For The Love Of Women

Hey girl! I thought I was a heterosexual WOC supporting radical feminism, but since I really got into the movement and learned about unlearning my internalized misogyny, I have grown so much as a person and discovered that  I have been bisexual but repressed my feelings after growing up in a middle eastern country that operates under shariah law! Learning about radical feminism is for everyone, and as a woman who has her autonomy and rights under attack simply for being born a woman, you have a place here too!

Some friendly advice, when it comes to issues regarding sexuality, if you are 100% sure you are straight, be a little cautious with how you engage. Do not let people walk over you, but be aware of how being raised straight may impact your worldview and how you deal with certain conversations or issues, so just be mindful of the radfems that have been here for a long long time when they talk about their sexuality or oppression. That being said, do your own research from many avenues. Do not decide that someone is right because they have a lot of support, form your own opinions, and do your own reading. Good luck, and let me know if you have any questions. Here are some resources to help!

Right-Wing Women, by Andrea Dworkin

Pornography: Andrea Dworkin (1991) - Documentary

Pornography: Men Possessing Women, by Andrea Dworkin

http://radfem.org/dworkin/

Against Our Will, Susan Brownmiller

Femininity, by Susan Brownmiller

Rape In Marriage, Diana Russell

Women-Only Spaces: An Alternative To Patriarchy, by Jennie Ruby

Exploring the Value of Women-Only Space, by Kya Ogyn

Women, Health and the Politics of Fat, Amy Winter, in Rain And Thunder, Autumn Equinox 2003,   No. 20

Free Space: A Perspective on the Small Group in Women’s Liberationby Pamela Allen1970 Download PDF

Loving to Survive: Sexual Terror, Men’s Violence, and Women’s Lives by Dee Graham, Roberta Rigsby, Edna Rawlings1995 Download PDF

Nothing Mat(t)ers: A Feminist Critique of Postmodernismby Somer Brodribb1992 Download PDF

A deafening silence: Hidden violence against women and childrenby Patrizia Romito (translation by Janet Eastwood)2008 Download PDF

Are Prisons Obsolete?by Angela Y. Davis2003 Download PDF

Refusing to be a Man: Essays on Sex and Justiceby John Stoltenberg2000 2nd Ed. Download PDF

I Am Your Sister: Collected and Unpublished Writings of Audre Lordeed by Rudolph P. Byrd, Johnnetta Betsch Cole, Beverly Guy-Sheftall2011 Download PDF

Beyond the Frame: Women of Color and Visual Representationed by Neferti X. M. Tadiar, Angela Davis2005 Download PDF

Beauty and Misogyny: Harmful Cultural Practices in the Westby Sheila Jeffreys2005 Download PDF

The Spinster and Her Enemiesby Sheila Jeffreys1997 Download PDF

The Lesbian Heresyby Sheila Jeffreys1993 Download PDF

The Industrial Vagina: The Political Economy of the Global Sex Tradeby Sheila Jeffreys2008 Download PDF

The Sexual Liberals and the Attack on Feminism Edited by Dorchen Leidholdt and Janice G. Raymond. 1990 Download Full PDF (5MB)

Liberalism and the Death of Feminism, Catharine A. MacKinnon (PDF)

Sexology and Antifeminism, Sheila Jeffreys (PDF)

Woman-Hating Right and Left, Andrea Dworkin (PDF)

Taking Our Eyes Off the Guys, Sonia Johnson (PDF)

Family Matters, Ann Jones (PDF)

Confronting the Liberal Lies About Prostitution, Evelina Giobbe (PDF)

The New Reproductive Technologies, Gena Corea (PDF)

Mothers on Trial: Custody and the “Baby M” Case, Phyllis Chesler (PDF)

Sexual and Reproductive Liberalism, Janice G. Raymond (PDF)

In the Best Interest of the Sperm: The Pregnancy of Judge Sorkow, Pauline B. Bart (PDF)

Abortion and Pornography: The Sexual Liberals’ “Gotcha” Against Women’s Equality, Twiss Butler (PDF)

When Women Defend Pornography, Dorchen Leidholdt (PDF)

Eroticizing Women’s Subordination, Sheila Jeffreys (PDF)

Resistance, Andrea Dworkin (PDF)

Sex Resistance in Heterosexual Arrangements, A Southern Women’s Writing Collective (PDF)

Toward a Feminist Praxis of Sexuality, Wendy Stock (PDF)

Sexual Liberalism and Survivors of Sexual Abuse, Valerie Heller (PDF)

The Many Faces of Backlash, Florence Rush (PDF)

Liberals, Libertarianism, and the Liberal Arts Establishment, Susanne Kappeler (PDF)

You Can’t Fight Homophobia and Protect the Pornographers at the Same Time—An Analysis of What Went Wrong in Hardwick, John Stoltenberg (PDF)

A View from Another Country, Susan G. Cole (PDF)

Women and Civil Liberties, Kathleen A. Lahey (PDF)

Be-Witching: Re-Calling the Archimagical Powers of Women, Mary Daly (PDF)

Not a Sentimental Journey: Women’s Friendships, Janice G. Raymond (PDF)

yeah in my opinion you can! cause it spreads the message/art/work of woc and gives them more of a platform! you could have woc followers who can see things intended for them. 

