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[–]Pomegranate 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

"I'm a radical feminist and just happen to be dating a man" is as stupid to you as "I'm a vegan I just happen to eat meat" I don't know what to say, haha, that's so funny. That's such a funny metaphor. I appreciate your response, I definitely have a wider understanding of your position even if I do disagree. I have no argument though, I understand how you could feel that way. I just don't feel like I have much of a choice. I guess it would be like really wanting to be a vegan but suffering from a terrible disorder where you had to eat meat or you'd die.

[–]Moirawr 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

No problem, it’s how I understand it at least, maybe someone else could explain better. I realize it’s not the best but that’s I think the quickest/simplest way I can could explain it. Like I said I have a bf so I have what I would call “radical feminist views” and I don’t feel limited or bad about that. All it means practically speaking is I wouldn’t try to say having a bf is in any way radfem, I can still contribute in all other discussions as long as I’m not claiming my bf is special or our relationship is different and totally feminist, “not my Nigel” as it’s called. Lol yes, if we take it further the vegan eating meat is what it would be like! Except you wouldn’t die but that’s the problem with analogies, they only go so far. It’s true relationships are extremely important to humans as social animals, ideally a heterosexual radical feminist would have close friends/family that would replace that need, but we are stumbling further into my personal interpretation and as another user said it’s an ongoing argument, so I don’t mind agreeing to disagree.