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[–]malleus_maleficarum 30 insightful - 2 fun30 insightful - 1 fun31 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

I have no political home and never have: I'm simply a woman. I likely disagree with a lot of other women on a lot of various topics, but I believe that being female is the most important, indeed the only, uniting characteristic necessary. I'm here because we all have that in common and it has shaped every aspect of our lives and people who are not women will never understand it. And if we do not unite we will be once again be bulldozered by men and corporations: our human rights, our boundaries, our bodily integrity, our independence...

I support abolishing the notion of gender, which is impactful to society so I talk about it.

But I also loathe cats and support the abolishment of twinsets, which is only really impactful to me so I don't talk about those items. :)

[–]GrendelsScaryMom 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I love cats and cardigans, and believe that men and women do have some fundamental differences: namely, some virtues and vices are more likely to appear more strongly in one sex vs. the other, regardless of upbringing.

We should most def bicker and argue and make it REAL PERSONAL. Respectful disagreement and discussion of issues like grown people is unpossible! (At least that is what I have learned from reddit and twitter)

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

Up until about 4 years ago I'd have called myself a 2nd wave feminist. But re: your point, it's gettin' personal. There are negative connotations fermenting for me around the label of 'feminism' due to purity tests, etc., and once I got into my 30's I realized that I don't do well with -isms.

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

I'm exactly the same as this lady!