JK Rowling reveals she is survivor of domestic abuse and sexual assault

[grumbler]

Maybe not in the demographic watched by CNN, but in a worldwide context, I am fairly certain the number of women who have no idea what a cervix is are WAY higher than those women who know but don't have one and would be confused if heard cervix and women in the same sentence.

Well, duh!    Most "individuals with a cervix" "in a worldwide context" don't speak English, so no wonder they don't know what a "cervix" is!  That's got nothing to do with the topic, of course.  The whole argument that "individuals with a cervix" is a contentious word but "women" is not strikes me as completely daft.  In fact, it strikes me as "mansplaining" though I once swore a solemn oath that i'd never use that loathsome term.

[Sheilbh]

the transphobes

Why do the sexual variations get phobe added to them but the races and genders don't?

Because "homosexualist" suggests something quite different

[HVC]

the transphobes

Why do the sexual variations get phobe added to them but the races and genders don't?

Because "homosexualist" suggests something quite different

I don't know why, but to me that sounds like someone who collects and studies homosexuals.

[merithyn]

the transphobes

Why do the sexual variations get phobe added to them but the races and genders don't?

I always assumed that it's something to do with the belief that discrimination against sexual variations is based in fear. Afraid of being treated by a man the way that most men treat women. The fear of being less than a man by being perceived as feminine. Afraid of that "variation" rubbing off, etc.

[merithyn]

In fact, it strikes me as "mansplaining" though I once swore a solemn oath that i'd never use that loathsome term.

But maybe now you know where it comes from and why.

[Tonitrus]

the transphobes

Why do the sexual variations get phobe added to them but the races and genders don't?

Sexual variations and....Islam.  

[Syt]

And xenos.

[Admiral Yi]

Sexual variations and....Islam.

Good catch.

[Eddie Teach]

And xenos.

And water. 

[Tonitrus]

We were trying to limit things to human categories. 

[Solmyr]

Humans are 60% water.

[Tonitrus]

Then just file that under autophobia. 

[Sheilbh]

I don't know why, but to me that sounds like someone who collects and studies homosexuals.

I've only ever heard it to mean gay "they're practicing homosexualist" - I think it's from Gore Vidal.

Similarly Islamist carries differnt connotations.

So in both cases adding -ist/-ism doesn't work and you need an alternative.

[Eddie Teach]

Homosexualists are the homosexualest.

[Duque de Bragança]

I don't know why, but to me that sounds like someone who collects and studies homosexuals.

I've only ever heard it to mean gay "they're practicing homosexualist" - I think it's from Gore Vidal.

Similarly Islamist carries differnt connotations.

So in both cases adding -ist/-ism doesn't work and you need an alternative.

There is always mis(o)-, or even anti, just in case.