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Transgenderism = incompatible with feminism

Much of the discussion surrounding transgenderism concerns the idea of "male body but female brain" or vice versa. Doesn't this directly conflict with feminist efforts for "equality" in areas such as STEM degrees and high-paying jobs where feminists have traditionally argued that biology is insignificant and current inequalities are entirely socially constructed?

Reply 1

InArduisFouette

ah the conflation of the ignorant ...

there are social constructs in relation to what jobs are deemed 'acceptable' or 'normal' based on the gender people present as ...

this is seperate from the arguements over what each gender are good at ...

teaching, especially at primary school level has increasingly been seen as a job for genetic females ( some people get overly frothed at the thought of LGBT or none vanilla heterosexuals teaching)

Nursing is a career loaded with socially constructed gender issues , as is Medicine ... physio has some gender related constructions ( i.e. an assumption that male physios are likely to want to leave the NHS quickly for a well paid job in professional sports )

Reply 2

dudemanbro

Original post by zippyRN

ah the conflation of the ignorant ...

OK mate no need to behave like a patronising arrogant ****

there are social constructs in relation to what jobs are deemed 'acceptable' or 'normal' based on the gender people present as ...

this is seperate from the arguements over what each gender are good at

The two are not entirely separate.

Currently there's a drive to get more women into STEM-related courses and jobs. Essentially what I'm arguing is that women are simply not interested in these jobs because of (at least in part) biology. This is a factor that contributes to the overall "wage gap". Yet feminists refuse to admit that perhaps women just don't want to go into these jobs, not because of fear of entering a male-dominated environment or because of "acceptability", but because they are biologically suited to other roles like teaching, nursing and others that tend to involve more utilisation of broadly female strengths such as social skills.