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[–]reluctant_commenter 16 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 0 fun17 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

Lesbians are female, and homosexual... which are two of the demographics most at risk for sexual/physical abuse. So it would be surprising if lesbians who had been through sexual assault or childhood sexual abuse were rare... and it is pretty unfair to generalize most of those as belonging to the so-called "political lesbians" crowd. I think there will always be some people who wrongly state their sexual orientation, be it political lesbians or trans rights activists or whoever. That does not mean SA survivors should be blanket-disregarded.

I agree with you, but I looked at that post and to be fair, the top comments had way more votes than the actual post. But I also stopped checking in here so often for similar reasons lol, so I guess I can't argue too much with that.

[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Thank you.

[–]reluctant_commenter 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

No problem dude. I dunno if s/lgbdropthet is your cup of tea or not, content-wise, but I've had a really positive experience over there, would recommend :)

edit: If you were looking for alternatives, that is. I think at the end of the day, it is nice to have some connection with other people who also share your sexual orientation and understand your perspective. (I hope that was also the bent of the other post you were referring to.)

[–]Golly 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

what exactly is the goal of s/lgbdropthet? Is it like a circlejerk/venting sub? I think I saw a comment saying it was for hate-bonding

[–]reluctant_commenter 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

It is a discussion and support group for people who are lesbian, gay, and bisexual and who want to "drop the T" i.e. who are against transgender ideology. But you can post about LGB topics that are unrelated to anything about transgenderism. E.g. a lesbian teenager posted about her Polish parents not accepted her, the other day.

It is not for "hate-bonding," I'm curious where you saw that comment? Sounds like something that r/actuallesbians would say, lol.

[–]Golly 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Here's the comment. I don't think she meant the "hate-bonding" thing in a disparaging way. She just stated it matter-of-factly. I guess she's technically correct.

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

Ah, yeah I remember that comment. It has a focus other than just being a member of a demographic group, that's true. I would not call it that but I agree with the rest of her assessment.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I’m definitely going and joining there instead of here now. I’ve had multiple people attack me in the comment section for speaking out and saying we shouldn’t invalidate the sexuality of sexual assault victims. So messed up