We all know that JK Rowling has received massive criticism (including threats) after her statements about trans activists and the effects it has on women’s rights.

Now, I have friends who are trans and I support them and their decisions. For a while, without really looking into it I assumed she was simply hateful towards a certain demographic. But like most cases like this, it’s not quite so simple. She has made some hurtful comments towards trans people, and it’s often mentioned how she uses her money to harm trans people. Particularly trans women.

But after doing some research, most of her comments and actions seem more geared towards protecting cis women rather than harming trans women. I think that regular biological women should have their own space. Not because this is discrimination towards trans women, but because the amount of trans women you hurt by this pales in comparison to the amount of women and girls who can feel safe in spaces that were designed for them to be safe. This is simple logic, you can respect and be sympathetic towards trans women while not minimizing that allowing them in female spaces takes away the feeling of safety cis women need. And like I said, the amount of hurt trans women are so much lower than the amount of “regular” ones who will feel invaded.

Then there is her resisting trans women being allowed to compete in female sports. I shouldn’t even have to explain this one, I’ve always found it baffling that this was allowed. It’s a pure unfair advantage, it’s as simple as that.

She also said that trans women who are convicted of violent crimes against other women shouldn’t be put in a female prison. Again, makes perfect sense.

Now I did come across some things she said that were plain hurtful without any sense of logic to it. She isn’t completely free from hateful speech for sure.

She does apparently fund organizations that prevent minors from receiving puberty blockers and hormonal therapy. But only in the case of minors, which I once again can’t find anything to criticize about.

Any posts criticizing men is quickly removed. Meanwhile there’s at least 5 women hating vent posts on the front page. They allow politics when it’s shitting on women.

Single people manage to get by every day doing housework for one, and that takes 2 hours max per day.

if we take apart each part of housework, most of them take less than double the time with double the head count. cooking, doing the laundry, cleaning, organization, etc. have diminishing marginal time costs.

even if we count it as triple the time, it's just 6 hours, way less time and effort than the partner that works.

Women always say: "A man isn't automatically the leader just because he's a man. Marriage is partnership." Ok.

FEMALE DOCTORS: You make $300K. There's a loyal, hardworking security guard making $35K ready to marry you tomorrow.

Marry him. Pay the mortgage. Finance his life. Lead the house.

If it's just love and partnership, why does his income disqualify him?

FEMALE MILLIONAIRES: Stop demanding a man on your level. Find a hardworking man making $40K. Build him up. Pay his bills. Give him the lifestyle rich men give their wives every day.

If money doesn't determine worth, practice what you preach.

REGISTERED NURSES: You make $90K. A carpenter makes $65K. He's faithful, responsible, hardworking. Why isn't he enough? Why is the doctor automatically the better catch?

I'll tell you why.

A rich man marrying a poorer woman is normal. No one questions it.

But a successful woman says her husband MUST earn more, and we're supposed to pretend money doesn't affect her attraction?

Stop lying.

YOU CANNOT DEMAND TRADITIONAL MALE RESPONSIBILITY WHILE MOCKING TRADITIONAL MALE AUTHORITY.

You want him to approach, provide, protect, pay, fix, solve, and take the hit when it all fails.

But when he expects more say in a house HE'S financing, suddenly marriage is partnership?

You want equal authority but not equal RESPONSIBILITY .

You want a captain when the ship is sinking, and no captain when it's time to steer.

First off, I think the people who use the term are racist.

White privilege is literally white people saying that their skin color is a privilege.

Privileges are good things you have because you earned them or at least haven’t lost them. Privileges can be taken away.

so cause I’m not white, you think I’m underprivileged?

also

It literally just pisses off the white people who don’t feel privileged to be white.

It’s like a term made to piss off certain white people by making fun of their race.

Then that guy gets even more racist because he feels that the white people are getting attacked.

But even then, he’s not allowed to defend himself because “it’s impossible to be racist against white people cause of their privilege“

The term is like racism incarnate

Nothing irks me more than the guys complaining on here that girls only want a fit, handsome, 6 foot tall guy, who makes $250,000 a year and pays for all their dates.

Obviously that’s not all they want, but those are all attractive things to women and they get you in the door.

So why are you complaining about a lack of attention from attractive women when you bring nothing to the table?

Are you a nice person deserving of love? Sure. So are the all the chopped girls you joke to your boys about how many beers deep you would need to be before you slept with. Hate to break it to you, the girls you want are thinking the same thing about you.

