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[–]EvaWumben 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Just flummoxed, as an older (that the tumblr generation at least) person that this is even happening. What in the af happened when loads of us turned our backs? Ed Wood?

[–]jet199 29 insightful - 2 fun29 insightful - 1 fun30 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Unfortunately this didn't happen because people turned their backs. The majority have cheerlead this, myself included a few years back. Most people trust others to have good intentions and be honest rather than be sex fiends. Especially as many women don't understand male sexuality and their weird fetishes at all but think they do, they really believe men think the same way as them. Even some people here have that belief.

[–]chrysthefeminist 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Many women really believe that men are good people and have good intentions towards women. Nuh uh. Towards women, their only intentions are keeping us on the bottom and themselves on top. And the "good" ones let it happen and don't do anything about it, at least nothing that would actually be effective.

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

Perhaps not, but it sort of did. Most people my generation would've simply said to cram it re: most of this gender talk if we'd known it was going on, but we don't tend to go in those corners of the web. That the views here (on trans issues, not necessarily feminism) are shared by everyone I know offline is rather telling. If most knew about transing kids (and that's being blown up now) the outrage will grow exponentially. I don't know anyone who doesn't shake their heads at the notion of "whatever number of genders (eyeroll eyeroll) over a certain age.