Transphobic “gender critical” women say trans women are men, but they treat us the same way misogynistic men treat women, which really suggests they *actually* see us as women, just of a lower form.
One day it is my hope that transphobic cis women will come to see trans women as critically insightful in the fight for women’s equality. Trans women have a particularly unique perspective on the inequalities and privileges that exist because we transcend the dividing lines.
When you dive into this “gender critical” world, you find they’re not *really* gender critical. They’re actually just transgender critical. It’s a fancy way of dressing up transphobia to make it more palatable for the ignorant masses who have little experience with trans people.