What's the general consensus on sexuality being a choice? by SexualityCritical in GenderCritical

[–]jkfinn 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

You are on a totally different political or thought wavelength than I am, so my words mean nothing to you and yours have no meaning to me. I never said any of what you assume I said.

What's the general consensus on sexuality being a choice? by SexualityCritical in GenderCritical

[–]jkfinn 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

You didn't understand a word I said, but assume you understood everything I said. Typical social media response. ??????? You re-write my every word and misinterpret every sentence. But this said, I do believe you would burn Adrien Rich's essay on "Compulsive Heterosexuality," which I don't think even went far enough in its recognition of how CH affects ALL SEX. What to hell is wrong with me saying that if sex objectification ended, we would be living in an unrecognizable world, an egalitarian one... no prostitution, no porn, no wars, no earth destruction...

What's the general consensus on sexuality being a choice? by SexualityCritical in GenderCritical

[–]jkfinn 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Sexuality is built around male objectification of women (or her substitute)---men doing the objectifying and women having to deal with it via a array of responses which include both acceptance and rejection. Sex is a political act--or how women are made inferior and how men achieve dominance.

What would male sex be like without objectification? My conjecture is that it would be far less significant, far less practiced (if at all), far more private and, of course, far more egalitarian and real. It would also mean a new day for women’s sexuality which would slowly transform into something perhaps unpredictably different from its present forms, because the heterosexual determinant, which everyone practices or constantly has to reject, will have vanished. It would also end gender altogether, and those hundreds of labels that are supposed to derive from “natural” or “cultural” “sex attraction” to this or that sex and gender--although there would, undoubtedly, be far more lesbians.

I repeat: We should have a back-up by WildApples in GenderCritical

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

I'm not sure what you mean by "late in the game," but I'm referring to the fall of 2001 when most of this debate was going on in the US media. Radical feminists had been in contact with the major women's groups in Afghanistan and were working in consort with them at this point and earlier. And if you want to go back further, it had always been a position of US rads to counter and call for an end to all US wars with the understanding that this is what EMPIRE does--eternally go to war, and beat the hell out their outclassed, out-tecked, and under-armed foes.

I repeat: We should have a back-up by WildApples in GenderCritical

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

YES. There should be no need at all in a “radical feminist” space, to even begin to explain one’s position on Israel& the Palestinians. And not up until maybe the last 7-8 years (my experience) had this been at all necessary, because the foundation had been very long and firmly established. One key thing that changed the situation was the rise on feminist social media of exiled Middle East feminists, whose assimilation to the West and western values seemed all too successful. In fact, their fierce critique of Islamic sexism seemed to be their calling card within feminism---in other words, it worked. But not with me--the voices seemed too irate, too ahistoric, too clinging to western values. So ever since way back when (2015 maybe) I’ve been regularly downvoted for offering any kind of polite and measured context for the Islam they hated, which was very often the same Islam that the CIA had promoted for purposes of division.

Another impetus to this reactionary move has been through feminist Phyllis Chessler, who started attacking Islamic sexism (I think around 2015). This was picked up by many young feminists, some GC feminists, and adopted. I finally left Feminist Currents over the debates over her positions, but at least here it was two or three of us against everyone else (things only got worse for me at other sites) The whole damn thing seemed almost as NUTS to me as transgender itself--I literally felt like I was losing my mind, but ended up blaming it all on the superficiality of social media (no time for history, no time for thought, no time for radical analysis, no time for books or delving into the second wave etc) Anyhow... same stuff at Ovarit-- my last few such comments on the subject (erased) I was, as usual, the only downvoted commenter (not a single upvote) in a bobbing sea of plus votes, and that’s as you point out, as the Palestinians, once again, were being basically massacred.

I repeat: We should have a back-up by WildApples in GenderCritical

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

No, I was saying that radical feminism (at least second wave) had a far more sophisticated knowledge of politics, and international politics, in general--no way they would attack Islam on its sexism without also grasping that this criticism could easily used by the West to further its own racism--and colonialism. Also, any critique of sexist Islam would, of course, be accompanied by the same for all dominant religions. I don't know what you call attacks on Islam along with defenses of Christianity and the West, but i would call that some form of liberal/conservative thinking--it surely isn't radical because the thought behind it is superficial and self-serving.

Yeah, a good example in the U.S. was the sharp difference between the radical feminist response to the Afghanistan War and that of liberal feminists. The rad’s was both all-out opposition to going to war and to the save-the-Afghan-women-from-the-Taliban pretext for that war, while liberals conveniently agreed with the pretext so that they could support the war.

I repeat: We should have a back-up by WildApples in GenderCritical

[–]jkfinn 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I find Ovarit more difficult than GC reddit. There's something less controlled, and more arbitrary about the threads... I don't want to sound like a bore, but radical content is very minimal (according to my book) and liberal content maximal. I just find it harder and harder to get into it and the place makes me wonder where all the radical feminist positions on world politics have gone... i seem to get scorned for defending middle east countries (even including Palestinians) or explaining Islam even in a slightly favorable light... such a pro Western place (in my experience).

I have no idea what's better, but there's gotta be some site that insists on radical politics. At this point, I don't even care if it's just plain radical as opposed to radical feminist. I'm open to finding either--because there shouldn't be much difference betwixt the two.

