J.K. Rowling, author of the “Harry Potter” books, has been at the forefront of the fight against the effort to redefine the term “woman.” In so doing, she has constantly raised the ire of those seeking to force progressive gender ideology on society.
The author has been the target of numerous cancelation attempts. Recently, she challenged a law in Scotland that could criminalize those who offend the tender sensibilities of the trans lobby in the country.
Rowling has stood strong against those seeking to force everyone else to pretend men can become women and vice versa. Her genius lies in her seemingly magical ability to clearly identify the multitude of problems with the arguments coming from the trans activist community.
In a recent exchange on X, she got to the core of the issue while going at it with trans activist types. She responded to an X user who argued that TERFs (Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminists) “think that they own the definition of what a woman is” and that they “want to reduce all women to solely their reproductive organs.”
Rowling replied, pointing out the folly of the user’s argument.
I don’t ‘reduce myself’ to my womb when I say I’m a woman any more than I reduce myself to my ears when I say I’m not deaf. These are facts. There is no liberation for women in pretending their sex class isn’t definable. If men can be women, there is no such thing as a woman.
I don't 'reduce myself' to my womb when I say I'm a woman any more than I reduce myself to my ears when I say I'm not deaf. These are facts. There is no liberation for women in pretending their sex class isn't definable. If men can be women, there is no such thing as a woman. pic.twitter.com/ziqinxaAYA
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) April 25, 2024
In response, another user named Orchia Minn, who appears to be a biological male experiencing gender dysphoria, argued that he is a woman and “This is the hill on which I plant my flag.”
Rowling responded, asking how anyone can “take away a belief,” and affirmed that the individual is “perfectly free” to believe they are a woman. “But other people are free to know you’re a man.”
How can I or anyone take away a belief? You're perfectly free to believe you're a woman, but other people are free to know you're a man.
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) April 25, 2024
Another pro-trans user stepped up, arguing that “Pretending to *know* what other people are when they are telling you otherwise is the epitome of hubris and conceit.”
The author easily slapped down that ridiculous argument.
Lecturing women on what a woman is, why they don’t deserve rights, why their boundaries are illegitimate and why men’s feelings matter more than theirs have been favourite pastimes of a certain kind of man throughout the ages. Thank you for outing yourself as a proper misogynist.
Lecturing women on what a woman is, why they don't deserve rights, why their boundaries are illegitimate and why men's feelings matter more than theirs have been favourite pastimes of a certain kind of man throughout the ages. Thank you for outing yourself as a proper misogynist.
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) April 25, 2024
In that last post, Rowling summed up the issue nicely. The notion that men who believe they are women should be allowed to intrude on women’s spaces while also redefining what a woman is is the very height of misogyny.
Indeed, in the past, men who chose to identify as the opposite gender never actually insisted they were actual women. They knew that using hormones, surgery, and other methods wasn’t actually turning them into the opposite sex.
I’ve spoken with “old school” transgender individuals, and they balk at today’s trans movement, which tries to compel people to affirm that men with gender dysphoria are actual women. In previous years, members of the trans community still respected women. What the hard left is doing with gender today is a relatively new concept that is very much steeped in misogyny.
This movement is constantly pushing to include biological males in women’s sports regardless of the unfairness and dangers to females. They want men to occupy women’s restrooms and locker rooms.
Rowling is right. The hard left seeks to completely redefine what a woman is. They seek to weaponize societal and government power to force us to go along with the illusion. This is why it is so important for sensible people to refuse to let up in the fight against these people.