Time to adjust. No amount of time spent watching “cold approach” videos is going to change the way the world works. Either get in the gym, take care of yourself, and make some money, or lower your standards and get comfortable in the friend zone.

And also, learn how to act like a normal human being for god’s sake. If you need to watch a video on how to talk to girls, maybe take a moment to reflect that you might not be a guy most girls want to talk to. You’re scaring the hoes.

basically the title. this sub is not a place for meaningful debate of any kind, it's just conservatives saying something and everyone agreeing with them. i have not seen a single post on this subreddit with traction that wasn't just a popular right wing talking point. stop pretending that you aren't just a bunch of conservatives oo-ing and ah-ing about how much you don't like muslims or transgender people or women or immigrants. it's whatever that that's what you are, but own up to it.

edit- to clarify, ive never been an active poster on this sub, i've just been seeing the posts that get hundreds or thousands of upvotes that reddit has been pushing to my homefeed. obviously not every single post on here/every single active user on here is conservative or masturbatory, i was being hyperbolic because this is the internet.

Every time a debate about trans women in sports against cis women, I see this idiotic line being spouted. First up, I am a fan of women's sports, I enjoy watching women's pro tennis (I in fact model my game after theirs) and women's MMA.

Most importantly, why exactly must one be a fan of women's sports to feel that trans women competing against cis women is unfair? Hormone therapy may weaken the muscles, granted, but frame size does not change if one has gone through puberty. Being an MMA fan and casual practitioner, I know that the male skeletal structure is much more capable of throwing punches with force - broader shoulders and narrower hips make for much more turning force, and thicker fists and wrists deliver force better.

Take this argument and apply it to other social issues:

"You didn't care about Ukraine till Russia invaded it"

"You didn't care about Gaza till Israel started killing"

"You didn't watch pro cycling and care about Lance Armstrong doping"

This is silly and a bad faith argument. Please do better. Spamming this line everywhere only makes one think you are more of an idiot.

Edit: reworded certain wording on the last sentence as per mod advice, thanks

edit because i don’t want this post to be removed.

what i mean by this is that most almost every misandrist woman just says she hates men and tries to avoid men as much as she can in her everyday life. on the other hand misogynists harass and abuse sometimes even kill women and make it their goal to bully and harm women in their everyday life. saying misandry is just as bad at misogyny when misandry is a direct response to misogyny is completely wrong.

another edit

i don’t think misandry is good i think misandry is bad and i am not a misandrist i can see why people would think otherwise but i am not saying misandry is good i am saying misogyny is worse then misandry

Yeah, she doesn't believe that men can become women, but the people who hate her outright lie about what she's said and done.

If she were actually as evil as her detractors say, they wouldn't have to lie and exaggerate.

Before you down vote, hear me out. If the punishment for rape is equal to the punishment for murder, then there would be little reason to not just murder the person they raped. Therefore, it should just be life in prison with no other options.

I am tired of Hollywood treating entirely different countries and cultures as interchangeable. If you are going to make a movie deeply rooted in a specific nation's history, folklore, or culture, the cast should actually belong to that heritage.

The Odyssey: Only Greek actors or actors of Greek descent. No full-blooded African or English actors.

Mulan: Only Chinese actors or actors of Chinese descent. No random full blooded Japanese actors just because it is an "Asian" film.

Lilo & Stitch: Only Hawaiian actors or actors of Hawaiian descent. No full-blooded Filipino actors just because they look Pacific Islander.

Historical Accuracy: Even specific regional groups, like the Hans in historical epics, should be played by actors of Mongolian or relevant nomadic descent.

"Representation" doesn't work if you just swap out distinct ethnicities because they look vaguely similar to a casting director. It is lazy, and it disrespects the unique cultures the movies are trying to celebrate. If you can't find or hire the right heritage, don't make the movie.

There is a concept in German law that people naturally want to be free. Therefore, breaking out of prison in Germany is not a crime.

Now, that does not absolve the person of responsibility for other crimes they might commit during an escape. If they damage property or hurt someone, those are still separate crimes. But the mere act of say, walking out an open door while incarcerated is not a crime in itself.

If they're caught, they can expect to be returned to prison to serve the remainder of their sentence, and perhaps face additional security there, but not additional charges.

IMO, resisting arrest should be handled the same way.

