This was actually a good read ( I was sent it, I don't visit the guardian site); I may even read a couple of these books:
Feminists do not need to have read Butler or Beauvoir to be influenced by them; many Marxists, after all, have not read Marx. And of course, the trans experience did not begin with Butler. Any discussion of trans identities and politics must start with trans authors. But if the impasse between Beauvoirian, gender-critical feminists on the one hand, and Butlerian and queer feminists on the other, is ever to be overcome, it is essential to acknowledge the philosophical basis as well as the practical implications of their disagreement. In particular, it should be recognised that, as the scope of the terms “trans” and “transgender” have expanded to include a range of identities, no longer referring only to people who have undergone a medical or surgical transition, the relationship between trans activism and feminism has also shifted.
That’s because of the importance placed by gender-critical feminists, including me, on the body. Of course we don’t agree on everything, any more than LGBTQ activists do. But broadly speaking, our analysis is that women’s lives are shaped by their physical differences from males as well as the cultural meanings derived from these. The exploitation of women’s domestic and caring labour, for example, is linked to (though not justified by) our role in reproduction. Female anatomy makes us vulnerable in specific ways to sexual violence, such as pregnancy from rape. Our breasts are the most common site of cancers among women.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/30/feminists-anti-trans-idea-sex-gender-oppression?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other&fbclid=IwAR2GZQbirbjKi2CEkHTC83mLIvAcHKL2IwJSqFsmxzNylhHGW-bu7wN2h4Y