We're Doomed by Finnegan7921 in GenderCritical

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

No, he didn't "kill thousands." And if you lived in rural NY, you would find yourself constantly defending Cuomo (as arrogant as he is) against the gun-loving, tax-hating, racists who bash every move he makes. The great scandal of Nursing Home deaths in rural NY was not Cuomo's position but the stupid directors of these places encouraging Covids patients to die "at home" (the nursing home) without going to the hospital to receive the latest treatments. In one nursing home near me, 14 out of 15 patients just died in place and only one opted for the hospital. This was murder, but everyone just lapped it up as so caring, so Christian, so in step with the wishes of the family and the patient.... (it's no fun defending Cuomo who I oppose on some key issues but for upstaters it's par for the course)

Transgenderism: A New Operating System for Patriarchy by [deleted] in GenderCritical

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

The only explanation that makes sense is that transgenderism is providing new tools to implement patriarchy, filling in the cracks in the system left by the work of feminists. The majority of people, at least in the United States where research has been conducted, do not believe in or want transgender ideology. Professions and organizations do implement it, nonetheless, their raison d’etre is to promote patriarchy.

This is certainly an original and thought-provoking article. It's worth a thorough read, which I will soon do after my more cursory one. It makes a hell of a lot of sense to me in terms of the rapid implementation--like so much of the computer medium which has been disturbingly thrust upon us, mainly through force, in a very short time span.

Porn as default sex educator heightens risk of abuse by BiologyIsReal in GenderCritical

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

"Porn's most concerning influence is its relationship to violence."

Or, what pornography propagandizes is violence against women, which is the main building block of male supremacy.

NPR: Discussing Breatfeeding Makes Trans Parents Feel Uncomfortable by JulienMayfair in GenderCritical

[–]jkfinn 19 insightful - 1 fun19 insightful - 0 fun20 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Not only do the cult's language police wipe out women's reality, it also serves to endanger the health and lives of their children. If the value of breastfeeding is kept under wraps once again, there will be a rise in autoimmune diseases, and the world's safest vaccine will thus, once again, be deemed unsafe.

Danger of surgery on girls and young women, etc by VioletRemi in GenderCritical

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

If only half of the surgeries mentioned were performed, the word "danger" would be an understatement--or a replacement of the word "Criminal." And to add to this unparalleled medical crime, is the fact that "gender dysphoria," upon which it's based, is a fraudulent, delusional, and exploitative construct. (superb video--love her personable insistence)

Megan Rapinoe & Billie Jean King Think it's fair to allow Males into women's sports “There is no place in any sport for discrimination of any kind,” King said. by FineIWillDoItMyself in GenderCritical

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

Well, there's Bille Jean King, and then there's Martina Navratilova. No one would have mistaken the two back then, and not now, I guess, either.

Sigh. I admit I am disappointed Ovarit isn't a female only site. I need to come to terms that I had HOPED it would be female only. by missdaisycan in GenderCritical

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

I've noticed this also. As my own taste runs sharp and Radical, I remember back to so many times men and, um, soft/lib women, changed entire groups and missions...

It's easy for liberals to do this because they're not viewed as an ideology or an organized sector, but rather as a large amorphous type body. One might look out for socialists or Marxists or various male formations to take over but liberals... 'no way.' Oh, and I wanted to add to my original comment that not even the OP (apparently) offers a single upvote--that is bad.

Sigh. I admit I am disappointed Ovarit isn't a female only site. I need to come to terms that I had HOPED it would be female only. by missdaisycan in GenderCritical

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

I don't have any sense of Ovarit having any male problem--not right now. If anything, it's sometimes overly liberal feminist, and a little on the female ghetto side, esp some of the subs there. Try making a clearly radical feminist thoughtful remark--even as the first comment to a thread on some non GC sub, then check back later and don't be at all surprised if you've received ZERO upvotes. I once got three of these in a row--all to expressed thoughts I expected some discussion around. And it's not that I was the only respondent to any of those threads. It's rather that radical to many there is equivalent to extreme or hurtful or or angry or divisive--all liberal takes in these cases I refer to.

Feminist warrior Julian Vigo talks with Noam Chomsky about feminism & identity politics by BEB in GenderCritical

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

Chomsky makes a lot of good critical points, and he never interrupts Vigo, but he gives very little indication of really listening to her comments and questions. But, again I think this identity politics question is utterly complex and understood differently by every intelligent person, that it seems a trap even to bring it up. To me transgender is much closer to a post-modernism and post-feminism question than an identity politics one.

Everyone on Twitter hates this 'female empowerment' hotel by [deleted] in GenderCritical

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

It’s certainly very interesting that the diversity criticism of the hotel is not based on race and class, but on the rear end of the LGB coalition or queer’s gender parade. So, whose elite-ness is showing most? I think all different stripes of women could offer far better and fairer critiques of the Hotel Zena.

Graham Linehan Appreciation Day! Before JK Rowling, Irish/UK comedy writer, Graham Linehan, took a stand for women! by BEB in GenderCritical

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

Ha! How perfectly fitting. Yes, it's one thing to acknowledge GL, but "Appreciation Day"?? that does put him on a High Horse.

Graham Linehan Appreciation Day! Before JK Rowling, Irish/UK comedy writer, Graham Linehan, took a stand for women! by BEB in GenderCritical

[–]jkfinn 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Or is he the 5th Horseman of the Apocalypse? (see above thread: "The Four Horsemen of the Gender-Critical Apocalypse")

Women getting banned from saidit too by Maeven in GenderCritical

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

I do agree with you on your main points. The only exception I take is to your seeing "lack of downvoting" as a problem, because I think of it as a plus in many ways, but certainly in terms of radical feminism and mature thought. And that only exists here on this site, and not at Ovarit, which does offer downvoting.

Is there any irrefutable proof or studies proving that transwomen are women? by joy1090 in GenderCritical

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

Only if they achieve enough power to hold science at the point of a gun.

Is there any irrefutable proof or studies proving that transwomen are women? by joy1090 in GenderCritical

[–]jkfinn 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

But they don't mind pathologizing their opponents as trans-PHOBIC.

