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[–]hufflepuff-poet 16 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 0 fun17 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Ew "it's a choice...". I don't care if a woman has sex and dates other women only because she hates men, that's a heterosexual problem not mine. But when she turns her rejection of men into lesbianism that's when I have a problem. I'm not a lesbian because I hate men, I have plenty of male friends and family I love and respect, I'm a lesbian because I love and am attracted to women, only.

I don't understand why these women don't just call themselves"politically celibate" that actually gets the point across that they are refusing to partner with men because of their feminist beliefs AND can actually be tools in the fight for feminism, if they are used to highlight a problem and power imbalance in heterosexual relationships. Political lesbianism just waters down their point and hurts lesbians by pushing that "gay is a choice" bullshit.

If gay were a choice, I wouldn't be here cus I never would've had to accept my homosexuality, I simply would've chosen to date men, but as a lesbian--that's not an option for me unless I want to live a miserable life and dig myself an early grave.

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

Ew "it's a choice...". I don't care if a woman has sex and dates other women only because she hates men, that's a heterosexual problem not mine. But when she turns her rejection of men into lesbianism that's when I have a problem. I'm not a lesbian because I hate men, I have plenty of male friends and family I love and respect, I'm a lesbian because I love and am attracted to women, only.

Hear,hear!