I believe feminists have tried very hard to have this discussion. How do we ensure everyone's rights and safety? Where does fairness lie? I don't know a single feminist who doesn't acknowledge that trans people also, of course, are victims of sexual violence. But at the moment, there seems to be a very black and white view on the other side of the argument. It's everything or nothing. The men particularly arguing that this isn't a risk alarm me candidly. Are they naive? Do they not know what their fellow men do? There are a lot of critics who say you and your comments are giving fuel to the right. This is why many left-wing feminists in particular
Host Megan Phelps-Roper asks J.K. Rowling to respond to pushback from some of her critics. The two also discuss the difficulty of discernment—why it can be so hard to know what’s right.
Produced by Andy Mills, Matthew Boll, Megan Phelps-Roper, with special thanks to Candace Mittel Kahn and Emily Yoffe.
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