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OpalsMarch 30, 2025
I don't like this quote... naturally it's a bisexual woman who is taken to be the best person to speak on lesbians
Lesbians are not 'mistaken' for a porn category... the porn category exists to denigrate lesbian sexuality... and lesbianism isn't a civil rights movement... it's a sexual orientation, whether a civil rights movement exists for it or not
Shot_DunyunMarch 30, 2025
It doesn't really hold up to scrutiny, but as a water-cooler remark it's got fuckin' teeth.
001Heart [OP]March 30, 2025
Lesbians are not 'mistaken' for a porn category... the porn category exists to denigrate lesbian sexuality...
True.
lesbianism isn't a civil rights movement... it's a sexual orientation, whether a civil rights movement exists for it or not
That's also true. Now that I think about it, calling lesbianism a civil rights movement reminds of the political lesbianism? Reinforcing that lesbianism is a choice and not an inherent sexuality..
I would rephrase this message to say something like this: "Lesbianism is an inherent sexuality that is denigrated to a porn category for heterosexual males. Transgenderism is a porn category extolled as a progressive civil rights movement to protect heterosexual males"
I really like the message that lesbian rights are never taken seriously like trans rights activism AKA men's blatant fetishes colonising lesbian spaces.
drdeeisbackMarch 31, 2025
Not sure I follow this logic:
'calling lesbianism a civil rights movement reminds of the political lesbianism? Reinforcing that lesbianism is a choice and not an inherent sexuality..'
Agree that lesbianism isn't a civil rights movement (though it is a category protected by civil rights legislation) but how does civil rights imply choice?
001Heart [OP]April 1, 2025
Civil rights do not imply choice; a civil rights movement does, however. Lesbianism is not a social movement with marches and other protests but a sexuality; that's what I meant. And the civil rights movement was for African American rights and had nothing to do with Lesbianism anyways.
VestalVirginMarch 30, 2025
That's true, lesbianism is just a sexual orientation. Claiming it is a civil rights movement makes it appear as though it is a choice to be lesbian (which is is only for bisexuals, who can choose to not act on their attraction to males)
Transgenderism is anti-feminism - claiming that it is a porn category makes it appear less harmful than it actually is. (If the movement were only about advertising the sexual availability of TIMs to regular men, it'd be a lot less harmful to women.)
Couldn't have said it better myself!
I hate this
angry upvote
Me too, sigh