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transmaverique · 8 months ago

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its just such a basic view of feminism to me i guess. like we cant talk about how emasculation is an enforcement of toxic masculinity, how it is racialized, how it effects both transmascs and transfems. bc mens rights arent real, of course, feminism is about womens liberation, not destruction of the patriarchy.

we cant talk about how misandry (such as it is) is a dogwhistle for terfs, bc of course they only ever mean transfems when they say "men". we cant talk about the ways white cis women have utilized toxic masculinity and white supremacy to harm black men, specifically. we cant talk about the ways cis women hold privilege over trans men.

its just so... like... you rush to say "misandry isnt real" because you dont want to engage with the more complex dynamics of oppression that arent as clear cut as "cis man oppress cis woman". and like, sure, misandry isnt real. i dont care enough to squabble over what language we use. and i dont care enough about whatever silly jokes you make on your blog. but you have got to realize that by only ever seeing men as inherently oppressive to you by merely existing you are actively aiding radical feminism.

you are lending legitimacy to bioessentialism by refusing to engage w these more complex gendered oppression dynamics. you are lending legitimacy to bioessentialism by treating men as inherently different and inherently oppressive to women.

#its so....... frustrating #maybe instead of arguing about the shorthand words we use we can actually discuss the politics that matter?#if u cant see a man as your friend and an ally and only ever see him as The Social Class 'Male'#then frankly i dont see how we're ever making it out of this lmfao #maybe some bell hooks will fix you #also like yeah ok people of an oppressed class can joke about their 'oppressors' (as if oppression is a thing individuals do consciously an #not a thing that happens by means of a system in place that perpetuates it. and that certain people happen to benefit from)#but like . this is white cisfeminism we are talking about you know?#misogyny as an oppressive system splits the world roughly in half it is #incredibly broad and i think its very damaging to just #generalize men as people. esp bc there are MANY cases where manhood is simply not Enough to the white patriarchy #idk i thought everyone learned about emmett till you fucking know?#when its harmless its harmless but when its not its racist terf shit and half the time people dont even know bc they think being a woman me #ns they are constant victims and can never ever perpetuate the WHITE cishet patriarchy the way men can #which is just false

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