Women getting banned from saidit too by Maeven in GenderCritical

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

Which of the two do you think if more attuned with radical feminism? I don't think I care for the Twitter format (as I recall it--I don't like the follow business) but Ovarit is chiefly liberal both in content and tone... very few radical voices there (I think slightly more here perhaps because no downvoting)... and some of its subs seem outright liberal. (sometime i get this ghetto feeling... esp after wide open reddit gc which was open to lurkers of all kinds, some of whom actually learned from it)

Women getting banned from saidit too by Maeven in GenderCritical

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

Well, if radical feminism is what "bans" you, imagine how actual radical feminists feel. You have the majority of women to support you and your thoughts, and radical feminists only have their tiny number of cohorts. To boot, I think this site and Ovarit just like reddit gc before, are mainly liberal feminist (esp Ovarit--check out all their subs--hardly a radical notion on them). One can oppose transgender on many different grounds, many of them having little to do with radical feminism, or you can oppose trans and porn but two issues do not make a radical feminist.

What would you do if there were no men on Earth for 24 hours? by BEB in GenderCritical

[–]jkfinn 16 insightful - 3 fun16 insightful - 2 fun17 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Engage in radical feminist politics. 24 hours makes no difference, because the scheme is so much bigger & convincing than any fun pause. It's like a prisoner being given an afternoon of exercise on the roof once a year, and refusing it, so she could further plot her escape.

Spotify employees trying to cancel Joe Rogan/ Abigail Shriers' "transphobic" podcast by BEB in GenderCritical

[–]jkfinn 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Well, I read this in Time Magazine, so I doubt I'm being alarmist. I just reported what I knew at the time. And because he's apologized, doesn't mean it wasn't ignorant and very wrongful in the first place.

Spotify employees trying to cancel Joe Rogan/ Abigail Shriers' "transphobic" podcast by BEB in GenderCritical

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

Yeah, I agree with this. And yeah to the Oprah part.

Rant: It makes me so angry at how women are just supposed to accept that men loooooove porn and strippers and need to stfu. by questioningtw in GenderCritical

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

Also many more men who infrequently look at porn because they disapprove of it, but who at intervals step around its edges (not the transgressive stuff) because it's online and easier than anything else (who's ambitious when about to indulge in a solo sex session--that's when you vacate your conscious self with those "little" prohibitions). These are the men who can most easily just put an end to viewing porn, but seem to wait for the "right moment," which may or may not, come.

Spotify employees trying to cancel Joe Rogan/ Abigail Shriers' "transphobic" podcast by BEB in GenderCritical

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

Romance. No way. His opinions are too volatile from left to right. Besides the working class doesn't need turning around, not by Big Time Joe, or by Boss Tweet, because they have no stake and show less interest in the transgender cult. He also has a past (on tape) heavy on the sexism, which he has never apologized for or stated a new committed position on.

Spotify employees trying to cancel Joe Rogan/ Abigail Shriers' "transphobic" podcast by BEB in GenderCritical

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

Joe Rogan, who has been pushing the lies about Antifa setting forest fires in Oregon, despite the fact that every state agency involved in the fires has zero evidence to this and never did, and has been actively trying to shut down the dangerous rumors which have caused traffic checks by vigilantes, who are ready to assault anyone found with gasoline inside their vehicle. This is the volatile Joe Rogan.

Bookshop stops stocking JK Rowling books amid transphobia backlash by ekitten in GenderCritical

[–]jkfinn 17 insightful - 2 fun17 insightful - 1 fun18 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

While stocking a book isn't an endorsement (good grief, that would be a minefield), and we will always take orders for books that aren't in stock, there are more worthy books to put on the shelf – books that don't harm communities and won't make us sad to unpack them,” a spokesperson wrote.

Even Trump wouldn’t stoop to this bullshit. This is the bottom of the pits, and it’s a goddamn bookstore. Has it not heard of literature? Has it never read about book burnings or book censorship? This is absolutely intolerable and should be picketed with noisy bullhorns (scare away the “clientele)

“More worthy books to put on the shelf.” Oh yeah, like romantic novels loaded up with rape & seduction. And best sellers written by those who just graduated from a “How to write a Novel” course at the local YMCA. Or how about all the stupid, robotic self-help and vitamin books that line the shelves. Or if you’re more high brow... your collection of true crime books...

Inside the Anti-Abortion Movement's "Feminist" Quest to End the Pill by eddyelric in GenderCritical

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

It seems like this anti-birth control movement is in some ways the end result of the breakdown of the Second Wave under the influence of both the New Age and the Pro-Sex movements. Although there was a lot of positives about feminism’s holistic health approach & practices, it did open itself up to the New Age feelings, personal solution, & individual testimony culture. And the sex-positive women, of course, presented the perfect target for the anti-abortionists. They were everything that right wing women despised (it made no difference to them that this pro-sex movement effectively primarily attacked radical feminism). But all three of these negative outcomes for the WLM might have been avoided or better resisted by an insistence on, or a demand for, not only radical feminist politics, but a clear and binding definition of radical feminism. For all three took advantage of this expanding loophole to gather strength and doing so by ripping off & diluting radical feminism.

PS U.S. Catholics have accepted abortion by a majority margin for decades. It is now at a low of 58% acceptance, but has been as high as 77%., and has, at times, been higher than Protestant acceptance.

WARNING ANIMAL CRUELTY. Sydney TIM Charged With Torturing & Killing A 13 Y.O. Dog. by Doobeedoo661 in GenderCritical

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

Men regularly kill pets and animals. Most of the pets they kill are associated with their partners, and most significantly with wife battery) Men are bigger meat eaters than women, because meat is associated with masculinity. Men perceive women as bound to nature and thus closer to animals, and target them as such. Men hunt.

All male bonding is rooted in the destruction of women by ghostprototype in GenderCritical

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

They say you can live or die off quotes. This is one I can live off and others here say they're dying off. Think of a TiM who has made it a female world at so many levels, so convincingly (this is what he fights so hard for), and yet.... yes, and yet, he is still very much a male, and experiencing more male bonding for that. He's kind of a hero in the war on women because his groundwork in EROS assures that. He's a new sexual system not unlike pornography, prostitution, or s-m sex... bonding down the road with the guys.

