So what/if/Women have uteruses and ovaries

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Irrelevant Comment: “Women have uteruses and ovaries.”

Claim

It is often claimed that because women have uteruses and ovaries, a trans woman – who of course does not have a uterus or ovaries must not be really a woman[1]is therefore not "really" a woman.

Reality

This ignores the large number of undisputed exceptions, including:

Unless you are willing to deny womanhood to these people, you need to explain why they are allowed as exceptions while trans women are not.

Of equal importance is that "womanhood" goes way beyond reproduction, and many women (especially feminists) reject the idea that one's gender can be defined by reproductive biology.

Footnote

  1. ...in large part because medical technology does not yet make this possible, though it seems quite likely it will be one day do so.