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Hey I’m not too sure but hopefully my followers + anybody else who knows of this info can reblog with answers!

I obviously dont

I’m constantly surprised and revolted at the same feminists that claim to “be intersectional”, considering they so casually ignore that in majority of the WORLD prostitution and the sex industry is such a huge way that girls and women are abused, raped and traded like property. Western Feminism is so embarrassing and just straight up damaging.

yeah pretty much, trans-activism is being shoved into the umbrella of feminism, when it needs its own space. it’s crowding feminist issues like abortion, mensuration and pregnancy that aren’t getting heard because of the desire to remove woman-specific language which is super damaging to a movement created for women who face sex-based oppression

ugh im so sorry that sounds exhausting to deal with especially at work, but if you can try to explain to him about the societal pressure that gives girls and women alike eating disorders, and how fat women are more woman than he can ever be. men never cease to surprise me with how they view women as walking anorexic sex-dolls. 

The audacity of someone to try and remove infertile women from their own womanhood is baffling, first of all. Paying the pink tax is not the only way women are oppressed by their biology. From the moment girls and born, they are subject to expectations, assumptions and attitudes that will affect and change their lives. Their opportunities are different, their encouragement into STEM, their job prospects, their wages, all of these things change because of their SEX. Their biology is the reason they face harassment, condescension and a whole lot of crap the world will throw their way simply because of their sex. The “consequence” of being female does not begin in a woman’s 30s, 40s or 50s, when most trans-people begin to transition. It begins from the moment she is born, because she does not get socialized as a male, and does not receive male privilege. When you are born with a vagina, you are born to a class that is oppressed and has been oppressed throughout history. Please read up on the history of women’s oppression with the witch trails, voting rights, abortion rights, institutionalization, and so on because it’s so much bigger than one or two people’s conversations. 

As far as I understand, there’s trans people with sex dysphoria (called “truscum” if they spoke against non-dysphoric people calling themselves trans), and there’s non-binary individuals who don’t identify with their gender, or make new ones. As far as I’ve seen, radfems don’t believe in the need for a gender binary (making non-binary people’s labeling pointless).

 They don’t say trans-people don’t exist, just that surgical transitioning is a drastic, expensive form of mutilation as a treatment for a psychological issue (sex dysphoria). In regard to non-binary individuals- to some extent, everybody is uncomfortable with their gender because of the gender-roles that are imposed on us. Neither femininity (encouraged on females) nor masculinity (imposed on males) assists with liberation, in fact, femininity (even hyperfemininity as exhibited by liberal feminists claiming empowerment in makeup & beauty rituals) is used as a means to control and regulate women’s behaviour. 

Identifying out of your assigned gender is a privilege that most people cannot afford, and it is an unhelpful way to address the flaws with gender as a system. Gender=/= personality traits. Gender is the way that society stifles women’s growth and takes away opportunities for them to excel. Addressing this, and discarding the need for gender roles, while emphasizing the huge role our sex (male/female) plays in our oppression is important to achieve liberation. Our biology is the root of our oppression and we cannot ignore this, as most trans-activists and liberal feminists seek to do.

what do you think of it??

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I think you should look up what radical feminism is, the radical refers to “root”.

Sex-based oppression is a thing

I think men compromise the movement by calling themselves feminists because they will never fully understand what it means to experience being women. They do not fall under the class that experiences oppression based on their sex, which should be reason enough. There is no need to call themselves feminists, if their intentions were solely to be an active part of helping women progress- they would be content with calling themselves supporters of feminism and actually behaving in ways to help women. If you want to see how exactly you can be a male ally to feminism, click here.

Here’s the other question you sent:

Do you believe people assigned female at birth who identify as male or non-binary deserve access to resources provided in feminist spaces? Why or why not?

I think trans men deserve resources to assist them live safely and comfortably. If they desire access to resources in feminist spaces that still pertain to them, such as their reproductive health, trauma care, etc. then I think they should be offered it. The same goes for non-binary women.Non-binary males should be able to create their own spaces in order to deal with the issues they face uniquely. Gender non-conforming males have their own issues that are separate from gnc women and it would be best to address issues specifically instead of collectively in the same space where you could risk ignoring issues of one group over the other.

I recognize sex dysphoria as a psychological condition like a mental illness which needs more extensive research into the root of the issue as opposed to suggesting cosmetic surgery and encouraging extremely regressive definitions of women=tits & dresses, which are literally the exact opposite of the ideals upon which feminism is based on

congrats im really happy for you