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Presumption of innocence until proven guilty.
We no longer live in a world where are people no longer differentiate each other based on their biological sex. Since it is still not defined what makes a woman woman or man a man, confrontations between different movement are arised. Radical femists claimed that transgender women as men cannot be defined as a women. The purpose of those peper is to determinate validity of this claim.
According to the article “What is a woman” by Michelle Goldberg, members of radical feminism believe that transgender woman cannot participate in “events organized exclusively for woman.” First of all, they claim that woman that confirm their gender have a different from transgender woman experience from. Radical feminist, Beth Elliot stated, “I will not call a male “she”; thirty-two years of suffering in this androcentric society, and of surviving, have earned me the title “woman.” Additionally, radical; feminists believe that “women think and act different from men because society force them to.” Therefore, it can be concluded that they do not deferenciate woman based on
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Radical feminists claimed that it is an evidence that transgenderism isn’t immutable and therefore transgender woman cannot be accepted and cannot use woman facilities. While it is a strong reason, we need to admit that transpeople use facilities which they identify themselves with at that moment. If they realize that it is not longer suiet them they reject it as it did Russell. During her transition shehad a sex with woman. It did not feels right to her. As a result she proclaimed herself a woman again. As practice shows, people stop their transitions and come back to their previous life and do not associate themselves with opposite sex anymore. Transgender woman should be treat as women till the moment they identify themselves this

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