3/4/2021 the concept of female biology being something taboo and offensive serves the patriarchyRead Now I feel so disillusioned as an American feminist. It seems more and more hopeless that we can pull together a large social movement or cultural shift to make progress in fighting misogyny and women's sex-based oppression. Dividing and silencing women while making us complicit in our own exploitation under the guise of "progressiveness" and "empowerment" serves the patriarchy. Strengthening the concept of female biology being something taboo and offensive serves the patriarchy. And yet the left has bought into it, hook line and sinker.
I'm a feminist, but I don't participate in "feminist movements" anymore. I'm bisexual, but I don't participate in "the LGBT community" anymore. I'm a liberal, but I don't participate in "the left" anymore. Living in a super liberal area with super liberal friends used to feel amazing to me, but it's increasingly feeling more uncomfortable as it becomes "woke" to suppress and erase women. I kind of wish I'd never woken up to this. I used to be a liberal feminist (or "choice feminist") who bought into gender ideology completely. It was easier to be in line with the popular beliefs in my circles, instead of putting up a front and saying things I don't believe while hiding my true beliefs in order to keep from being seen as a bigot and ostracized. And it was a lot less painful not to understand how truly hopeless things are for women, how deep into the core of society our oppression goes, and how it's getting worse for us by the day. Comments are closed.
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