I’ve seen people talk about actors and artists that had a terrible time.
My own would be Anne Rice. She wrote Interview with the Vampire after her young daughter died of Leukemia. Then her husband suddenly died of a brain hemorrhage. I suspect her Christian, anti-fanfic phase was a result of mental illness and manipulation from the publishers, although I don’t think she ever apologized.
I don’t agree with her but I can see why she feels the way she does as a woman. I think it’s a lot more nuanced issue than many people want it to be. Like, lots of teenagers feel very uncomfortable in their bodies and it’s not wrong to say you should learn to accept yourself (or at least that should be the first thing people hear), and I mean that for anything, big nose, freckles, etc. People make a lot of mistakes at that age. And I think it’s sexist to not support men wanting to be women because being a woman is a totally valid thing to want to be but I think some people who view being a woman more as being a victim find it off putting, like you scored the lottery being a man so get out of my space. And well, the whole sports thing is not a good look.
I think she feels like she is in the right and so just keeps buckling down and looking crazier and crazier.
Finally someone reasonable
Except this is the attitude of “racism would go away if we all just stopped talking about race”.
No, it wouldn’t. Because our culture is racist.
Ignoring the problem doesn’t make it go away, just like pretending gender isn’t a big deal doesn’t make gender roles go away.
Because that is the identity within our culture that is most comfortable for the person. Acknowledging that is not an advocation for the system, it’s harm reduction within the system.
And the first step to abolishing gender is disassociating it from sex.
Not to claim that you think differently, just expanding on that line.