As a trans person, I would agree that there are biological differences in the abstract.
It’s just that those biological differences are much more complex than most people (on either side of the argument) are generally willing to admit.
Some cisgender women have unusually high testosterone. Some cisgender men have unusually high estrogen. Some cisgender people are biologically intersex and don’t discover this until well into adulthood. And some trans people delay puberty and don’t actually go through the puberty of their genders assigned at birth.
The problem we see with cases like Imane Khelif’s is that “biological sex” doesn’t fit into neat boxes, and forcing social structures to pretend otherwise ultimately ends up perpetuating racism, classism, and the patriarchy.
That said, yes, unironically, girls rock. And we should keep society from repressing the ways that girls rock in the name of conformity: masculinity should not be the default.
As a trans person, I would agree that there are biological differences in the abstract.
It’s just that those biological differences are much more complex than most people (on either side of the argument) are generally willing to admit.
Some cisgender women have unusually high testosterone. Some cisgender men have unusually high estrogen. Some cisgender people are biologically intersex and don’t discover this until well into adulthood. And some trans people delay puberty and don’t actually go through the puberty of their genders assigned at birth.
The problem we see with cases like Imane Khelif’s is that “biological sex” doesn’t fit into neat boxes, and forcing social structures to pretend otherwise ultimately ends up perpetuating racism, classism, and the patriarchy.
That said, yes, unironically, girls rock. And we should keep society from repressing the ways that girls rock in the name of conformity: masculinity should not be the default.