DiscussionBeing associated with radical feminism is dragging this movement down.

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

Hold up, now I'm getting confused: What's the difference between libfem, GC (fem), and radfems? And what do they stand for? Becuase as far as I know anyone who disagrees with TRA bullshit, they're considered Terfs.

And what do users on here say that is considered "radfem"?

[–]Gearbeta 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Libfems believe in things like sex work is work, sex positivity, gender idealogy (think your transwomen are women type beliefs) and generally believe it is the gender identity of women that makes them oppressed. Radfems believe that it is biological sex (female) that makes women oppressed EDIT: removing this, I was mistaken (thus males are always the oppressor) and criticize what they believe are patriarchal concepts such as marriage, sex work, sometimes sex itself, and they consider gender idealogy to be an extension of the patriarchy because they believe it reinforces oppressive sex roles that they are fighting against. Gender Critical is kind of a hard one for me to define but I'd say its like radfem lite, someone could be GC but not believe in all of radfem beliefs. But I'd say basically its people who disagree with gender idealogy for feminist reasons.

[–]BiHorror 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Okay, thanks for the answer! Now just one more question: if someone was "pro" sex work or sex, would that make them a libfem? Or just as someone who might agree with a few things, as you said with GC and RadFem, but not everything else? (I ask becuase I'm pretty "pro" sex positivity depending on the topic and sex work only becuase it makes it "safer" since there's no actual way to fully stop it. Alongside, if there's women and men who actually want to do it? I'm not going to be particularly against it).

[–]Gearbeta 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Well, I think that would make you a person with your own beliefs not necessarily a libfem or a radfem. Many people are sort of in the middle or lean one way or another.