If we fully deny that biological sex is attached to gender, as well as deny that there are 2 of them (as opposed to 0 or infinite), we cannot properly uphold the cause of Feminism.

It would be so much easier to tweet the approved hashtags – because of course trans rights are human rights and of course trans lives matter – scoop up the woke cookies and bask in a virtue-signalling afterglow. There’s joy, relief and safety in conformity. As Simone de Beauvoir also wrote, “… without a doubt it is more comfortable to endure blind bondage than to work for one’s liberation; the dead, too, are better suited to the earth than the living.”

Huge numbers of women are justifiably terrified by the trans activists; I know this because so many have got in touch with me to tell their stories. They’re afraid of doxxing, of losing their jobs or their livelihoods, and of violence.

But endlessly unpleasant as its constant targeting of me has been, I refuse to bow down to a movement that I believe is doing demonstrable harm in seeking to erode ‘woman’ as a political and biological class and offering cover to predators like few before it. I stand alongside the brave women and men, gay, straight and trans, who’re standing up for freedom of speech and thought, and for the rights and safety of some of the most vulnerable in our society: young gay kids, fragile teenagers, and women who’re reliant on and wish to retain their single sex spaces. Polls show those women are in the vast majority, and exclude only those privileged or lucky enough never to have come up against male violence or sexual assault, and who’ve never troubled to educate themselves on how prevalent it is.

The one thing that gives me hope is that the women who can protest and organise, are doing so, and they have some truly decent men and trans people alongside them. Political parties seeking to appease the loudest voices in this debate are ignoring women’s concerns at their peril. In the UK, women are reaching out to each other across party lines, concerned about the erosion of their hard-won rights and widespread intimidation. None of the gender critical women I’ve talked to hates trans people; on the contrary. Many of them became interested in this issue in the first place out of concern for trans youth, and they’re hugely sympathetic towards trans adults who simply want to live their lives, but who’re facing a backlash for a brand of activism they don’t endorse. The supreme irony is that the attempt to silence women with the word ‘TERF’ may have pushed more young women towards radical feminism than the movement’s seen in decades.

"That is fantastic but once we begin to count people who were born male and want to be called she/her as female and let them rob females of world records and medals, what is that? I wonder why trans men are not wanting to be identified as their trans gender in sports."

"This was of course not a major issue early on, since earlier on trans people were essentially drag queens or females who cut their hair short and had a butch sense in fashion, meaning both identified as the same 'gender' as their 'birth sex' would imply. A drag queen would admit 'he' was a 'he' quite happily/readily when asked and a butch dressing female would do the same with 'she'. The prounouns actually were a source of pride and happiness for both. The idea being liberating what it meant to be a man or woman. A man could dress in a skirt, wear lipstick and be proud of his cock and masculinity regardless. A woman could cut her hair short, wear a shirt instead of a blouse, wear trousers, be assertive and proud of her vagina regardless."

"The notion of transgender girls having an unfair advantage comes from the idea that testosterone causes physical changes such as an increase in muscle mass. But transgender girls are not the only girls with high testosterone levels. An estimated 10 percent of women have polycystic ovarian syndrome, which results in elevated testosterone levels. They are not banned from female sports. Transgender girls on puberty blockers, on the other hand, have negligible testosterone levels. Yet these state bills would force them to play with the boys. Plus, the athletic advantage conferred by testosterone is equivocal. As Katrina Karkazis, a senior visiting fellow and expert on testosterone and bioethics at Yale University explains, “Studies of testosterone levels in athletes do not show any clear, consistent relationship between testosterone and athletic performance. Sometimes testosterone is associated with better performance, but other studies show weak links or no links. And yet others show testosterone is associated with worse performance.” The bills’ premises lack scientific validity." [2]

"Along with psychologists like Stoller, feminists found it useful to distinguish sex and gender. This enabled them to argue that many differences between women and men were socially produced and, therefore, changeable. Gayle Rubin (for instance) uses the phrase ‘sex/gender system’ in order to describe “a set of arrangements by which the biological raw material of human sex and procreation is shaped by human, social intervention”" [3] 

"T. A person who has 'transitioned' went from the gender associated with their birth sex to the other/opposite one" [Pro-Round 1]

"Men become women or women become men, that is the entire way that 'transitioning' was the word that later was shortened to 'trans' evolved" [Pro-Round 1] 

"When someone hates their body to the level they want to pay a surgeon to mutilate their genitalia beyond recognitin and also beyond any positive use, in order to mimic that of the other biological sex, we are not allowed to say they have issues with their self-esteem, nor are we able to suggest they get psychiatric care. On the other hand, these same people are able to admit they have a mental disorder 'gender dysphoria' in order to justify you leaving them alone." [Pro-Round 1] 

"Okay, so I do actually have an issue with both, why can't the trans woman admit 'she' s a very feminine male? Why can't the trans man admit 'he' is a very masculine female"

"I will tell you why. It is because they both have ironically caved in and enabled gender roles by what they've done. Instead of going 'I am a male who likes my hair long and to wear makeup and watch chick flicks and do things many females do' this male-sex individual has gone and said 'I am a female because I do these things that society has branded as something women do and I want you to accept me for doing them so please call me she/her'. This individual probably experiences a lot of bullying and teasing for being as feminine as they are (sometimes by females, not just males and sometimes their own parents). So, they seek to transition in order to escape the hellish situation, they seek to blend in with the other gender by taking hormones and undergoing plastic surgeries of varying complexities to pass as that gender. "

"Do not let them think you need to go by 'she' or 'her'. You don't. You are a man and you are feminine and that is perfectly okay. I do not understand why gender dysphoria is officially able to be a mental disorder people admit they have and then we can't help them treat it and handle it."

