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[–]worried19 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (24 children)

Well, GC people think gender exists as a social construct only. Meaning it was created by humans and is not naturally inborn. It's the result of socialization. We believe gender is a hierarchy of oppression created to keep natal males at the top and natal females at the bottom. Radical feminism is meant to smash that hierarchy. That's the goal anyway.

We don't believe that women are naturally at the "bottom" of anything. We think that women are socialized to believe we're inferior to men and that femininity is our destiny. But radical feminists want to tell girls and women that's not the case. You can be tough, strong, aggressive, masculine, stoic, or whatever and still be just as much of a female. We believe that sex lies in the body, and that your sexed body does not reflect your personality. It doesn't matter how you feel about your sexed body. Your sex is part of you but it does not and should not define you, your interests, your presentation, your sexuality, or anything else.

If you polled the women on Ovarit, none of them would say they have a gender identity. We all recognize we have female bodies. Some of us like them, some of us hate them, some of us have mixed feelings, and some of us are indifferent. But we're all female regardless of how we feel about our biological sex.