Losing respect for people by Barber_Acrobatic in GenderCritical

[–]jkfinn 22 insightful - 1 fun22 insightful - 0 fun23 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It doesn’t take much to disappear women, even the most famous ones, because women-as-women are already disappeared. Think of all the once-known women who were buried in unmarked graves, or who died in a welfare hotel. But Woody Allen will always persist as a “pantheon film-maker,” because it takes one hell of a lot more to disappear a male, esp. when he’s one of the renowned ones.

Why do so many women deny the existence of misogyny? by RedditHatesLesbians in GenderCritical

[–]jkfinn 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Well, radical feminism, is really the only politics around that is "egalitarian."

But the real problem is that "politics" is forbidden. What passes for "politics," or the political, are its fragments, not its whole. Sexism, racism, and classism are not in any way separate but are all central to what politics means which is a complete understanding of power's workings and a committed resistance to that. The reason "misogyny" is overlooked is because those who insist on it (radical feminists) stand against all the -isms, including militarism, and because they put women first... out of pure necessity because all other political formations place them last. Thus women's erasure from politics and from history.

THIS MEANS WAR. California just voted to allow men in women's prisons. CALL CA GOVERNOR NOW TO VETO SB 132 (916)445-2841 by BEB in GenderCritical

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

We often hear of TiFs peaking, but never of them organizing in opposition to trans issues and "victories" like this obvious assault on women. They are actually being exploited in a way that benefits the trans anti-woman agenda, by adding ex-women faces to their campaigns. As are, of course, the liberal feminist cohort which supports the same.

Kyle Rittenhouse's mother by ImPiqued1111111 in GenderCritical

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

The only thing I've heard about his single mother is that she tried to take out an order of protection for Kyle because he was being bullied at his high school. I think the son just drifted into guns and law enforcement, identifying with local police and perhaps the military (not much difference any more) as a way of asserting himself. Whatever, I'm sure these attacks on the mother are typical misogynist bullshit (based in Freud & company)

Why is the trans thing EVERYWHERE on the Internet now?? by RedditHatesLesbians in GenderCritical

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

I guess, in some ways, it’s like the demagogue’s determination to push the far right agenda during the week of his crowning. It’s propaganda: if you get to say it 5 nights in a row rather than one night, the Orwellian effect seeps deeper. Biden & the dems are the radical left, Marxists, socialists, fascistic extremists who will gut our values, and sink our country. Or in trans online proliferation: we are the new norm, we’re everywhere, totally acceptable to every stripe, loved at every turn (yet martyred too), see how we banter and humor each other, notice our engaging camaraderie, it’s our world, we’re like a highly profitable product that no one can afford to dissociate from, so don’t miss out on our upward trajectory. (because if you do, you’re likely to be disappeared)

The brutal honest truth about Transgender MTF dating. I could have predicted this ...anyone could have. The trans cult will never tell kids about the downsides. by Cacator in GenderCritical

[–]jkfinn 26 insightful - 1 fun26 insightful - 0 fun27 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

What's the difference between him and what incels are saying?

That was my thought throughout watching this. According to Match, Inc the amazon of dating sites, 35% of site members never meet another person--and maybe they are the lucky ones. Also, only about 6-7% of Match (itself) are actually paying members and open to meeting. It's all about manipulation and everyone who participates is ripped off in one way or another. Many are furious and bring lawsuits etc. And, of course, a relationship is not a Right (the majority are frustrated in this area of their lives--I mean does this guy even work--it's hard to imagine it)

Does anyone else think feminine guys/femboys are quite a powerful force against TRAs? by bigmeaniebutt in GenderCritical

[–]jkfinn 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

What to eff is “the freedom to perform femininity?” Is this like the freedom to perform in black face, or red face? Is it the freedom to mock women?

What is “toxic masculinity?” Does this imply a sort of exemption card for men who don’t look like Hell’s Angels, but who participate just as fully in male dominance--sometimes as spies and eunuchs within feminism?

What are “femmes?” and “femboys?” Is there any connection at all between them and women? Are they more pro-women and anti-sexist than typical males? Are they “a powerful voice against TRAS?” Or on the contrary, do they represent nothing more than puffery, or a lighter forum of female ridicule?

I just got broken up with because my girlfriend decided she is trans. by TarshishJupiter in GenderCritical

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

I see. I thought this was probably true, but wasn't sure. May you work your way through this, which is at least one concrete motivation for holding to your gc stance.

I just got broken up with because my girlfriend decided she is trans. by TarshishJupiter in GenderCritical

[–]jkfinn 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm just curious about her aversion to "wife," and you're mentioning the term "propose" a couple times. Was this meant to be an equal relationship? If so, why the "proposal" idea, which I assume means marriage. Is it possible she's opposed to being a "wife" in a marriage? Or that she's opposed to marriage just as millions of straight women are. Also, are you the one assumed to do the “proposing?” Or, could she have also done so all along?

None of this need be answered, of course. That said, the rest does seem to indicate a long relationship lost to the trans cult. Which can probably best be overcome by doubling down on the criticism of trans.--after or during a short or long recovery. And may that period be as brief as possible, because we all know what that’s like.

Queer Theory Jeopardy with Derrick Jensen. Has had many more views but YT takes this down. by joeytundra in GenderCritical

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Pat Califia called herself Patrick Califia. Cutey-poo.

And yes there's an anarchism that consorts with Queer, but there's an anarchism that would not. And, of course, anarchism doesn't mean no boundaries and endless tolerance, bur rather a non-hierarchical politics & society.

