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Why is the idea of ‘gender’ provoking backlash the world over? | Judith Butler
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 21 Apr 2025
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Some people get angry when they don't understand something, and a lot of those same people are often unwilling or unable to make an effort at understanding things.
Yeah, something that I've noticed about a lot of people that have strong opinions about transgender people is that it's clear that they've never once taken the time to get to know anything about the people that they hate.
I've spoken to one person that thought non-binary and bisexual are the same thing. And looked confused when I tried to explain the difference. And another person speaking about trans women saying "if they like men, why don't they just be gay?" It seems to me that most people don't differentiate between biological sex, gender and sexual attraction. And when they think they're talking about one, they're actually talking about another.
It's just plain ignorance all around. Willing ignorance. Like people with first grade maths education trying to dictate the rules of calculus.
And I understand that no one knows everything, especially when they haven't been exposed to certain things in their lives. Before I started spending time in certain circles, I was clueless about things that seem obvious to me now. So I get that.
But then they need to shut the fuck up and sit back down, if they're not planning on ever actually enlightening themselves. They need to go back to their small worlds that their small minds can handle and leave the rest of us alone.
I don't hate that they lack knowledge. I hate that they lack knowledge, make no effort to change that but have strong opinions about things that they know fuck all about anyway.
Very well said