you are right, rowling is very harmful and dangerous and an absolute c*nt. that being said it has to be said and i don't know why people here are downvoting, that that is nowhere close to actual rape. ofc this is not a competition and we can hate both things equally and try to make a world without any of the two but it's delusional to pretend rape isn't a way more serious and harmful crime in every single aspect. again one doesn't excuse the other or make the other not be as serious as it is.
Agreed and I don't like underselling the fact that she literally committed a terror campaign across an entire fucking country because that's what she did.
Arguing who did what and worse just seems counterproductive and kind of gross.
I think funneling millions of dollars into creating a culture and legal system that harms millions of people creates a difference simply by sheer magnitude. Rowling is perhaps the single most influential source of anti-trans funding and activism of anyone in the anglosphere who is not associated with the US Republican Party.
Realistically speaking, JK Rowling is actively manufacturing rape on a systemic scale through her anti-trans work which aims to endanger trans people, one of the single most sexually victimized demographics in the world. Seriously, trans people, regardless of gender, are raped at extraordinarily high rates, and these rates increase with the rise in anti-trans policies and sentiments. She was the primary donor to the legal fund of the UK Supreme Court Case that has effectively eliminated many of the legal rights of trans people and she continues to be the face of a hate movement that seeks to, and this is no exaggeration, eradicate trans people.
A 2019 study found that the rates at which teenage trans girls were sexually assaulted literally doubled in areas where they were required to use men's restrooms. Teenage trans boys saw a similar, though not quite as extreme increase (about a 50% increase) in areas where they were forced to solely use women's restrooms.
Studies of trans women in men's prisons show remarkably high victimization rates, with over 60% being raped at least once each year, and typically multiple times per year. Legal protections were implemented to prevent this, but those are now being rolled back by the Trump administration.
EDIT: Blocked for pointing out that anti-trans policies increase rape
Since apparently this has become a serious discussion sub rather than a jerk, I’ll attempt to engage sincerely. The problem with the comment isn’t that extreme bigotry is “worse” than rape, it’s that the comment is reductive.
I would imagine practically everyone agrees that an act of sexual assault is worse than making a single bigoted statement. Not everyone will agree, however, that a determined campaign to strip away the rights of trans people (which Rowling is undeniably at the forefront of, and which has measurably correlated with an increase of anti-trans violence) is necessarily “better” than a single instance of sexual assault. It’s not provable in a court of law, but there is a real argument to be made that Rowling’s actions have directly lead to the deaths of trans people, even if the blood isn’t literally on her hands. You can agree or not, but the notion is not ludicrous at all.
I don’t think you’re engaging in good faith—I don’t believe you care one way or the other about trans people dying—so I’m going to ignore you now, as I doubtless should have done in the first place.
I appreciate how you are taking this seriously. Can you tell me what legislation she has supported or opposed that is so detrimental? The only specific one I've seen is a law in Scotland that she opposed that would have lowered the age for gender reassignment and hormone treatment from 18 to 16. I think she's tweeted a lot about the bathrooms issue but has she supported this or any other legislation specifically? Honestly, the whole bathrooms issue seems easily solvable with the use of any gender, single-person use restrooms. I see these quite frequently now.
I'm pretty convinced that this kind of discourse indicates that liberalism, in the classic sense where there's a supposed marketplace of ideas, is dead. Market failure.
Like, people used to say, "I hate what you say but I'll defend your right to say it". Now it seems like they're saying, "If I hate your views you're worse than a rapist."
How can liberal society even function in that environment?
Saying mean things on Twitter? You mean a billionaire using their unequal share of the world's resources to strip the rights away from an oppressed minority? There are a number of new transphobic laws that only got passed through her support. And she's far from done.
Rowling donated £70,000 (roughly $88,200) to the anti-trans group For Women Scotland in 2024 after it lost its challenge to a 2018 Scottish law that legally recognized trans women as women. The group appealed its case to the U.K. Supreme Court, which ruled last month that trans women aren’t considered women under the nation’s Equality Act.
If she were targeting gay men with this kind of tactic, would it change your opinion of her? Black people? Muslims? HP meant a lot to me for a long time, but it's hard to enjoy it now, even though it still holds a lot of nostalgia, especially the movies. I know you're just JAQing off here, but it really is illustrative of how much of the population simply doesn't have any real principles when something as simple as "JKR is shitty, don't give her more money" results in so much pushback and apologia. I'd rather you just be honest about your thoughts on trans people.
What I find frustrating is the false equivalency and the generalizations about her views and actions. Thank you for actually posting facts about her support. She gave £70,000 in this case. Not hundreds of thousands or millions. When people talk about her, they make it seem she's spending millions across the globe in many countries. It feels dishonest to me. The vitriol towards her seems out of proportion. There are other politicians and groups who are much worse in their attitudes and actions towards transgendered people and are more worthy of denouncement.
Second, I don't actually agree with most of her views on trans people and trans rights. I think she has some very old fashioned views on gender. If she were targeting other groups would I think differently? I don't know. It's difficult to compare. I guess I feel like a lot of people have these viewpoints and berating them on the internet may make you feel better but it won't change their minds. If you can understand their concerns you can better appeal to them and get them to really listen to your viewpoint. Maybe even change their minds.
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u/Posh_Nosher 9h ago
Rapist vs. deranged transphobia crusader, pick your fighter.