#feminism in america

[misespinas]

“The term ‘child’ marriage should perhaps be seen as a euphemism because this practice is gendered, and it is overwhelmingly girls and not boys who are subjected to it. The difference is stark, since in Mali the girl:boy ratio of marriage before age 18 is 72:1, in Kenya, 21:1, and even in the United States it is 8:1”

Sheila Jeffreys, The Industrial Vagina (2008)

[stele3]

Thoughts on the exit polls…screenshots taken from NBC’s exit poll.

Men really, really do not want to vote for a woman. I’ve seen this viewpoint branded as TERF rhetoric so lemme just say in advance that I’m non-binary. It is not TERF rhetoric to blame sexism for this loss, and I think we need to confront the ways in which, yes, sexism runs deep with U.S. men and we need MORE feminism, not less.

Trump did make some inroads among Black voters: 92% went for Biden in 2020. Way more Latino voters shifted, though: 66% voted for Biden in 2020. Asian voters also dropped from 63% in 2020. What on earth could account for the —

Support among white men dropped from 48% for Biden to 39% for Harris. Support among Black men ticked down very slightly but not much. The biggest change: Latino men went from supporting Biden by 59% in 2020 to 44% in 2024.

The bottom line: yes, it was the men. Men across multiple races and ages supported Harris less than Biden, and we need to be clear-eyed about that. Unfortunately in the short term I think that means, Absolutely do not run a female Democratic candidate in 2028. Because we can’t even talk about this issue without someone taking exception and wailing “NOT ALL MEN!!”

[sunbeamedskies]

The left SUCKS at recruiting people. And so many of you are part of the problem.

The talk about centrists and moderates being the literal devil I see constantly in online leftist spaces is one great example of the left's failure. Yes, it sucks when the people don't see how horrible the right is. But centrists are some of the most open people to discussion- and some already lean left!!

You can't demonize moderates to such an extent that you close yourself off to them and then wonder why you're losing swing states.

Centrists aren't even always people with all the privileges- you will find plenty of people who are part of marginalized groups who are concerned about politicians on all sides.

You can be a smol radical leftist bean all you want who only talks to other smol socialist and communist beans, but you're never going to make the difference you want to in the world that way. It's the cold, hard truth. It doesn't mean you have to engage in discourse with everyone- some people have no real hope of changing and are emotionally draining- just more than your bubble.

I am tired of the left eating itself alive and deranged people like Trump winning.

[pinkfemgurl]

The moment I get these cuffs off my legs I'm running for the door...

[reasonsforhope]

"Colombia’s congress has voted to change a law that allowed minors to get married with parental consent.

The proposal would make the minimum age for marriage 18, and seeks to protect the rights and development opportunities for minors. It still must be signed into law by President Gustavo Petro.

Currently, the country’s civil code allows person as young as 14 years old to get married with parental consent.

The initial proposal to reform the law – presented in 2023 – used the slogan “they’re girls, not wives” and aimed to prevent young girls from being forced to marry, to be subject to different forms of violence and to miss out on education and development opportunities.

“Minors are not sexual objects, they’re girls,” congresswoman Clara López Obregón said in a statement after the proposal was greenlit.

Child marriage remains a widespread practice worldwide and affects around 12 million girls per year, according to the UN’s agency for children, UNICEF.

But there’s been a global drop in child marriages over the past few years, according to the agency’s statistics. “Ten years ago, one in four young women aged 20 to 24 was married as a child. Today that number has fallen to one in five,” UNICEF said.

In Latin America, poverty is the main factor leading to minors getting married, according to UNICEF."

[deathtokillian]

“Your body MY choice”

My knife YOUR life

[babypenguinbird]

@/ ariannakyanne on tiktok

[jellyfishfem]

okay wait. american men said if you dont want to get pregnant, dont have sex. but now that women took their advice, they are throwing tantrums.

[sugas6thtooth]

[feministfang]

As much as i love to see the sudden rise in American women joining the 4B movement, I fear they are gonna turn it into another liberal feminist movement. They don’t even know what 4B movement actually stands for. They are so stupid. A girl is promoting it to her followers on tiktok while putting on makeup on her face. Some "feminist" guy is saying it’s about women separating themselves from male trump voters. Another girl literally commented somewhere that she is only joining the 4B movement, not 6b4t because she still wants her male friends in her life and idk what the fuck she meant by that. These clowns ruined the whole feminism, they are gonna do the same thing with the 4B movement. We shouldn’t get too excited for now. We are not winning yet. Instead, let’s promote the 6b4t movement. Make posts everywhere about what it is and tell them that it’s a RADICAL FEMINIST movement, not liberal. Otherwise, there will come a time when liberal feminists will take it over and start ditching us out of it for not being trans-inclusive and male friendly.

