do people not understand that the point of legalizing sex work is regulating sex work. so that sex workers can like, be legally protected if they experience violence and such violence can be prevented by putting legal guard rails in place. instead of our current system that leaves sex workers with no recourse or protection
"trans ally" gay celeb men like troye sivan and pedro pascal etc will wear "protect the dolls" tshirts and spend all their time on social media saying TWAW, but won't eat a transman's pussy. despite all their posturing, their actions show that they know transwomen are men and therefore deserving of their time and energy, whereas transmen are women and therefore a forgotten afterthought. the uk supreme court's ruling that sex is biological affected both transmen and transwomen equally, and yet i have seen zero gay celeb men posting about how transmen are real men. it's allllll been about the transwomen.
no one has class solidarity quite like the male sex.
i found my new motto “i am your future boss, not your future wife.”
Absolutely baffling suggested post from horsedotcom
female breasts being censored makes me uncomfortable, female breasts being deemed sexual make me really uncomfortable, people who censor female nipples give me an ick and they give me SUCH an ick that I cannot even tell in words, I deem it a redflag on sight
female nipples being shown only in pornographic context makes me uncomfortable, it makes me fucking angry and sad
Like, really, you have to be a troll. I don’t even think most TRAs aren’t this dumb and degenerate. You just have to be some white dude from 4chan trying to simultaneously fuck with TRAs and women.
Sex is why women are opressed
Gender is how
i always think about that study where they had adults hold a baby, and when they were told the baby was a girl the adults said she was cute and small, and when they were told the baby was a boy they said he was big and strong. they rated the baby’s ability to do things and tendency towards certain toys differently. they even held the baby differently. (x) or when they rated the baby’s physical ability to do various tasks such as climbing up a slope differently, (x) & when they measured how much parents told their girl children vs. their boy children to be careful and stop being so rowdy (x), & when they measured how often girls and boys were told to be quiet. (x) this was, obviously, all unconscious behavior in the adults. they’re not all like, raving sexists who outspokenly believe that women can’t do stuff or that girls really should just be quieter, be more still than boys. like its not even counting the direct, actual messages, its just literally how every single person in your entire life treats you, and if asked they would probably deny that its even because you’re a girl. how the fuck am i supposed to believe this doesn’t affect a child’s development when its literally constant throughout the entire process
I keep thinking about this and laughing it's like too much for me
Things I support:
dysphoric people (trans or not)
getting dysphoric people access to better healthcare
getting transitioning people access to better healthcare
getting trans people healthcare which presents treatment for dysphoria and transition as options and does not pressure anyone to do anything
scientific research into the health risks and long-term effects of various aspects of transitioning (binding, hormone therapy, psychological patterns, etc.)
safety and autonomy of trans people
detransitioned people
Things I do not support:
males in female spaces
female spaces being compromised into free-for-all “gender neutral” spaces (while male spaces are left untouched)
medically transitioning children
lesbians & gay men have to be “open to” dating transwomen/transmen respectively or they’re transphobic
lesbians & gay men should “re-examine” their “genital fetishes” (i.e. DIY conversion therapy)
presenting medical transition as the only route for dysphoric people
pressuring dysphoric and/or gender-nonconforming people to identify as trans
erasing gender-nonconforming women like joan of arc from women’s history by claiming they were transmen
erasing gay figures like marsha p. johnson from gay rights history by claiming they were trans
rapists, murderers and predators who hold (or held) positions of influence in the trans movement (biko, rivers, alok, etc etc)
“centering” males in female reproductive rights
silencing female issues to cater to transwomen’s feelings
silencing victims of male trans people in the interest of “not making transwomen look bad”
violent and/or intimidating protests, no-platforming, other intimidation tactics, as an attempt to ban women’s writing, silence women’s dissenting voices, and erase women’s achievements
people identifying as trans based on gender stereotypes, outdated notions of “brain sex,” or nebulous feelings rather than sex dysphoria
transwomen being allowed to pretend they were not socialized male
transwomen being allowed to pretend they do not, and have never held male privilege
transmen’s experiences with female socialization and sex-based oppression being silenced and transmen being thrown under the bus in order to make the previous two points appear legitimate
pushing false statistics, lies, and strawman arguments to demonize anyone who questions trans theory
“TERF”
subsequent TERF witch-hunts, block lists, demanding that no one so much as hear what radical feminists have to say and instead blindly accept a strawman version of what we believe
ostracizing and bullying of anyone who expresses curiosity about radical feminist ideas, reveals that they’ve read radical feminist blogs, or so much as reblogs memes from radical feminists
denial of basic biology
denial of basic sociology
denial of sex-based oppression
feminists: this terrible act is so damaging to ones self that it has the highest rate of ptsd of any event, women kill themselves in wartime to avoid rape, every womans worst fear is rape,
rape apologists: its consensual why are you mad. its totally neutral and fine to fantasize about acting out the most heinous act on a woman if its actually “pretend”.