ALL “transphobia” is misogyny.
NOT all misogyny is “transphobia.”
So, to talk about misogyny is potentially inclusive (though not always) of the experiences of transwomen. But to talk about “transphobia” is to talk only about the experiences of male-bodied people in feminine drag (which includes altered male genitalia and breast implants – that which is not functional is merely about appearances, which is exactly what drag is – the appearance of female social inferiority).
Because “transphobia” (and I have to put it in quotes because there is so much confusion about what is actually discrimination/oppression of transpeople and that which is simply women’s refusal to have our experiences eclipsed by the experiences of male-bodied people in drag) is a manifestation of misogyny, those of us concerned with addressing the roots of things, with taking a radical approach to things, focus our attentions on the eradication of misogyny, not “transphobia.” If people didn’t hate femaleness, they wouldn’t hate transwomen. On the other hand, loving male-bodied people, surgically altered or not, doesn’t really translate into respect or affection for people in bodies that ooze, bleed, run, drip, and smell like vaginal secretions. So, there you have it.
