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[–]worried19 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I'd say I'm radical feminist-leaning, but I'm definitely not a "pure" radical feminist. I'm more of a moderate who is also a gender abolitionist.

Also, do you believe in political lesbianism [the idea that any woman, regardless of sexuality, can make the conscious choice to "become a lesbian (homosexual female)"]?

They can live the way they want, but if they truly have zero sexual attraction to women, I think they'd be in for a bad time. I don't think this is a very common or popular belief among radical feminists, though. It's pretty fringe.

[–]usehername[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It's pretty fringe.

I thought Julie Bindel and Sheila Jeffreys were prominent figures?

[–]lefterfield 10 insightful - 5 fun10 insightful - 4 fun11 insightful - 5 fun -  (0 children)

They are, but I don't know that that means everything they wrote was well-received and popular, even among radical feminists. For as long as I've been familiar with the community, political lesbianism has been an extremely controversial/offensive topic.