# Religion, Transphobia and Category Errors

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**Created:** [February 4, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-transphobia-and-category-errors/1013878 "2025-02-04T17:08:53Z")\
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> [@Gyrate](#):
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> Well, apart from the fact that the “socially approved mainstream feminism” version is evidence-based and is about empowering women, and the anti-trans (and anti- other groups) one is baseless fearmongering designed to disempower women.

They arise from the same set of beliefs, and have equivalent effects on women. But that’s not what this thread is about. If you want to defend basing fear of different groups on whether they are more intersectionally disadvantaged than you, you can start another one.

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