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[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Aren't there just as many if not more progressive women who are against you than men? but i guess it's easier and more comfortable for you guys to distort reality any which way you want. And you're progressive women yourselves, so that seems to be why you try so hard to not make other progressive women out to be your opponents even though they are. I dunno you guys just don't make sense... you upvote stuff that makes you feel good... even though it isn't consistent with any reality.

Edit: wait a sec, this isn't gendercritical... what the heck... so why does this comment i replied to sound so much like a gendercritical comment if this is gendercynical?

[–]WhyDoesHeDoThat 11 insightful - 2 fun11 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Many feminists, GC or not, and even women in general think men can be changed. Meaning, men can stop being men (raping, abusing, killing women) and become nonviolent like women. What needs to be done to change men depends on the woman's political or philosophical standpoint. Right wing women think that if men just become god-fearing christians then men will stop being violent. Left wing women think if men embrace socialism then men will stop being violent. And women who are TRA believe that if men accept trans identities then men will stop being violent. None of this is true of course, since christian men, socialist men and TRA men still abuse and kill women.

This idea of changing men is also used to control women. Women, not matter their political affiliation, all want to be safe from male violence. And men dangle this safety in front of women like a carrot to get her to do what he wants. Right wing men tell women if they're good loyal christian wives they'll be safe from male violence. Left wing men tell women if they help the socialist party get in power she'll be safe from male violence. And TRAs tell women if they just believe TWAW then she'll be safe from male violence. Haven't you heard this reasoning yourself from TRAs? That if everyone just accepted TWAW then female oppression would just magically vanish. But men can't change. Men are just as violent no matter their beliefs or their view of transpeople. Women want to blame male violence on politics, religion, upbringing, transphobia to avoid facing the real reason for male violence: Maleness.

Many GC women are guilty of the same denial about men. They think it's transgenderism that makes these men hate women so violently. It's not. It's the fact that they're men, and men hate women.

[–]jonesforme2 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I would like to think that not all men are violent women hating rapists.

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

Oh come on - not all men are, but a lot are and we have no way to tell which ones are until it's too late.