'Dilbert' dropped, drag discussed, and who was Los Angeles' first woman of color bookstore owner
,” Feb. 23]. It was great to read about the way drag intentionally confounds sexism’s definitions about what a desirable woman or real man looks like. And how drag, for even nonperforming young and old, can be a courageous act of defending their own sense of self.
I was disappointed that Mary McNamara, whose columns I usually enjoy, decided to use her platform to weigh in against J.K. Rowling and Rowling’s defense of women-only spaces [“Rather than have empathy for women who have been physically abused by men or women who have been raped, McNamara’s snarky column seemed only to have empathy for trans women who still have male genitals and wish to use women-only spaces.
What does McNamara mean? Rowling does not claim to have insight into the transgender community. She claims to have insight from her own experience into the community of women who have experienced abuse at the hands of men or who fear that they could become a victim of male sexual violence.It is not transphobic to state the fact that women continue to suffer sexual violence and abuse at the hands of men and deserve women-only safe spaces.
Perhaps one can argue that point if women were totally equal to men and were valued and loved, but that is not reality. So until women have equality and value, no male sexual organs allowed in women’s locker rooms.Thank you to McNamara for saying what she said about J.K. Rowling. It simply needed to be said.I was pleased to see that the L.A.
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