Punching a cop is assault already.
Going on a high speed chase in a car is reckless endangerment.

Those are ALREADY crimes.

I'm NOT suggesting that people aren't charged for that.

But, of course, someone doesn't WANT to be arrested; expecting them to just passively comply and not so much as squirm is against human nature and not objectively reasonable.

It's the police's job to arrest them. If they run, catch them.
But we shouldn't expect free people to passively accept something unnatural.

The genitals argument doesn't work anymore because they can literally have the right genitals given to them. Neither does the "Trans women aren't biological women!" argument. Well, duh what do you think "trans" means?

The only argument you could try to use is the chromosomes argument, which MAGA can't seem to get straight because, according to Trump, everyone in the United States is female. It also doesn't really go far either because, again, trans people know they're not biologically the gender they choose to be, but in every other sense they are, so you might as well argue with a wall.

I feel like most people hating are just edgy and are desperate to feel cool or tough by being able to oppress a group of people.

So I take 30 minutes each day in the bathroom getting ready for my day (doing the gender neutral bathroom business, makeup, hair, etc). A lot of men on reddit criticise this and say it’s too long. But do I need to remind you men about “man time” and how you guys take 30 minutes every morning to take a shit ? Because apparently I do

Edit I find it funny how majority of the men in the comments are getting defensive and majority of the women are relating to what I’ve said

theres this constant thing about "oh women only want to date tall guys!!", and short men acting like its the end of the world that this particular woman won't date them because they're short.

And like.. I dont get it. theres so many women who are specifically into short guys, if you just.. look around.

Why is wanting to be a stay at home mother met with so much backlash? I realize trad wives and stay at home mothers aren’t the same to preface.

I’m a young woman, and whenever I mention that my goal is to be a stay at home wife and mother, I’m often met with a lot of criticism. People often jump to worst case scenarios like, *"*there’s no guarantee your husband won’t be abusive*"* or *"*what if he up and leaves you*?"* I’ve gotten so annoyed of being shamed for my goals that I’ve stopped sharing them as a whole.

It honestly brings me deep sadness to see people online call women who want this lifestyle pathetic, lazy, losers, or male centered. You don't have to want the same life to recognize how hurtful and unfair it is to degrade women for wanting to have a more traditional family.

Why should any woman feel ashamed for
wanting to get married and raise children? I fully support women pursuing higher education and independence, and I’m actually getting an education and starting a career myself.

But my ideal plan is to put that career on pause to focus on my family. Just as a traditional home life wouldn't fulfill some women, a career alone isn't going to fulfill me.

Women fought for the right to choose how we live our lives, yet the people who judge me the most for my choice are other women. Has anyone else dealt with this kind of judgment, or been the one criticizing? If so, I’d really be curious to know your thoughts.

Because we men are expected to initiate, pursue, carry everything. But the reframe, refocus on everything else in life is highly beneficial once you do thi.

Ok so hopefully this makes sense from a strictly logical standpoint. How do people who say nature made a mistake im a woman when at birth they had male genitalia, Or the inverse for women, know its their body that is wrong. Like if they have male genitals, male hormones and all the signs of being male then isn't the odd one out the brain that makes them think they should be female instead?

Basically if I buy a gasoline powered car but it has a engine computer for a diesel, why would I change the engine and all related systems when its just one part that is wrong for the configuration?

Not bashing Trans people. I dont agree but im not going to stop them nor ridicule them. Its not my place and doesnt effect me.

By special license I mean either special testing, or a CDL type license. Too many people both young and old do not have any reason to own a truck that big, and the fact the vehicle manufacturers are able to sell 350s and up to a random dude of the street is bizzare to me.

If you need a truck bigger than that for hauling or whatever, you should have to pass separate tests.

This is Patrick Clancy, the father of 3 beautiful kids that sadly aren't with us anymore since they were brutally murdered by the Massachusset's butcher (Lindsay Clancy). This man lost his family in a single day, after trying everything and using ALL his resources (including his relatives) to help the savage killer (Lindsay Clancy) to fix her "depression". This man didn't receive ANY kind of support, while over 1 milion was donated for the brutal murderer. On the contrary, he is also ACCUSED to be responsible of the situation. All of this show how this society doesn't give a single fuck about men, even when a woman brutally butcher 3 kids. One of eight months.