Transwomen in women's sports parodied by South Park by [deleted] in GenderCritical

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Pass it on! Play it on your back in a crowd. Screen it atop your roof! Let the whole world know: "This is what transgender looks like."

Unlikely Ally by SterlingRoark in GenderCritical

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Reddit deleted all the mask-critical subs sometime last week. I'm surprised anything vaccine or G5 critical would still be there.

Chilling, and just incredible. They should change the name to Censorit.

And it's interesting how a thread on 50% of Russian doctors rejecting their vaccine, was promoted by the pro-vaccine army.

Pansexual is the narcissistic, pseudo-virtuous version of bisexuality by [deleted] in GenderCritical

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Sadly, I've met all too many young teen girls who say they are pan. It's the new #notlikeothergirls sex-posi virtue-signaling.

I guess they think of goddesses and flower children when they think of pan, while I think of the Marquis deSade.

Why I Don't Read Rebecca Solnit | The Walrus by [deleted] in GenderCritical

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That identity also stems from the way social media has transformed the feminist movement, reducing a complex body of work to a series of memes, hashtags, and Instagrammable pics. There is now a certain type of female solidarity—call it “pop feminism”—that addresses only topics we can safely agree on. (Viviane Fairbank)

This understanding is, to me, central to this piece. Although the piece is primarily about Solnit, it is just as much about “pop feminism,” which I think has been the dominant form of feminism since the split in the second wave. So many feminists then fled into psycho-therapy, Buddhism, and other New Age practices; while still others adopted sexual revolution, Queer, and gay male politics. All this and most everything that followed can be described as “pop feminism.” And what assured this was the rise of the internet and social media in the 1990s. The very nature of this media all but makes radical feminism impossible, because fragments based more on psychology than on politics, is not sexual politics, or a vision, or an understanding of male supremacy. Radical meant connections & unity stemming from a radical political platform, while pop means separate pieces, none of which are supposed to offend (oh my god) those in the sympathetic online bubbles, for fear of bumping heads with similars who tend to push dissimilars out. It’s a long story but I suspect that the comments to this piece will key on Solnit and less on the ground or lack of ground that produced her.

Pansexual is the narcissistic, pseudo-virtuous version of bisexuality by [deleted] in GenderCritical

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Who needs a red flag, when all you gotta do is look at them. Although many bios don't include a picture, I'll bet the vast majority of trans bios do. And what's most convincing to them is most unconvincing to everyone else.

Unlikely Ally by SterlingRoark in GenderCritical

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Regarding this, there’s a couple other very current issues that come to mind: any slight criticism of vaccines or G5 at reddit, and I assume other major social media, brings on the downvote brigades & attack comments. I don’t care how cautiously you approach this or to what extent you embed your opinion in science/research, you’re just NOT sufficiently with the program, and you’re immediately tossed in with Flat Earthers and Birthers.

Trump Sr. Legal Advisor Jenna Ellis pointing out politically-inconvenient truths about PA's Dr. Levine by jjdub7 in GenderCritical

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Yup. Say what you will about the Trump administration, but they definitely LOVE assertive women who have their stuff together - Sarah Sanders, Kayleigh McEnany, and Jenna Ellis are all absolute bosses

I hate to admit this, but you're right.

As a 20 year-old, I feel so alone in my radical feminist beliefs. by [deleted] in GenderCritical

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This info is so important.

Trump Sr. Legal Advisor Jenna Ellis pointing out politically-inconvenient truths about PA's Dr. Levine by jjdub7 in GenderCritical

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Given Jenna Ellis' lengthy assertiveness, I'll bet she's viewed at least a couple gc critiques. She also gives off an assurance and confidence that she is hardly alone in her stance--and that there's a smart world out there rooting her on (unlike in many other positions she has to speak for)

After Judge’s Ruling, Heartbroken Father Must Pay $5K a Month So His Ex-Wife Can “Transition” His Son James into a Girl by jet199 in GenderCritical

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The oligarchs believe that the people of the world will be so tired of the anarchy, violence, and chaos, that they will beg our globalist overlords for a totally new world order. “Ordo ab chao.”

Well, they got this right!! And the transgender issue right. And certainly a couple other unquestionable points. But definitely to the right, and very religious. Interesting that the original ruling judge was a black woman, and the appeals judge a white woman.

No matter what one might think about this article, I doubt anyone can say it's not somehow compelling. In fact, I hoped it would never end... what a mix of morally right and morally wrong, and somehow amazingly direct--take this you non-believers. Well, I say to you, I'll take the good stuff and thanks for it.

As a 20 year-old, I feel so alone in my radical feminist beliefs. by [deleted] in GenderCritical

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It's really hard to know, esp in the time of deepened isolation, whether the cult's influence is as wide as it seems online or not. I believe it's not, but this might be wishful thinking as in my sense that it's on the wane. One thing for sure, there's nothing that makes one more a YES person than giving into this cult... so do hold out.

TiM calls himself a "bitch" by herecomesthesass in GenderCritical

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The "b" word is used in different ways, and one is "b" in the sense of being an owned sexy number of a arrogant or macho womanizer. So, I suppose this too is a kind of transgressive excitement fantasized by some MtF trans.

Do woke people do well in life? by Eurowoman24 in GenderCritical

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I think real life is meant by many wokes to be held in perpetual abeyance. And born under digitialism, it might be possible.

TRAs in France break into a feminist artist group space honouring female victims of male violence, forcing the artists to leave. They graffiti their art and use the space to pose for pictures. Solidarity with the artist Marguerite Stern. by green_olive in GenderCritical

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These trans assholes are not only fucking infiltrators but phallic storm troopers. If this doesn’t convince the so-called LGB coalition to give these plundering creeps the boot, then it should be called Male, Inc.

