#radical feminism isn’t radical

[missandrisky]

Do you believe that the Female species has been enslaved and oppressed by the male species via the patriarchy for centuries on end while also believing that the only way to truly bring an end to it is to radically restructure society and remove males from positions of power that they gatekeep? Do you ALSO believe that while it isn’t appropriate or liberating in and of itself that things like sex work can be a means for personal liberation (financial freedom) OR that Women who engage in the systems that oppress them still deserve inclusion, advocacy and liberation?

You my friend are NOT a radfem you are a BADFEM (short for “bad feminist”)

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[trans-androgyne]

I want there to be fewer MRAs. Do you want that too? Do you want to know what helps us get there, from a feminist perspective?

You may not like my answer: acknowledge that sexism can affect men. Recognize that, although the patriarchy generally privileges men, they are also subject to restrictive gender roles that are harmful to them (shunning all things “feminine,” not showing emotions, being protectors/strong, never admitting being victims of SA/IPV, having to “earn” their manhood, etc.).

Give young men a place other than the right-wing manosphere to be heard about the issues they experience. If these grifters are telling them “only we understand how hard it is to be a man, the left hates you for your gender” and they look to the left and see “men claiming they have ‘problems’ are losers who just hate women, all men are trash,” do you think they’re going to be drawn towards or away from feminism?

Before you leave an angry response: no, this does not mean to center men instead of women in feminism, it just means including them at all. No, it is not “coddling” men to treat them with human dignity, you can and should continue to hold them (and every other gender) responsible for unpacking sexist beliefs. No, this does not mean it is every individual woman’s and feminist’s responsibility to prioritize men’s issues, it just means at the least not shutting them down when they do speak up about sexism. No, it is not “not all men-ing” to point out that “men are trash” sentiments hurt the feminist movement rather than helping it. Ask questions before you make accusations on this post, please. I have been abused by men too, I get it, this isn’t easy to hear.

[aalexan]

if you think men should be in women’s only spaces because of THEIR comfort go fuck yourself idc

[feminist-diary]

Why do the standards of human health differ for women? They know that having sex you don’t want every day to survive isn’t healthy. They know that cultures where women’s bodies are highly controlled aren’t healthy. They know that a woman changing her appearance through surgery doesn’t come from good mental health.

They know how degrading and painful all of this shit is. They know that this causes pain. If someone imagines a man being put into these positions, they would sense the inherent horror of it. It’s just that they think women deserve it, that this is woman’s position in society. It’s too normal, the suffering women are put through, for people to recognize its wrongness. But it’s also so normal that I ask, how can you not recognize it?

Why do you view women’s pain differently? Are women not human enough for our pain to matter? Why are you being intentionally obtuse, denying the truth you know deep down?

Patriarchy demands that you deny truth. Feminism reveals truth. Within feminism, there is nothing to hide.

[womenaremypriority]

Our culture posits brute strength as synonymous with strength altogether. This is why feminists are accused of thinking women are inferior when we mention women have significantly less raw strength than men. Think about how Darwin’s “survival of the fittest” is considered about how well an animal can win in a fight, instead of multiple aspects of strength both physical and mental. Brute strength has been considered the only part of physical strength that matters because it is the most immediate and obvious, and because it’s the area men succeed.

[wormenjoyer]

all men means all men, including gay men.

[honeyblankets]

it’s not a coincidence that the degrees and fields typically pursed by women are the ones which are deemed useless, simple and unimpressive btw

[radmystique]

Ending no fault divorce isn’t going to go the way men want it to. Every woman that’s not married atm that I’ve spoken to about this has said they’ll NEVER get married if it goes away. In fact, I even caution women not to get married currently now that the topic is a debate. What happens if they get married now and in two years time no fault divorce is struck down and the dude they married turns out to be a POS??? It’s better to be safe then sorry.

