More and more people cannot bear to say words like “men” and “women” anymore. Talk about “objectifying” sexuality . . . Consider this recent article from Healthline:

Here’s an excerpt:

‘Do Vulva Owners Like Sex?’ Is the Wrong Question — Here’s What You Should Ask Instead. . . . Some do like sex and some don’t. Just like some penis owners like sex and some don’t.

This question, in and of itself, isn’t great, though. It makes some broad generalizations and assumptions about people and sex in general.

So instead of asking whether vulva owners like sex, you should really be focusing on the person you want to have sex with, and ask them how they feel, what they want, and what they need.

Here’s an article about a recent ad by Tampa.  Same issue:

Wilfred Reilly recently Tweeted this question:

I responded: I once (on Joe Rogan’s show) heard [trans man] Buck Angel say that there are men and there are “trans men.” Would that distinction help out? Nothing derogatory about either. Nothing hierarchical. Nothing anti-scientific. Nothing confusing.

BTW, Buck Angel wants nothing to do with modern “trans activists.” He feels they are setting back trans acceptance. A few recent Tweets by Buck Angel:

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Buck Angel does not consider “transsexual” to be a derogatory term:

BA: I have to tell you that I’m disliked and liked in this community. […] I do consider myself transexual and not transgender. As you know, that’s considered a derogatory term, which is very insulting to me on many levels. I don’t relate to all of the identities under the umbrella. I am none of those. I had a sex change. I really wanted to become a man and so I did that through hormones and surgery and I live my life as male.

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One more:

As you can see, We are in the middle of a highly dysfunctional ongoing debate over nomenclature and it is neither necessary nor productive.  Open-minded and good-hearted people would be able find a way to allow the 99%+ of us who were born as male or female to continue using those terms (and “men” and “women”) without apology, as we’ve done for many hundreds of years, while also finding psychologically and politically neutral ways to describe people who were born as one sex but live their lives as another.  It should go without saying, but I will say: People who have transitioned from one sex/gender to the other are fully human, should never be harassed for their decisions and should be protected under the law like anyone else.