[mysharona1987]

This doesn’t sound healing. Sounds like she’s almost mute and borderline catatonic at times following her ordeal.

[violottie]

LOOK AT THIS CHILD. LOOK AT HER.

This is what Biden is sending "Israel" money and bombs to do. This is what America and the UK and "Israel" are doing. This is what the "free, civilised world" is paying for. This is what your taxes are paying for. This is where every penny earned by companies supporting and owned by "israel" are paying for. LOOK AT HER. THIS IS REAL. DO NOT LOOK AWAY. DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. OR ARE YOU NOT HUMAN?

from Yousef Alhelou, 14/Mar/2024:

[beauty-funny-trippy]

Ladies, don't worry, even after the Republican "Project 2025" is implemented, you and your doctor will still have full authority regarding your reproductive health — with some minor exceptions...

• The Republican Party will decide if you're allowed to use contraception, and if so, we'll decide what method we think is appropriate, and we'll make all other methods illegal.

• The moment you become pregnant, the Republican Party will gain control over your uterus via the laws we've enacted. It doesn't matter to us whether you're a 12 year old child or an adult. Whatever your opinions or individual circumstances are, we literally do not care. Unless we decide your life is in jeopardy, you will be forced to give birth. If you do not conform to our laws, you and your doctor will be sentenced to prison.

Just to be clear, we're not fascists, really we aren't. We just want control over women because women are incapable of making these private decisions on their own. That's why we're going to make you live by our "values". You and your doctor shouldn't be making decisions that will dramatically change the rest of your life. Only the Republican Party knows what's best for every uterus in America.

[miiaspeaks]

they’re everywhere.

[somethin1somethin]

If you're a woman - reject men

This is not a joke. Your life will be even worse from now on because of them. The least you can do is to tie your tubes ASAP (if you can), stock up on birth control (in case you or some other woman will need it), and never sleep with men. There will be no one to opress you if you simply won't birth men.

If you own a business, hire only women. Money is power and men are desparate to take it away from all of you right now. Don't let them.

That's it. No amount of protests will be as sucsessful as 4b. Leave men behind and let them tear each other up.

[onemore2morrow]

I don’t know if this makes sense and I’m probably gonna delete it eventually because Trump administration and internet tracking 🤪

I have seen so many white women on TikTok talk about the “4b” movement or “boycotting men”. I’ve also seen so many white women talking about a “loss for women everywhere” and “the devastating feeling of being a woman” and “is this what katniss felt like?”. And those feelings are valid, I’m not one to tell people how they can / can’t react during a world changing election. (I also know the katniss one is usually a joke).

But 53% of us couldn’t even band together to vote for a qualified black woman over a literal rapist. We need to swallow that. We need to address that. And that same 53% is commenting things like “He doesn’t want you anyway🤪” or “More for me!” on posts talking about things like a sex ban or 4B movement. There is no sisterhood, and there will be no “4B, 5B, 6B, or 7B” movement so long as 53% of white women continue to center men. Even out of those of us that did vote for Kamala or third party, some of us didn’t break up with our republican boyfriends/fiances/husbands until yesterday. And make no mistake, I am so proud of those of you who did finally find the courage to end that relationship. I’m not shaming you. But I am saying we cannot rely on this “sisterhood”.

There is no sisterhood in whiteness, because white supremacy and far-right ideologies are inherently based on in group fighting and othering. Make no mistake, you can find sisterhood in your white friends, women, and groups. But there’s a difference. Sisterhood and female solidarity has never been a part of whiteness. Which is why it is so important we center poc and specifically black voices during the next years ahead. Not to put labor on them, not as an excuse to not work, but because this “sisterhood” we speak of doesn’t exist. Not without acknowledging race. If we truly want to see change, we need to start decentralizing ourselves from the conversation. We need to unpack whiteness. And we need to unpack our main character syndromes.

What does this mean?

No handmaids tale cosplays.

No “we’re the daughters of the witches you couldn’t burn”.

No “I was raised by Katniss Everdeen”

Again, I am not saying that sisterhood doesn’t exist among white women. But I am saying sisterhood centered around whiteness will never be as strong or as potent as intersectional, anti-racist sisterhood. And if we really, really want to see change, we need to unpack this and we need to unpack this yesterday.

I hope this makes sense.

Sincerely,

An Embarrassed, Disappointed White Woman

p.s.

I’m not saying anything new. But unfortunately, if it’s from a fellow white woman I’m hoping more people will listen.