The media continues to ignore the leftist feminist critique of “gender identity”

November 15, 2022

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On November 8, 2022, the Washington Post published this piece, called “Americans’ support for transgender rights has declined. Here’s why.” Two days later, I wrote this letter to the editor to the Washington Post’s editorial board.

In their Nov. 8 piece, “Americans’ support for transgender rights has declined. Here’s why,” Kelsy Burke and Emily Kazyak frame opposition to “transgenderism” as coming from the political right, especially white evangelicals and Republicans. That is not accurate. Increasingly, rank-and-file Democrats are coming to terms with what I refer to as the abolition of sex (by which I mean the replacement of sex with “gender identity” in law and throughout society). This has implications for everyone, but for women and girls in particular, which have not been adequately considered.

Radical feminists and LGB activists - nearly all on the political left - know that the material reality of sex exists. There is a reason that sexism and homophobia exist. If you can’t say what sex is, you can’t fight sexism or protect same-sex attraction. “Trans” obscures all of that to everyone’s detriment - particularly lesbians who are being told they must include men (which is what “transwomen” are), with or without penises, in their dating pools.

The Declaration on Women’s Sex-Based Rights is a call to protect women and girls, including lesbians, on the basis of sex, all over the world and at every level of government. I encourage readers to sign it.

Kara Dansky

Washington D.C.

Kara Dansky is the president of the U.S. chapter of Women’s Declaration International and author of the book The Abolition of Sex: How the ‘Transgender’ Agenda Harms Women and Girls.

I did not receive a response. 

On November 9, 2022, the Guardian published this piece, called “US states vote to protect reproductive rights in rebuke to anti-abortion push.” The next day, I submitted this letter to the editor to the Guardian’s editorial board:

In the Nov. 9 piece, “US states vote to protect reproductive rights in rebuke to anti-abortion push,” Poppy Noor and Gabrielle Canon are correct that a few states on Tuesday voted to protect abortion rights.

In their piece they mention Michigan’s Prop 3, which creates a state constitutional right for “individuals” (with no mention of women) to terminate a pregnancy. Unfortunately, they neglect to mention that the same law also creates a state constitutional right for “individuals” (with no mention of age) to sterilize themselves. In other words, this law establishes that any child can now freely consent to sterilization with no parental notification in Michigan.

The U.S. chapter of Women’s Declaration International unconditionally supports the right of women and adolescent girls to access abortion on demand and without apology. We are also gravely concerned that if minors who have adopted a “transgender” identity learn about this new constitutional right, they will flock to Michigan to undergo dangerous hormonal and possibly surgical procedures. We are additionally concerned that along the way, these unaccompanied minors will be vulnerable to dangerous predators seeking to lure them into sex trafficking. We highly doubt that Michigan voters were aware of this provision when they voted to enact the law. 

The Declaration on Women’s Sex-Based Rights is a call to protect women and girls on the basis of sex, all over the world and at every level of government. I encourage readers to sign it.

Kara Dansky

Washington D.C.

Kara Dansky is the president of the U.S. chapter of Women’s Declaration International and author of the book The Abolition of Sex: How the ‘Transgender’ Agenda Harms Women and Girls.

I did not receive a response to that one either.

Both times, I followed all of the letter submission guidelines: I kept to applicable word limitations, submitted the letter in the body of the email message, and provided all necessary identifying information.

It is not at all out of the ordinary for a media outlet not to respond to letters to the editor. I know this in part because it has happened countless times to me over the years, and ordinarily it’s not a big deal. I am only highlighting it now because I, like many others, are becoming very tired of the legacy media’s steadfast refusal to acknowledge the leftist feminist critique of “gender identity.”

Regular readers and Twitter followers will know that I frequently express this frustration on Twitter, where I will tweet something at these handles:

@MSNBC @NBCNews @NBCNightlyNews @ABC @CBSNews @AP @washingtonpost @nytimes @CNN @andersoncooper @USATODAY @NPRPolitics @democracynow @maddow @thehill @MeetThePress @businessinsider @latimes @60Minutes @NYMag @TheAtlantic @Newsweek @EconUS

Please feel absolutely free to use that list yourself. They can’t ignore us all forever.