Transwomen are Men, unless your definition of Woman is nonsense by our_team_is_winning in GenderCritical

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Many of us have read Solnit pieces/books in the past, and for the most part, were probably much impressed. And until i read this piece a few days ago, I just assumed that as a well known, popularly distributed, feminist journalist, she was a mix of liberal/radical at best, but more likely, a liberal. This piece of pro-trans propaganda places her firmly in the liberal "feminist" camp. I mean it's not even in the least subtle in this regard. The only thing remarkable then about this piece, as opposed to her many others, is that here she's flipping off her more radical readers while, at the same time, aligning her thought & career more pointedly (indeed) within liberal feminism.

Homophobic men who believe in rigid gender roles more likely to be bullies & sexual harassers - sure explains TRA TiMs by dandeliondynasty in GenderCritical

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"Harmful masculinities." Everything post-modernist is in the plural, lots of boxes for men, lots of boxes for sex, lots of boxes for gender, lots and lots of boxes for sexualities. What to hell are the good masculinities. And whatever happened to that class called MEN, you know the ones who rule the world, the group that dominates all of reality--and oh yes women too. I mean what category a man are you... are you a libra or a leo... while you're figuring all this out, we’ll just blow up the earth, and displace women with some of our less macho masculinities.

Emma Watson's advice for feminists: "If you want to run for Prime Minister, you can. If you don’t, that’s wonderful, too. Shave your armpits, don’t shave them...We want to empower women to do exactly what they want." - Emma Watson. Yep. "She" could always do these before, "she" could do it again. by Lilith_Fair in GenderCritical

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Once again the religion of "Empower," as the refuge of the dis-empowered. Even celebs cite it, because when rattled, they lose their cool, and fire psycho-babble cliches right from the hip. So, "don't shave your armpits," "run for M-P" and see what I care.

Decline in support for trans women using refuges by jet199 in GenderCritical

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oh my, i read this headline as refugees (British use of refuges in plural is not used in the USA) and I was questioning whether their racism had become this blatant. And wondered how there cd be a decline in support for something so secret from myself. Oh well, 6 sentences into it...

Another TIF wins bathroom suit (it's always a TIF plowing the way isn't it) by WrongToy in GenderCritical

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It's a TIF leading the way for the same reason that rapists very often select a female lawyer to defend them. Women's integrity & civility are being exploited to validate questionable or criminal male acts/endeavors, and this in turn serves to divide the female opposition to those same actions and actors.

Oh, yes they are. All "social justice" movements are created to excuse the failures of men. The only movement that truly benefits women is FEMINISM. by [deleted] in GenderCritical

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What is this: RACIST MONDAY! here.

Bearing Witness by fijupanda in GenderCritical

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Thanks for posting. Moving & Info. I saved it.

"Black mental health" is just an excuse created by black men to excuse their violence again women by [deleted] in GenderCritical

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These racist posts should be removed. One of the primary tenets of radical feminism is opposition to racism---but my having to say this makes me feel like a jerk.

And what does it say for this sub that 8 (as I write this) persons upvoted this? Either it's infiltrated by trans or there are right wing women aboard--or some other divisive class of people.

Trans women pose no threat to cis women, but we pose a threat to them if we make them outcasts: UTTER BULLSHIT. by GConly in GenderCritical

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Reactionary bullshit from a known feminist journalist whose articles are often reproduced for discussion on “rad fem” (one has to wonder) sites. I cringe right off the bat by her addressing GC critics as “Ladies” and at her incredibly romanticized view of San Francisco (porn factories, sex positive, & super rich) as a bastion of civil liberties. As I read along (who can finish this supreme whitewash) what comes back to me like a bolt is the pro-sex movement which split the second wave. These women were also known feminists (most in the performance arts and/or journalists etc) and had names like Erika Lust, Annie Sprinkle, Pat(rick) Califia, or their own famed names like Gayle Rubin and Ellen Willis. But here instead of embracing pornographers and pimps, Solnit embraces men as representative women and feminists, praiseworthy gender rebels, and an even as a more oppressed wing of the category “women.”

What do you do when there are trans women you actually like? by ImPiqued1111111 in GenderCritical

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Yup. I have a very hard time or avoid altogether even mentioning Uncle John's name, let alone mentioning one seemingly good trait.

Under Transgender Theory, Women and Girls are Passive Objects Enabling Male Escapism | Women Are Human by firebird in GenderCritical

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Thanks. Will look into this.

If you google Linda Nochlin: "The Imaginary Orient" you'll find this article (PDF) under wordpress etc. She's an excellent art historian and critic.

Under Transgender Theory, Women and Girls are Passive Objects Enabling Male Escapism | Women Are Human by firebird in GenderCritical

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It's a major form of colonialism. Best to read the classic Edward Said"s "Orientalism." Or read a substantial review of it. Or examine how European art has depicted the East? (similar to how it has viewed women--picturesque curiosities, erotic. mysterious etc)

What do you do when there are trans women you actually like? by ImPiqued1111111 in GenderCritical

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I also disagree with every comment, but not because I'm unlucky enough to know so many T's. But rather because this sub has only been around for like a month and already there have been several "NOT-ALL-TRANS" threads followed by loads of sympathetic posts. This mantra is strange on a GC Critical sub, esp since it’s far more dominant than “NOT-ALL-MEN” which I guess by now has been all but buried. And yet it’s not men who are directly displacing both women and feminism, but MtF trans.

I really believe this exception stuff should be reserved for private conversation at best, because this is supposed to be a political movement, not a psycho-therapist office... it’s like group therapy where each gets to admit that they love certain of their oppressors... it was exactly this type of privatizing that helped to kill the second wave and drove many women into becoming psycho-therapists. Forget the patterns of oppression because, you see, after all, it’s really all my personal experience.

