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Feminism is the movement to liberate women from patriarchy. We stand up for the rights of women to control our own bodies as individuals and to control women-only spaces as a class.
Women are adult human females. We do not believe that men can become women by 'feeling' like women or 'identifying' as women. We condemn the erasure of females and female-only spaces, the silencing of critical thinking, the cancelling of feminists and critics, the denial of biological reality and of sex-based oppression. We oppose the 'cotton ceiling' and the pressure on lesbians to have sex with men. Women are oppressed to exploit their biological sex characteristics, and women have a right to a movement that is about their own liberation from that oppression. We resist the redefinition of both "women" and "feminism" to make them serve men.
"Women do not decide at some point in adulthood that they would like other people to understand them to be women, because being a woman is not an ‘identity.’ Women’s experience does not resemble that of men who adopt the ‘gender identity’ of being female or being women in any respect. The idea of ‘gender identity’ disappears biology and all the experiences that those with female biology have of being reared in a caste system based on sex." –Sheila Jeffreys, Gender Hurts
"Men often react to women’s words—speaking and writing—as if they were acts of violence; sometimes men react to women’s words with violence. So we lower our voices. Women whisper. Women apologize. Women shut up. Women trivialize what we know. Women shrink. Women pull back. Most women have experienced enough dominance from men—control, violence, insult, contempt—that no threat seems empty." –Andrea Dworkin, Intercourse
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I really like this sarcastic twitter thread about how feminist discourse leads to male violence, thought I'd share it. The idea that men listen to us is simply ludicrous.
If they did listen to us, they wouldn't commit violence.
Hahaha, brilliant! Archived. (https://archive.is/e8SW2)
Tks for the archive. First literal lol of the day.
Brilliant.
Gee, I wonder how many rape, assault, and death threats the author won't get because he's male.
Honestly, I think it would be an interesting experiment to have a woman re-post that thread and see what happens
lmaoooo i love this. I have a soft spot for dry sarcastic humour that also points out the ridiculousness of trans logic
Lmao, this is brilliant.
I love it. Perfectly encapsulates the absurdity of TRAs focusing on protecting trans people from "TERFs" instead of.....literally anything else
It would take actual work to protect them from the violence they actually suffer
What violence do they actually suffer? TiFs get attacked because they're women, not because of how they identify. TiMs involved in criminal behavior get attacked because they're criminals, not because of how they identify. I could go on but you get the drift. Time to put an end to the myth of 'trans' vulnerability.
Love it! Reminds me of this classic: Trump Voter Feels Betrayed By President After Reading 800 Pages Of Queer Feminist Theory
"strips power from women and minorities, particularly trans. . ."
Yes, because that .3% of the adult population is ABSOLUTELY the most important of all the oppressed demographics in America, definitely more important than the 50% of the population who are oppressed from birth.
I would watch a skit of this
That was brilliant.
That's the best part.