Is there any way to combine an essentialist ideology with a trans-inclusive feminist agenda? There may be no way to reason with extremists like Janice G. Raymond, who are (more or less) essentialists (as well as, of course, gender supremacists and bigots, which are NOT part of the general essentialist contingent) but is it possible to allow transsexuals equality in an ideology that unites women through their biology? Is it fair to force male-identified women to identify with females, simply because they were born with a female body? Can one's mode of thinking alone allow identification with the female population?