Caroline Sims retweetet
I have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and a genetic predisposition for endometriosis.
The pain gets so bad or I lose so much blood that I pass out, haemorrhage, or end up in hospital. I might not be able to have kids because of it.
I am sick of men cosplaying our suffering.
A man can identify as a woman.
But he will never be female.
Endometriosis and PCOS are debilitating conditions which affect one in ten women.
WOMEN.
Only women.
You will never feel the heartbreak of miscarrying a child, the agony of dysmenorrhea, the fear of being told as a teenager that the biological process your body was built for will cause decades of pain and suffering.
Our biology is not your label.
Our suffering is not your kink.
Our bodies are not your costume.
If a straight cisgender woman was hired as a transgender representative, the trans community would be outraged.
So why is it okay for a man to be hired for a woman’s job? We deserve advocates and representatives who actually understand us.
Our bodies.
Our disease.
Our choice.
If you were born with a penis, you will never know what it’s like to be a woman. Stop fetishising the female experience.
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