I had a sudden worry that I need to share...

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[–]Delia 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

When they are the actual beneficiaries of affirmative action will they say that about themselves? Trans have no idea how women fought for every crumb and I was a young leader of a team of men at 21 and had to work so hard to not be put down as a women.

[–]BEB 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I am so with you too. So much of my young life was struggling to prove I, as a woman, could do the class, the job, the whatever, as well as a man.

I have concrete examples where I was told to my face that I was being discriminated against solely for being a woman.

And yet, being the arrogant men they are, TIM activists shamelessly APPROPRIATE women's historic struggles as they COLONIZE the sex-segregated spaces our ancestress fought for.

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

I am so with you too. So much of my young life was struggling to prove I, as a woman, could do the class, the job, the whatever, as well as a man.

But not better than a man! You have to be competent, but not too competent lest someone's masculinity is threatened.