GenderCritical vs the New Liberals by [deleted] in GenderCritical

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We must remember though that this started off as a right wing "politically correct" attack on the left and on radical feminism, but it's now become the "cancel culture" of the woke left and social media. But the extreme relativism which is being attacked certainly has taken over academia (post-modernism, post-feminism, post-values) often to the point of absolute absurdity and violent cultism.

The fact that two women here are portrayed as willing executioners is a hint that this criticism was originally owned by the right.

you people have learned nothing. by billyhaze in GenderCritical

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Let's save the "funny" vote for humorous posts. Remember it means plus 1, not minus 1.

As an autistic lesbian, this had me speechless by hologram in GenderCritical

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As a Ph.D in English and a M.A. in Philosophy, this left me in a state of absolute befuddlement.

Seriously, why so many hetero women are so masochistic? by Njklm in GenderCritical

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No way is it hetero women, as opposed to others. All women are subject to this because under male supremacy this is what women are--objects. As the second wave started to falter in the late 1970s, it came to be confused with the "sexual revolution" (the myth of women burning their bras, and being independent brassy and sexual) and then was split by the pro-sex movement which made the myth of the sexed woman revolutionary a reality. There were several known lesbians involved in this assault on the second wave and in the 1990s the s-m movement became almost synonymous with lesbian sex, and a small group of lesbians had to arise to counter male-centered objectifying sexuality (or today called sex-positive).

Under Transgender Theory, Women and Girls are Passive Objects Enabling Male Escapism | Women Are Human by firebird in GenderCritical

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To the men of the ‘trans woman’ movement, being a woman is a form of slum tourism (also known as ghetto tourism or poverty tourism): members of a more economically and sociopolitically powerful class satisfy morbid curiosity about how the less fortunate live. This allows the more privileged to gain relief from the boredom and rigid expectations of their humdrum lives, as well as from the self-doubts plaguing their sense of worthiness.

It’s really not much different than the West’s view of Islam. It’s called Orientalism, which is a form of colonization and cultural appropriation. It implies both exploitation and tourism or emotional distance from the lives being observed, collected, and raised up as trophies. The mystery of the Orient and Orientals, and plumbing the mystery of women. The eternal woman question, and the eternal Oriental question. Neither ever to be solved, of course.

Feeling lonely about being Gender Critical? by Kai_Decadence in GenderCritical

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That's an interesting perspective. I think you're right that most GC people are not radical but I think it's because we don't buy into this one far out there concept that gets us labeled as such.

Totally agree!!

Feeling lonely about being Gender Critical? by Kai_Decadence in GenderCritical

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I don't know, do whistle-blowers expect anything? Do radicals expect friends? I never set out to have friends, nor do I esp note it when one leaves. There's no real way of knowing why people bow out of our lives, not for certain, but of course we can be quite sure if we're radicals. My guess is that the majority of gc people today are no longer radicals, but liberals. This is a good thing in some ways (more resistors) but not good in others. But if gc is a singular position or a single issue deal then there should be far more persons available to you than if you are a down the line radical. So, maybe that's cause for cheer.

Feeling lonely about being Gender Critical? by Kai_Decadence in GenderCritical

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Maybe he means friends in the real world, though.

So open minded, brain fell out by GuacLettuceBacon in GenderCritical

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That this might come from the right or be edited probably has not much to do with its central point, which is that values, external criteria, taking positions have given way to a non-judgmental, individualistic, and relativistic society. The point made is also scary in terms of authoritarianism and its ability to sway people who exercise little resistance, independence, or criticism in the face of suggestions or commands.

Are there such things as "femininity" and "masculinity" or are they just imaginary things humans made up? by Nohope in GenderCritical

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I cannot think of any books or articles that explicitly deals with this subject, but the central idea is contained in almost all radical feminist books to varying degrees. Demonizing women is also the model of oppression of all minorities... So, before the US troops were sent to Vietnam, it had to be drilled into them that the Vietnamese were to be called "slopes," that they endorsed communism as an ideology.. If you want to just look at femininity, there is Susan Brownmiller's book "Femininity" which will point to the way this is employed to set up women for use, and violence. Also there's an art history book called "The Painted Witch."Any book that deals with women as devil or Eve or target... set up to be shot down.

Are there many Skeptics here? by strandkrypa in GenderCritical

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In my lifelong experience, the anti-war movement in the 1960s and the second wave sort of buried the word "skepticism" and replaced it with the deeper, more committed, more action-based concept of "critical thinking/acting." There was always a kind of ivory-tower, male, and overly deliberative sense tied to "skepticism." And many conservative and academic thinkers tended to employ it, so it also had a kind class tinge to it.

Are there such things as "femininity" and "masculinity" or are they just imaginary things humans made up? by Nohope in GenderCritical

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Both "femininity" and "masculinity" are defined by males. However, "Femininity" is a target, not an assignment, meant to paint women as Other. What makes up "masculinity" are merely qualities of both division and unity or how hierarchy is determined within the male identity or male club. "Femininity" is how women are subordinated; "masculinity" is how superiority or dominance is realized at women's expense.

The moment this transgender debate got heated by [deleted] in GenderCritical

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In this video clipping, there's no doubt that Ben Shapiro is the hero. And that interaction between the pseudo hero and him says it all the about trans "women" as macho males in drag, using velvet speech tones but delivering violent threats which is so pleasing to the libs who look starry eyed and teary eyed at their new superman.

Report this petition, started by "Amy' Petrelli the psychotic TIM. He's trying to get Google to change the definition of the word "woman". PLEASE REPORT. by yishengqingwa666 in GenderCritical

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Currently, the definition of "woman" ("adult human female") in particular is frequently upheld by hateful individuals and institutions to exclude trans women from womanhood.... We feel this small change goes a long way to show compassion...

