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[–]censorshipment 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Depends on what you mean by female separatism... like living on a secluded womyn's land or living in "Lesbianville" aka Northampton, Massachusetts?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Womyn%27s_land#Active_communities

https://www.liveabout.com/top-itemcount-top-lesbian-cities-in-the-united-states-2171190

[–]Rao[S] 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

As I understand female separatism it can be two things: one being the women's lands you mentioned and the other the prioritization of women instead of men.

This summarizes it quite well and I share this because I've seen other women understand this falls under female separatism so I know it's not a concept only familiar to this poster: (warning, she's a misandrist, lesbian, radical feminist, anti natalist who doesn't pull any punches) https://youtu.be/w_8SrqFoSTg (I listened to her at 2x speed).

To summarize: Like, arguments against complete withdrawal from male civilization because it isn't feasible are easy to understand but the idea that women should cut men out their lives and focus their time, money, resources, personal relationships, love, etc exclusively on other women isn't. So, it's about your personal life - these women don't fuck, date, live with (as best they can), be friends with nor associate with men with maybe male family members being an exception. Like I said, even if there was disinterest or disagreement I rarely see it being spoken among lesbians.

[–]reader 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The second kind of separatism you describe is normal lesbian behavior. Lesbians already prioritize women, at least those, we are close to and/or can have mutually beneficial relationship. There is no reason to stress something, that is done naturally and mostly subconsciously. There is also no reason to prioritize heterosexual and bisexual women, who wants to use us in their games with men.