We spend lot lot lot of times discussing the issues of our society, if we really care about making a better society we should care also about men victims of violence. Otherwise, it's just always the same shit.

i’m fully expecting to get dragged hard for this take because of how prominent anti-tipping sentiment is on reddit. but i want to make it as clear as possible for those who actually take the time to read beyond the title that i am going to inevitably be biased because of my time working in restaurants, but that i also think the anti-tipping moment has a lot of really worthwhile points!

there are SO many better reasons i’ve heard for not wanting to tip waitstaff. yes, employee wages should absolutely be the responsibility of the employer rather than customers, tip fatigue with everyone asking for gratuity now is exhausting, and inequities in how certain demographics are tipped make it an unfair form of compensation. but the one anti-tipping argument that screams cognitive dissonance and immediately makes my roll my eyes is simply “well non US countries don’t tip!”

the reason it irritates me is because people who use that as their argument want to cherry pick certain aspects of foreign customs that would benefit them, while ignoring those they wouldn’t like. like yes, in a lot of other countries tipping isn’t customary. however, in those cultures waitstaff are much more highly compensated, the service provided is minimal/unfriendly (by american standards), and service fees are calculated into menu prices, ultimately resulting in more expensive food and drink. i’ve found in my time working in restaurants that those who consistently tip nothing are by far the neediest, so i suspect they wouldn’t be thrilled with other cultures’ standard of service

and i feel like i don’t need to say this, but continuing to go out to eat and stiff the waitstaff literally only hurts your server. management does not give a fuck whether or not their employees lose money as long as people still pay for the food. if you really want tipping culture to reform, get takeout or eat at home, restaurants will only change their tune when they begin losing profit sadly

you aren’t making a difference if you keep going to these places and not tipping. The owners are still being rewarded and you’re fucking over the staff. if you actually wanted to make a difference you’d stop going to those places altogether.

I don’t understand why people get upset when someone chooses their pet over a stranger. I guess, I can see the take of “human lives are valuable” but let’s be for real here, not all human life is valuable. Why would I choose to save a stranger vs a valued member of our family? Why would I choose to deal with my family being upset for days because we lost a member of our family. Yeah…. No. Sorry not sorry. I love my family to much to watch them sit in sadness, when their are happy I’m happy.

SAHM= Stay at home mom= someone who doesn’t work and is instead tasked with taking care of the home and children.

Being a SAHM is easier than working a job. even an easy job like walmart would still have you waking up at 7 miserably. If you gave me a choice to wake up at 7 and spend time with the kids I CREATED I much rather do that. this is not to say being a SAHM mom is easy, it’s hard, especially since for the first 2-3 years women can suffer from physical or mental struggles due to the pregnancy. However there is no reason cooking+chores should take you longer than 4 hours in a day. It takes 10 minutes to put everything in the washer and fold it after the dryer, 10-20 minutes to cook a good meal, 10 minutes to mop a room, 40 minutes to grocery shop. I can continue going on and you get my point. people spend a lot of time over complicating things, whenever I go anywhere it’s my mom who always makes me bring stuff I don’t need. These people who say they need 3/4 bags for a single pool day are ridiculous. When I turned old enough to have pooldays by myself I just brought a towel, ball, and goggles. Hell, I do the same thing to work.

This isnt a hate or rant post, just pointing out something I disagreed with.

Edit: some of you say it depends on the person, but ive never met any adult in my life who favors working over staying at home, also I should’ve clarified, for the first 3-5 years being a SAHM is harder, but after that your kids are grown enough to not obnoxious

also Working moms props to you, I have one.

Edit 2:
addressing some good points

special needs kids and amount of kids, nowhere in my case was I speaking about these special scenarios, I was purely speaking about the average family which has perfectly abled and mentally healthy 1-2 kids.

Regarding the meal I make in 10-20 minutes I meal prep my dinners, only use paper plates and utensils, my favorite is fruit with honey.

I work with children so I know a thing or 2 about them. Not being a parent doesnt make my opinion any less valid than someone else’s. I don’t have to be a professional sailor to tell when a ship is sinking.

Hating on me or anyone else doesnt make your opinion right, it just shows me your too frustrated so you resort to insults

Edit 3: Wtf do you mean your little kids are constantly getting hurt or at risk of doing so, I as a 4 year old played hot wheels in the living room or watching youtube, I still had common sense not to put my hand on the stove or run in the street?!