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[–]GenderbenderShe/her/hers[S] 1 insightful - 6 fun1 insightful - 5 fun2 insightful - 6 fun -  (3 children)

I am openly a cis woman on Reddit. I moderate a few subs and at times stated controversial opinions. One that stands out is r/protectandserve where I thought racial profiling was a bigger problem than they want to admit. There were a few times I was downvoted heavily for my opinions, like 50 downvotes, but never once was I kicked off of Reddit for my opinions or even banned from any sub for that matter. By the way, women are more likely to support the trans community than men.

[–]Juniperius 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Yes, this is an excellent example of what I'm talking about. Your opinions about state violence and racism don't threaten male domination of women, their ability to extract emotional or sexual or domestic labor from us, so they will allow you to take either side of that debate. That's not pulling against the leash. Opinions about the relationship between men and women, on the other hand, if women are allowed to talk freely about them, may threaten male domination. So every aspect of that conversation is going to have arguments that men like and will allow and will pat their pet fun feminists on the head for, and arguments that men will do their best to suppress.

[–]GenderbenderShe/her/hers[S] 1 insightful - 6 fun1 insightful - 5 fun2 insightful - 6 fun -  (1 child)

If there was a sub on Reddit that stated women shouldn't be allowed to vote or women should only be homemakers, it would be banned too.