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[–]warriorwombyn 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I was a lurker on GC, never posted. I peaked around 2014 when I was neck-deep in SJW ideology during my tumblr days and even got swept along briefly. I eventually realized that they were actually upholding the binary they claimed to be dismantling (by insisting you feel more like a girl when you wear dresses and makeup, etc). I was shut down for that wrong-think immediately and that reaction alone made me begin to question every facet of gender identity and its involvement/implication on other social movements. I began studying feminist theory and strongly identified as a radical feminist for awhile but honestly over the years I have grown very, very wary of ALL ideology and consider myself simply a discerning and compassionate humanitarian. But my passion for honoring biological womanhood has only strengthened over the years as I grew in my spiritual practice as an eclectic/non-traditional witch. Re-peaked briefly when I realized that men were trying to call themselves witches despite how fucked up that is in historical context. That make my blood boil. Re-peaked yet again when I began my training as a birth doula and realized that the birth community is being overtaken by libfems trying to enforce dehumanizing and reductive language, ie: Birthing people (NOT women). Chest feeding (NOT breast feeding). This REALLY makes my blood boil and I can't voice my concerns for fear of being ostracized by the birth community and never finding clients. Re-peaked again with JK Rowling and banning GC was the last straw. I'm here to stay because I NEED this community or I will lose my damn mind in this illogical, chaotic world.

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

I don’t understand the “chest feeding” thing because men have breasts too... why does breastfeeding need a new term?

[–]warriorwombyn 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I honestly have no idea.

[–]MissDemeanor 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Apparently for women that call themselves non binary and TIFs because they can't bare to identify with femininity. So for that tiny minority the rest of us can't have our female terms.

On twitter there was a calander for pride month. It was specifically lesbian oriented, with a different lesbian identity celebrated each day. There was all sorts of random pronouns, one for each day, including he/him but no she/her!! When someone asked why a lesbian would identify as he/him they were told some lesbians aren't connected to their femininity. The person who asked said that that made total sense and thanked the respondent for educating her. Ughh all so grim.

[–]GConly 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

found out the 40% of the trans population in UK prisons are there for sex offenses. (Though this "only includes people who have had a prison case conference. It won't include transgender people who haven't identified themselves to the prison service or who already have a gender recognition certificate." Although the actual percentage is probably lower, it's still an alarming number)

It means they represent about 0.4% of sex offenders. Trans at that time made up about 0.2% of males (GIRES study).

So actually more likely to sex offend in the UK as well..