The thing about people is that they believe what they want to believe, or what’s most convenient for them to believe at the moment. There is very little use in trying to convince someone that they are wrong about something. The best teacher is experience. One of the most difficult lessons you can learn is how to step back and let other people take a fall even if you know that the path they’re on will cause it. It’s a lonely life, watching other people walk themselves into pain and suffering. But there’s not much else to do on this planet. Only thing to do is make yourself as comfortable as you can in this game, if you opt to stay in.
What if…what if you rejected female socialization with the same fervor you reject levelheaded women spoonfeeding you Self Preservation for Dummies, Getting Out of the Doormat Mindset 101, and Introduction to Growing a Self Esteem?
The world is filled with different interests promoting their agendas and narratives, and what someone is receptive to says a lot about that person. Women who were hardly susceptible to the so-called “patriarchal brainwashing” exist and they aren’t this way only because they had the pRiviLEge of somehow discovering free pdfs of feminist texts on the World Wide Web. Attributing everything to socialization erases these women’s experiences and diminishes the individual’s agency!
"Men in dresses are seen as bad, but women in pants aren't!"
is not the statement that "men can't be feminine but women can be masculine in society" that you think it is.
Let me introduce: women with facial hair. Full beards. Mustaches. Bald women. Bodybuilder women. Women with visible body hair. These aren't "more acceptable" than men in dresses.
Pants don't have a gendered association anymore, while dresses do. There is something to be said for that, but it certainly ISN'T "masculine women are acceptable now."
Procreation is not a neutral act, it feeds both patriarchy and capitalism, strengthening the very systems that oppress and exploit us. In this world filled of inequality, environmental collapse and systemic violence, choosing not to reproduce becomes an act of resistance. Refusing to bring new life into this broken society is not only a rejection of oppressive institutions, but also a deeply moral stance. Fight back. Choose non reproduction.
What are you refering to specifically when you say women harm other women and they're fully aware of their actions as they do it. That they aren't unaware they just dont care (until it hits home for them)
I think that women who harm other women & uphold/engage in patriarchal structures at the detriment of other women tend to be infantilised by feminists & feminist aligned women. MaIe identified womens actions tend to be excused under the guise of "they don't know", "it's internal misogyny", or "they're just trying to survive", etc whenever they're criticised & held accountable for their actions. These women aren't stupid, they're aware of the misogynistic world we're in & the consequences of their actions. Many of these women only care a little when things backfire.
x is true because x is true!
christians: the bible says it's real because the bible says it's true!
tras: transgender individuals are: (the gender they identify with) because they say they are the gender they identify with!
we don't understand how x works
christians: god works in mysterious ways
tras: only people can define the gender they are. (only women know what women are)
ostracization from the community
christians: so and so is an atheist/gay. is walking down a worldly path. we can't associate with them anymore .
tras: TERF! THIS PERSON IS A TERF! BLOCK THEM!
demanding access into places
christian's: we demand that creationism be taught in public school. that the 10 commandments be showcased in every school!
tras: trans women deserve to be in women's sports! trans women deserve to be in locker rooms! trans women deserve to be in female only spaces!!
strict gender roles
christian's: a woman must be submissive, feminine, present herself in a way that is pleasing to god, and must present herself as non aggressive, gentle, be focused on her husband and children
tras: if a person identifies as a woman they MUST be submissive! they must be emotional! they're very soft spoken and passive, and love being soft, and have a gender non conforming/feminine fashion so they MUST be a woman!
persecution complex:
atheist: i believe you have the right to practice your religion but i have a problem with...
christians: WE'RE THE MOST PERSECUTED MINORITY! WE'RE BEING SILENCED INTO NOT SHARING OUR FAITH! THIS PERSECUTION MEANS GOD IS COMING! THE END IS NEAR THE RAPTURE IS HAPPENING!
radfem: if you'd like to dress in a gender non conforming way, then fine. but i have a problem with...
tras: WE'RE IN STAGE 7 OF GENOCIDE! WE'RE BEING DIVIDED AS A COMMUNITY! OUR OWN KIN IS TURNING AGAINST US! THIS IS WHY SUICIDE RATES ARE SO HIGH!!!
if you are x then you are x
christian's: you need the faith the size of a mustard seed to be a Christian.
tras: if you even think you're trans than you're trans
flipping the script once you're in the group
christian's: well actually women need to be pure for their husbands, follow traditional gender roles, reject who they are to be worthy in gods eyes and instill this belief that you are an inherently unloveable person!
tras: you're trans? oh wait, now you can go through years of hormone therapy treatment! you can start voice training to be perceived as the gender you've chosen! then if you feel comfortable you can have surgeries to look your identity!
i don't understand it when radfems/leans reblog or post content of super femmed-up women, usually celebs, like ... this is all the stuff radfems are criticizing and against because it harms women, do you really still find it aesthetically pleasing?? am i the crazy one for being confused?? i don't want to just straight up accuse so many people of being hypocrites but i really do not get it
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