Yeah, like radical feminists have real pull over Google’s dictionary. And only in the 17th century were any women referred to as “womanhood,” let alone the rebel ones. Trans delusion is far past mental derangement, and if it ever needed any “compassion” it could only come from the orderlies in an institution for crackpots. Anyway, when the revolution comes it will just blowup all these fussy details that the trans suits lobby for in strained voices.

Should trans people be classified under a 3rd sex, rather than the opposite sex? by Hazeypanda in GenderCritical

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I wish they were classified as the 117th gender. Maybe then the Gender Abolition Movement would take wings.

This is the top upvoted post on r/MtF in the past week. Over 1000 people thought this was completely normal behaviour. Not a fetish at all... by DoneWithReddit in GenderCritical

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So, this is why "ladies" has come back into circulation. It's the cult's way of bypassing "women" as too explosive a term. He and his 1300 cheerleaders are called "Ladies" and their 2602 breasts are called "girls." All Heil the cult.

Thoughts on Teenage Detransitioners as a recovered Anorexic by [deleted] in GenderCritical

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Yeah, so many similarities, as you point out. Perhaps parents abdication is greater in transing than it is with anorexia though, because parents have more input into sex stereotypes in their raising of a child. I think of the advertising, fashion, and movie industries as being far more instrumental in anorexia than are the parents. I would also like to think that parents who for the most part must recognize trans for some kind of fad or gay thing, would seriously intervene, successfully or not, when to their child, it becomes way serious & extreme. (also, anorexia is often kept more hidden, i think)

Numbers. I'm looking for numbers and data. I've actually started arguing IRL and they want numbers for proof. by Oof_Too_Humid in GenderCritical

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Yeah, it's like a "mission." You feel often like they should be the ones doing the work, not you.

Women in the US are getting organized! Join FIST! (and/or WoLF) see discussion by [deleted] in GenderCritical

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The invitation to FIST includes radical feminists and other revolutionary women. I wonder about the latter group... who are they? Socialists? Anarchists? Hmm.

Forcing women out of workplaces, sports and politics? by eddyelric in GenderCritical

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This may be the real cancel culture. Women are not only supposed to be the fixers in so-called society, but also the fixed in socidety. Rise an inch in good times, shrink in bad times... the incredible shrinking woman, the fixer-up of life and the fixed-in-place by life. But the male internet and its trans troops may be the public face of this ongoing reactionary force you're speaking of--also called the little version of the larger cancel culture.

Cancel Culture VS. Ellen by Anon123 in GenderCritical

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And yet that didn't stop them they consider a woman not being smiling and polite 100% of the times is a good enough reason to try to ruin her life.

That's always been my biggest problem with her--too facile a smile, too facile laughter, over almost everything no matter whether it deserves it or not...those watery blue eyes smiling & roaring over all kinds of things she should refrain from promoting. That, and that she definitely follows "the different strokes for different folks" philosophy, as do most of the people whom she interviews. Who wants to wade through 100 shows to find one with a little challenge and controversy.

Numbers. I'm looking for numbers and data. I've actually started arguing IRL and they want numbers for proof. by Oof_Too_Humid in GenderCritical

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https://4thwavenow.com/ This site may give an idea of the extent of the harm. You can look around... maybe under all the research articles you could do word searches, or possible you can post these questions (cannot recall). But I know your quandary--been up against it many times and I often suspect the sincerity of the questions.

UTI help requires my gender identity? by our_team_is_winning in GenderCritical

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Yeah, this was happening way before covid, I've used it myself. Lots of health insurance companies have a telehealth option now, I can use a my laptop or phone to see a dr for non serious issues and they can write prescriptions. And websites like virtuwell prescribe abx for uti based on symptoms.

Thanks. I partly misread the op, but this is good news becaue Dr. visits are always problematic during normal times.

What the people most hating women have in common: The "Dark Triad" of personality traits: Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy, plus entitlement. by [deleted] in GenderCritical

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Once again, moving sexism inside the sick male mind, rather than outward to the structures of male supremacy. It’s another liberal distraction. And cancel culture directed at individuals rather than at the real cancel culture of corporate media, academia, the State, and other powerful forces which cancel all of us on a daily basis--women especially

William Shatner has joined the TERF wars. by 11mile_house in GenderCritical

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Why was Shatner called "cis" in the first place? Or why or how did he get in on this debate? I recall an early movie of his in which he played a sort of KKK organizer--chilling, because in the opening moments I mistook him for a labor agitator come to a small town.

Don't forget to check out Ovarit! by MonstrousRegiment in GenderCritical

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And I was just thinking... if one writes an unpopular comment, and gets one person to agree, no one can take that single supporter away by a downvote. That's really a big victory, because no one can negate a vote or a vote of support.

UTI help requires my gender identity? by our_team_is_winning in GenderCritical

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Did you know you can now get antibiotics for a UTI without seeing a doctor in person in the USA! I guess that was approved within the last year.

Are you sure this is not just a covids-19 ruling? I can't imagine people self-prescribing abx. And as to the men question--most men over 50 have enlarged prostate glands, and often end up with lots of UTIs accompanying the use of either catheters or related surgeries.

Don't forget to check out Ovarit! by MonstrousRegiment in GenderCritical

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It's impressive-----except for the downvoting (boo). It won't mean much in the early going, but down the road it will mean self-censorship via horizontal censorship as it certainly did and does at reddit.

Explanation of non-binary that's not sexist? by bradjohnsonishere2 in GenderCritical

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Because of the necessity to invoke biology as a primary argument vs trans, there's been an eclipse of the socially constructed principle that was so central to radical feminism. This is where sex expectations were roundly criticized, esp the feminization and sexualization of women (or gender). To counter this socialization of females by males was, in effect, a form of undermining the false distinctions and differences between men and women, upon which much of women's oppression is based. This goes much further than the concept of non-binary and is far more radical and effective. There can be no non-binary if women are liberated from their marked off, enemy status.