Notice the sub’s name? Guess that means nothing. There’s no space only for women anymore.

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[–]luckystar 46 insightful - 8 fun46 insightful - 7 fun47 insightful - 8 fun -  (6 children)

TwoXChromosomes mods regularly reference this post

The name "XX" is not meant to be specifically inclusive or exclusive of anyone. Look around our submissions and you'll see that we already have some guys in our midst, and we welcome them openly, as well as anyone else who wishes to be here, no matter their genes. This subreddit is not "girls only", but rather, a place for discussion on "girly things". Here, we embrace fashion, makeup, things that smell nice, and honest discussion on matters that largely--but certainly not ONLY--concern women.

If you are a man with a secret love of chick flicks and shoes, you're welcome here.

If your body is male but your mind is female, you're welcome here.

If you tell us to make you a sandwich, you're welcome here, but will be downvoted into oblivion.

If you offer to make us a sandwich, you're more than welcome here.

And if you're a woman who hates chick flicks and shoes, you're welcome here, though if you also abhor everything else girly I doubt we'll have much for you here.

So yeah, it was never a subreddit for women. Just a subreddit for "girly things" like "chick flicks and shoes".

[–]letal_22[S] 28 insightful - 1 fun28 insightful - 0 fun29 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Oh yeah I’m familiar with that from TwoXChromosomes, but the one I got the post from is TwoXSex. The description even says “This is a sub primarily for women to discuss sex with other women”, so I guess I thought it would be different and more female centric because it’s about sex

[–]ArthnoldManacatsaman 18 insightful - 6 fun18 insightful - 5 fun19 insightful - 6 fun -  (0 children)

“This is a sub primarily for women to discuss sex with other women”

Is that 'discuss [sex with other women]' or 'discuss [sex] with other women'?

[–]Femaleisnthateful 25 insightful - 2 fun25 insightful - 1 fun26 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

When did things change? TwoXChromosomes used to be a place where women described sex-based experiences and challenges. There were always so many threads detailing the descrimination and harrassment they faced for having a female body, and it was clear that for most of them, their reasons for posting were tied to their experiences of being of the female sex.

That's why I found it so weird that no one pushed back against transwomen using women's health issues to validate themselves or otherwise fetishizing female-ness. When did a forum for women start promoting crass stereotypes of womanhood? Seems like, based on the description, the forum is intended to alienate gender non-conforming women ie butch lesbians, non-binary and transmen.

[–]sudd3nclar1ty 10 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Banned from twoXchromosome.

On jk rowling, "I upvoted this proudly- she is a TERFIST POS."

Me, "Hate speech right here. SMH at the aggression."

Permaban LOL

[–]Aloudmeow 18 insightful - 3 fun18 insightful - 2 fun19 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

No wonder the TIMs want in; the idea that women are all about schmalty romance and shoes is pretty much their entire philosophy.

[–]Complicated-Spirit 9 insightful - 5 fun9 insightful - 4 fun10 insightful - 5 fun -  (0 children)

Yet again, we were totally wrong about what being a woman is. We, being women, don’t know. People who are into “girly things” know what women are.