So here, J. Serano is talking about the consequences of opositional sexism (i.e feminity = opposite of masculinity, women = opposite of man)
First problem : with the idea that feminity and masculinity are opposite, you can't say that there are different kind of women, or men, there is only one for each.
Second problem : how could you possibly love or be something and the exact opposite ? (= "how could you be bisexual ? bigender ?")
Third problem : with that idea, if men are strong, then women are weak, if one is smart, the other one is dumb...
Fourth : How could you be feminime and be a man ?
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Accord to J. Serano, oppositional sexism is one the most important mechanism at the roots of transphobia (but not only), and the main problem is that many feminist are actually using that kind of idea. Sometimes, they don't want to do harm, but saying that men and women are neceseraly different is not the best idea for feminism, and for trans rights
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