a society controlled by men...
I'm pretty sure the divide between radical and liberal feminism has always existed. Trans-exclusivity or -inclusivity aside, the core difference as I have always understood is that liberal feminism strives to gives women equal rights and treatment within the existing system, whereas radical feminism sees the whole system and societal structure as inherently made by men and for men, and hence in need of a general revision. In that sense, liberal feminism is actually saner (IMO). And the issue of trans-exclusivity goes pretty much parallel to radical/liberal feminism - Rowling, for example, is not actually a TERF, as she is pretty much a trans-exclusive
liberal feminist (her whole world view is
dripping with establishment liberalism). I think the reason trans-exclusivity is so much stronger on the radical feminist side is because radical feminists have a history of, uh, mythologizing womanhood, I guess you could say. Which is pretty wacky in its own way, but has proven to be an effective defence against trans ideology.
Girls are entering puberty earlier.
Paywalled article but here’s the chart:
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And while the reason is unknown, the explanation seen as most likely by more experts is more hormones in the environment, due such things as the pill. It's a bit of a concerning trend in its own right.
what's the difference between the lib dems and labor again?
I'm not extremely familiar with uk politics.
Basically, Labour is centre-left (and yes,
centre-left, with a clear centrist and left wing), the Tories (Conservatives) are centre-right, and the LiBDems are "liberals" in the classical sense, i.e. something akin to libertarians - pro-social rights but also pro-business deregulation etc. But really, in the last twenty years mostly the latter. They had no problem propping up Cameron's Tory government, notably. And the Greens are some sort of ever shifting lunacy.
That’s not as true anymore. Labour tried to get a socialist elected last GE and he gave his pronouns. Also they HEAVILY are pushing the troon, BLM, intersectional feminism etc shit and they’re choosing “POC” politicians who shamelessly do the anti-white thing. They realised the working class vote was unreliable so they’ve switched tactics.
Extra: the Green Party members stood up in parliament and apologised for being white. Was hilarious.
Corbyn was
extremely leftwing, but after his failure at the election, the centrist wing very firmly is in control of Labour again. It's not so much "not as true anymore", but a tug-of-war between the two wings, so it's sometimes the one way, sometimes the other.