• the root of egalitarian treatment is a biological imperative
  
• the root of egalitarian treatment is the exclusiveness of gender
  

This implies that the reason we wish for equity among sexes is that there is a genetic component to sex and that without that genetic component there would be no proper feminism, which.. further implies that the reason that feminists want equity among sexes is that they are genetically determined to be women. I could interpret this as Pro arguing that feminism is valid because women do not "choose" to be oppressed. To be blunt, this is all bullshit. There is no genetic foundation for the equity of sexes, if anything - the fact that there is sexual dimorphism is the cause of discrimination against women - the foundation for the equity of sexes is one of ethics and morals it would be a non-sequitur to conclude that genetics is the root of equity whenever those same genetics are the entire reason that women are oppressed generally.

That is to say that the fact that gender isn't necessarily equitable to biological components, and that there are more than two genders actually improve the equity of women to men, and help prevent further discrimination. The notion that what society views as our gender is our gender propagates ideas of natural hierarchies among sexes - that because you are born as A - you should act as B - gender identity fights against this notion - it objects that you were even born as A - A here can be what is identified as the sex of an individual, or it can be the stereotype of that sex, either way - the idea of a hierarchy is fought against....the concept of there being non-biological based sex or gender will, in general, fight against gender differentiation and harmful stereotypes. The mere concept of these things helps bolster the equity of the sexes and stops further discrimination - which of course means that you can uphold the causes of feminism. 

• Inner Guide
  
• 2a - Woke used as as Adjective
  
• 2b - Gender Identity & Gender Roles
  

The deep irony here is obvious to me. My opponent has a problem whenever people don't coincide with the concepts that society puts onto them, whenever someone insists that they have a right to their identity- -if that is not the core root of what Feminism is, then it has changed since I last read that encyclopedia page....Pro does not seem to actually understand gender identity. It is not as if such a thing is a choice - one does not "choose" to be female or male, they simply are - and as it happens what society associates as their gender are simply wrong. Similar, one might say, to how what people assume of women to be capable of are simply wrong. 

• "Pro does not seem to actually understand gender identity. It is not as if such a thing is a choice - one does not "choose" to be female or male, they simply are - and as it happens what society associates as their gender are simply wrong"
  

"The establishment of gender identity is a complex phenomenon and the diversity of gender expression argues against a simple or unitary explanation. For this reason, the extent to which it is determined by social vs biological (ie, genes and hormones) factors continues to be debated vigorously.17 The biological basis of gender identity cannot be modelled in animals and is best studied in people who identify with a gender that is different from the sex of their genitals, in particular transsexual people. Several extensive reviews by Dick Swaab and coworkers elaborate the current evidence for an array of prenatal factors that influence gender identity, including genes and hormones.18–20" (2)

• Transgender - "adj. having or relating to a gender identity that differs from the culturally determined gender roles for one’s birth sex (i.e., the biological sex one was born with) or for one’s sex as surgically assigned at birth." [B]
  
• Gender Roles - "the pattern of behavior, personality traits, and attitudes that define masculinity or femininity in a particular culture. It frequently is considered the external manifestation of the internalized gender identity, although the two are not necessarily consistent with one another." [G]
  
• Gender Identity - "one’s self-identification as male or female. Although the dominant approach in psychology for many years had been to regard gender identity as residing in individuals, the important influence of societal structures, cultural expectations, and personal interactions in its development is now recognized as well. Significant evidence now exists to support the conceptualization of gender identity as influenced by both environmental and biological factors." [H]
  

Pro fundamentally misunderstands - this is as if someone were arguing - "You are a heterosexual who isn't attracted to females, and you should own that! Don't go have sex with other guys!" You are talking about denying a fundamental identity - research has definitively demnstrated. Pro makes it sounds as if society is making them identify with their gender identity- this is absurd, transpeople identify with the gender THEY feel are true, AGAINST society - the mere fact that Pro does not like women who are more masculine does not mean that transpeople somehow hurt feminism.

Notice Voters, that the majority of Pro's arguments have nothing to do with the resolution - where he has he demonstrated that identifying gender as not genetic inhibits feminism? Where has he even mentioned the number of genders? Notice voters, that Pro has not even brought up these points, he instead goes on a massive red herring that isn't even true. If Pro can actually affirm his resolution, I will grant more direct responses, until then this general rebuttal ought to do.