[ayaahh00]

One of the most annoying liberal feminist takes I keep seeing is the idea that “patriarchy harms men too, if not equally.” Let’s get this straight: patriarchy, a system created by men to limit women’s freedom and keep men in power, supposedly harms men equally? That’s a blatant lie, and it’s disrespectful to women. Patriarchy was literally designed to oppress women and benefit men. Saying men are harmed by it in the same way is just a way to shift focus off the horrific oppression women have faced. When you try to include men as victims of the very system they created for themselves, the same system we are trying to dismantle to liberate ourselves as women, it dilutes everything women have gone through under patriarchy.

[bog-bitch]

Heartbreaking: The Feminist Post You Were About To Reblog Was Made By a TERF

[unsentimentaltranslator]

The way men think they get to make fun of “girls who were drawing an eye during class” when inattentive boys spend class time drawing much more sexualised parts of the human body.

[aalexan]

*gets recommended media (show, movie, book etc.)* *looks up and sees that all characters are male except for 1 (one) woman* *does not interact with that piece of media ever again*

[aardbeienmelk]

men will engage in self-destructive behavior, crying and throwing up because their ex left them as a result of their childish temper tantrums, acting like it’s the end of the world and calling it an entire epidemic

and meanwhile women deal with misogyny and sexualisation of ourselves every single day, more than 50k femicides every year, with literally every woman i know having dealt with some form of sexual assault. and no one bats an eye.

but yeah uh no men and women absolutely have the same struggles in life😔👍

[ryukisgod]

TRAs talking about how history will judge us poorly reminds me of that quote “isn’t it an amazing coincidence that the good guys won every war?”

[burningtheroots]

People when a "transphobic" person posts about women experiencing violence & speaks up against misogyny:

"Yeah sure but OP is transphobic"

People when a misogynistic person posts about transphobia & speaks up for the trans community:

"Yay!!! Thank you!!! Love you!!! You‘re so right!!!"

Do you see the difference? You can’t tell me that you haven’t seen it yourself.

When someone speaks against misogyny/for women, it becomes irrelevant to these people as soon as OP is "transphobic" BUT when someone speaks against transphobia/for the trans community, it doesn’t matter if OP is misogynistic or not.

Just like you‘ll see countless "transphobes/TERFs dni" but rarely to never "misogynists/male supremacists dni".

[proudfreakmetarusonikku]

it’s deeply funny to me that radfems are out there calling other people “libfems” when they’re lib as shit on every issue that’s not sexism and some issues that are like. bro the issue is that you are not radical enough y'all are milquetoast libs at best when it comes to any sort of activism that isn’t about cishet able bodied neurotypical white wealthy women. like bro you can't be demonising mental illness and saying mentally ill people should be locked up because they’re dangerous, or argue for the continued dehumanisation and objectification children face that contributes to severe abuse, or mock gay men as disgusting predators and pretend you’re much different from an enlightened centrist who thinks women complain too much you’re more progressive in exactly one aspect. and even in that you fucking suck you invented brand new insults for abuse victims bc women being victimised by men are just stupid handmaids who should have known better than to tempt him i mean should have known better than to trust a man like it’s just what were you wearing rhetoric but condescending instead of outright cruel. like y'all sound like conservative christians talking about how men can’t help it and if you’re raped it’s your fault but in a way that frames men as inherently bad for it without removing the idea that women are stupid temptresses that would have known better bc you’re still framing it as provoking an inherently dangerous creature and not. a person choosing to be shit in ways that are Influenced by culture but not inherent to anyone raised in any environment like abuse is an active choice men make and not the default. if every man chose it then the fault would be with women for trusting a wild animal to not act like a wild animal but this is somehow radical and feminist if we say we hate men too like no you’re not even lib you’re conservative at this point how do you get into a battle with fucking choice feminism and lose at respecting women like you got into a fight with a coughing baby and still lost how do you victim blame more than fucking choice feminism it’d be impressive if it wasn’t so mysogynistic