#terf bioessentialism is a myth
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I replied to a post yesterday about 'radfems' talking about that radical isn't just for transphobic and or man hating women, because it's a very brought descriptor.
And my enteire coment chain was deleted/restricted even tho I didn't day anything wild? I just asked a question and then stated some facts? I am not entierly sure how this site works yet but I feel like someone shut my mouth against my will. I don't like it.
Hell, feminism as a whole is radical, for fucks sake.
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radical
adjective
1.
(especially of change or action) relating to or affecting the fundamental nature of something; far-reaching or thorough.
"a radical overhaul of the existing regulatory framework"
2.
advocating or based on thorough or complete political or social change; representing or supporting an extreme or progressive section of a political party.
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Wanting to change and or abolish the partiarchy is, most of the time, radical. These 'gender criticals' are the opposite of radical since they pick and chose outdated features of the patriarchy like bioessentialism, genderessentialism, the binary myth, stuff like that and enforce them, aka try to stifle actual progress. Progress always starts as a radical idea.
For feminism that probably started with the then radical idea that women are, in fact, people. And should be treated as such. As women got more legal protections and rights, queer women entered the official conversation with the then radical idea, that they too, are people. And deserve rights. And so on.
The main radical idea now is probably that men need to be included in the conversation/ true intersectional feminism. Be it men/mascs in general or the conversations around trans men/mascs. And thats were the zeitgeist is at. Thats why those who focus on feminism but are stuck in their mindset/unable to evolve, tend to be terfs and stuff.
Intersectional feminism is oposed to bigotry and small mindedness, not being radical.
Now, some people don't stop at 'let it stay like it is' and actually want to revert backwards/against the direction of progress and if they go far enough, they could be right wing radical (yk, like fashists). To be fair, thats a lot of terfs. But that still doesnt mean they 'own' the term radical.
Aside from feminism, radical ideas are the cornerstone of all progress. ALL. I know public schools avoid the topic or tell you about "bad radicals" at best to scare you off, but that capitalist propaganda is something you should decode for yourself.
Yk, messages like "radical means so out there it's absurd" like.. bruh
Also, extremism and being radical are also two different things that many actors in out current climate wanna see muddled together. Learn the difference.
Moral of the story: men are and always have been included in real feminist conversations and feminism is inherently radical. Otherwise, what are you fighting for? What do you acomplish by NOT changing anything??
#first time really getting political on the internet#at first tumblr didn't even let me reply anymore and I was like whatever it is late idc anymore problem fir tomorrow#and then I come back to a restricted comment section with my whole comment chain deleted/restricted#idk wether the second one was tumbrl or the OP but wth#nothing is more annoying then talking with someone who can't decode political messaging within themselves#transandrophobia#transphobes#antiterf
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"this is only on tumblr" read the transfeminist manifesto by emi koyama. read TERF Wars: An Introduction by ruth pierce and sonja erikainen and ben vincent. read disregard and danger by b comminga. read whipping girl by julia serano. read just one of the guys by kristen schilt. read "female socialization" is a transphobic myth by dr devon price, a trans guy. literally transmisogynists have dealt w motherfuckers like you going to the michigan's womyn's festival forever while trans women and real transmasc allies picketed outside bc ftm ppl were allowed in while trans women were beaten for trying. trans men will always be preferred over trans women. we (ftm) are seen as potential converts and trans women are seen as the enemy. get it through your skull. you wanna hear about something that's only on tumblr? "transandrophobia". it's bioessentialism to suggest that transmascs aren't actually experiencing privilege bc of their deep down afab experiences or whatever. it's not bioessentialism to understand that gender, irregardless of "biological sex," is going to be the determining factor in oppression. go rant about how afab ppl are being oppressed by anti-abortionists or whatever else terfs like you do.
again, I never said we don't experience privilege (though it's deeply flawed to believe we're all treated with privilege just through merit of being men, usually that's just fully-transitioned and stealth trans men while the rest of us get scraps), just that the oppression we do face is different. Erasure is a form of oppression. We experience a unique kind of erasure that is a combination of transphobia, cissexism, "misdirected" misogyny and biological essentialism and it's ridiculous to suggest we can't come up with a word for it just bc y'all had a word for yours first
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