JK Rowling's 'Transphobic' Tweet Causes Uproar Yet Again
Harry Potter's author, JK Rowling is no stranger to controversy with regards to her views and comments on transgenders. Being tagged a transphobic earlier, Rowling is now in trouble with netizens once again after sharing a Times UK article titled 'Absurdity' of police logging rapists as women.
Harry Potter's author JK Rowling is no stranger to controversy with regards to her views and comments on transgenders. Earlier tagged as a transphobic, Rowling is now in trouble with netizens once again after sharing a Times UK article titled 'Absurdity' of police logging rapists as women.
The article in question is a discussion upon a policy that will allow Scotland police to register rapes as being committed by women if the accused identifies as a woman regardless of whether they have legally changed their gender.
To this, Rowling tweeted, ¡°War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength. The Penised Individual Who Raped You Is a Woman¡±.
War is Peace.
¡ª J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) December 12, 2021
Freedom is Slavery.
Ignorance is Strength.
The Penised Individual Who Raped You Is a Woman.https://t.co/SyxFnnboM1
This quote is a reference to George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four and focuses on the themes of totalitarianism and brainwashing of the masses.
In response to Rowling's tweet, John Burns, the General Counsel to the Carolinas Clean Energy Business Association wrote, ¡°Imagine inventing as reprehensible a character as Prof. Umbridge and then deciding to be her forever.¡±
Imagine inventing as reprehensible a character as Prof. Umbridge and then deciding to be her forever.
¡ª JohnBurnsNC (@johnburnsnc) December 13, 2021
Daniel Lismore, a British fabric sculptor and designer, tweeted, ¡°Love is peace. Freedom is acceptance. Understanding is a strength. Trans women are not a danger to society. J.K Rowling loves to fuel hate towards a whole group of innocent beautiful people.¡±
Love is peace.
¡ª Daniel Lismore (@daniellismore) December 13, 2021
Freedom is acceptance.
Understanding is strength.
Trans women are not a danger to society. J.K Rowling loves to fuel hate towards a whole group of innocent beautiful people.
On the other hand, women's rights activists like Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh (Former MP and National Women's and Equalities Convenor) and Rosie Duffield (Member of Parliament) have come out in Rowling's support.
Back in June 2020, Rowling was accused of transphobia. She had expressed her disapproval of the term "people who menstruate". This term is used to include trans men (who have not undergone full transition) when it comes to talking about menstrual health.
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Rowling's critics argue that her disapproval to accept self-identification as a valid requirement for gender identity and focusing only on biological sex makes her transphobic while her supporters believe that discrediting the importance of biological sex will lead women into danger and does not make sense in a legal matter.
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