When ”At least they know what a woman is" is said, it is usually in reference to highly patriarchal countries, groups or political parties that are oppressive to women and LGBTQ+ people and often problematic on human rights in general, suggesting that the hostility towards trans people should be seen to be more important than your own rights, political views, beliefs or moral values.
They will often make a comparison to “TRAs” who they claim don’t know what a woman is, in order to imply that the Taliban (for example) is more feminist than a so-called TRA.
The link between these patriarchal governments and groups, who oppose feminist ideals strongly, and a strict definition of womanhood may highlight the issues and motivations for establishing a simplistic definition.
Examples
At least MAGA extremists know what a woman is. DemocRATs stand with bio men pretending to be women instead of ACTUAL bio women.
At least the TUV know what a woman is, can you define what a woman is?
So predictable Jim and so tedious. At least the Tories know what a woman is.
At least they know what a woman is!
Unlike other left aligned politicians globally.At least ISIS members know what a woman is.