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You definitely are a woman because you menstruate- but also because you produce large gametes. Breastfeeding is the third stage of female reproduction: conception, pregnancy, lactation - nipple secretions in the absence of this process is fairly unsuccessful, particularly in a male body. Medically defined as galactorrhea. Doctors are ethically obliged to not experiment on human babies, particularly when sabotaging a reliable food source - Mothers Milk.

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Thank you so much! As a woman much older than you I can't tell you how reassuring it is to see someone calling out the craziness. Transplanting wombs into biological males - ugh - reminds me of the Island of Dr Moreau and similar horrors ... grotesque and what a shocking waste of resources.

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Thanks for the lovely words of encouragement Rebecca.

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Daring to openly state the biological fact that I am an "Adult Human Female" does seem to trigger anger and distain amongst those TRAs - I've seen tweets where they announce that as "they" choose to be a woman "they" are therefore more "woman" than the real ones (sic) ... such illogical thinking. Our language is now being used in the pursuit of a lie, a lie being adopted across so many Govt departments/ health services and businesses = time for women everywhere to speak up and state that Emperor really has not got any clothes on ! Policies to promote "DEI" Diversity, Equity and Inclusion have morphed now into a vehicle for Division, Equity and Insanity - just look at the Melbourne Gay Pride March 4/2/24 attack on the Police who were marching as an example, such unnecessary "virtue signalling" really backfiring now

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Yeah so much to say about the pro homophobia— oops “Pride”— march..

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Are men now 'people who produce sperm'? And would these 'people' accept this new nomenclature?I bet not

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I very much doubt it.

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If a group of doctors who treat ovarian cancer can’t use the word women we are in all sorts of trouble

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Indeed

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This is just a brilliant piece. Full of great insights. Honest and forthright and beautifully written. Thank you Julie.

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I am not sure whether to laugh or cry - 😭 - thanks Julie 🙏. There must be a new label somewhere for women like me who had a pre-menopausal hysterectomy - no uterus, no bleeding obv, but the ovaries keep on trucking. Non-Bleeding Artist Formerly Known as Woman? I'm feeling a bit Prince meets Cat Stevens meets Marina Abramovic. Cut me, I bleed.

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Natasha that is just too hilarious! 😂😂

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Desperate times, ya know ❤️

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Julie, you are articulate and have a platform. Please don't give up exposing gender ideology for the frightening deception it is.

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Bloody brilliant

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Oh yes!!!

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I reckon you are, go Girl!

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Well according to the Australian Journal of General Practitioners most recent journal Issue (Vol 53, issue 1-2) you are not deemed a woman because you bleed. In the article discussing Dysmenorrhea (painful or problematic periods)- an Update on Healthcare Management by Katie Christensen, if you menstruate you are referred to as a person AFAB (Assigned Female At Birth). This from our progressive medical body!

'Dysmenorrhoea is the most common gynaecologic condition affecting people assigned female at birth and has significant effects on immediate and long‑term quality of life. Effective treatments are widely available at low cost but often have poor uptake. There is growing evidence that a significant proportion of people with severe dysmenorrhoea will develop other persistent pain syndromes and dysmenorrhoea might be a key contributor to the development of those conditions.'

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Deep sigh. Just crazy.

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Superbly written, enjoyed it. As a gay man, a strategy I use for "nonbinary" men who are almost inevitably straight poseurs, I always ask them how they like to suck cock, evoking a look of horror worthy of a Netflix series. Your writing actually makes me imagine asking female imposter similar questions about cramping, spotting, heavy flow... until you evoke a similar horror response. I've refined my public ridicule through years of enjoying poseurs writhing, I suspect if women honed such intrusive public interrogation, it makes at least for entertainment.

As women are ovulators, the compliment term for men is hated - sperminator. Hated.

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Well that is a wild MO you have going there! 😂

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