#feminism critical

[entityinahumanbody]

women often discuss this falsely conceived notion that is perpetuated by men against us; said proposal being that a bond is formed on the conditions of a woman's degree of agreeability. naturally, the sentiment is dated and condemnable, but I've come to find that despite our collective disapproval of such an idea, we as women subconsciously nurture it among each other. we create rivalries within our own selves over the basis of whether or not we can find common ground with each other and are constantly ready to bash and patronize our like counterparts upon the birth of a conflict.

I notice that we are up to swiftly and enthusiastically abandon one another over differing viewpoints that aren't even necessarily harmful, just particularly controversial and requiring different sources of ammunition. it's disheartening to know that what we will not receive from men and therefore promise to gift each other: generosity & true compassion, is utterly diminishing before our very own eyes. not to mention that males thrive on the rifts created between women, deriving sexual and aesthetic pleasures from the idea that not even WE can find community between each other.

quite obviously, even male and female politicians, & our potential elected officials alike profit off of our divisiveness & proceed to feed the error of shame, rather than teaching genuine understanding & unity within specific groups, regardless of opposing stances, on EVERY side of the debate. there is no exception, no terrific outlier as long as this fire is fueled. it'd simply be naive to think otherwise.

fellow women, please let us do better for ourselves. we already have an excessively difficult time navigating society due to its inherently misogynistic structure - so why create MORE unnecessary tension & feud among our own cluster? we should all be endorsing the acts of genuinely listening, and being exceptionally considerate of one another.

[animentality]

[lackadaisycal-art]

I'm getting so sick of major female characters in historical media being incredibly feisty, outspoken and public defenders of women's rights with little to no realistic repercussions. Yes it feels like pandering, yes it's unrealistic and takes me out of the story, yes the dialogue almost always rings false - but beyond all that I think it does such a disservice to the women who lived during those periods. I'm not embarrassed of the women in history who didn't use every chance they had to Stick It To The Man. I'm not ashamed of women who were resigned to or enjoyed their lot in life. They weren't letting the side down by not having and representing modern gender ideals. It says a lot about how you view average ordinary women if the idea of one of your main characters behaving like one makes them seem lame and uninteresting to you.

[nando161mando]

This couldn't have happened to more deserving people

[tracritical]

[coinswallower39]

[lilithism1848]

[lorynna]

What happened to "clothes don't have a gender" and why do you need to project all of this bullshit onto your infant baby? Suddenly pink equals girl and blue equals boy again and you call yourself progressive.

[woman-eternal]

I literally love early law and order SVU because they’re so judgmental of freaky men. They find out that a guy watches porn and they’re like.. this fellow is sus. Perhaps a killer. And they’re right

[yeast-infection-enthusiast]

I literally feel like a teacher writing a huge ❓ on a student's paper everytime I go to protests lately. Why are we gathered at a prolife contra protest and you have a sign with "LGBT education in schools" written on it. Why are you shouting an environmentalist slogan. This is a pro choice protest. Why are you fragmenting the group with unrelated topics? Are you a fed? Why does every protest lately have to be a buy one get one free type of event? Why is it that when our reproductive rights are threatened we feel the need to also bring up barely related topics and take away the focus from the problem at hand?

[majchic]

[kkoffin]

gender is a conservative-made social construct btw. It has no purpose besides keeping women subordinate and dependant and making sure men join the military. It’s not an identity, it’s a method of oppression, and you are falling for it head over heels.

makeup and breast augmentation, high heels and false eyelashes aren’t “gender affirming “care””, they’re a product of capitalism that targets women, designed to make you feel ugly without them and become reliant on the industry.

Gender ideology is conservative and “gender affirming care” is capitalist. You aren’t a leftist or a communist.

Gender and capitalism doesn’t care if you’re born with a penis and doing these things, it profits just the same.

[camomileapplesyrup]

one of my biggest gripes with bdsm & "taboo" kink discourse was the overused "coping mechanism" defense that i hear oh so much. especially on twitter, from women in heterosexual relationships.

i won't go into the "not all coping mechanisms are good coping mechanisms" argument, but i will propose this;

when you are allowing a man to engage in a non consensual fantasy, or incest fantasy, or otherwise violent and abusive fantasy, what trauma is he coping with and relieving?

is he getting off to helping you re-contextualise a situation where you lost all control, in a controlled and safe environment? or is he enjoying the power to hurt & abuse you that you are offering to him on a silver platter?

and do you think, that at the end of the day, your safety & healing is what turns him on? or the fact that he can freely abuse a traumatised woman, under the guise of "fantasy" and "sexual liberation"?

[smashingmenwithbats]

lesbianism is a sexuality meant to be EXCLUSIVE, its not a girly pop friend group you can join, its not a subculture, they are not girl scouts, you cant join just because you feel like it, it's a biological reality, leave my sisters alone

[animentality]

[coinswallower39]