# Gender, race, and other issues (split off from Doper Demographics thread)

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**Created:** [September 7, 2022, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-race-and-other-issues-split-off-from-doper-demographics-thread/971091 "2022-09-07T00:09:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-race-and-other-issues-split-off-from-doper-demographics-thread/971091/189 "2022-09-08T18:07:30Z")

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I think this sums it up:

> [@Pronouns and idiot fascists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronouns-and-idiot-fascists/970369/146):
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> It’s labeled “women’s” but that means nothing because women means nothing now. Ok.

> [@So-Called “Cancel Culture”, Social Media and Bullying](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-called-cancel-culture-social-media-and-bullying/917676/427):
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> Transmen are female. Females can use female spaces. It doesn’t matter what they look like. Female spaces are reserved for people with female anatomy, with female biological needs.
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> Transwomen have male anatomy. _Their appearance is irrelevant in terms of policy._ It is only relevant in terms of illustrating the folly of using self-identification as the _sole_ basis for distinguishing between men from transwomen.

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