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"women live life on easy mode" is what men tell themselves when they don't wanna recognize the female sex has been oppressed, shunned, abused and punished since the dawn of time. objectifying women and raping them for money is not the privilege they think it is. "ooh but women can live off selling sex" KILL YOURSELF

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hmmm why does my uterus hurt and why do i feel kinda off. weird. surely these are not the warning symptoms of a predictable biological process that occurs on a regular schedule. anyway. im going to wear white pants today.

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Reminder that this happened in november last year. A trans-identified male in Norway beat his partner to death, reportedly with a baseball bat, because he wanted to prevent said partner from breaking up with him.

This is textbook male violence.

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Created this feminism infographic because I was very tired of Tik Tok feminists having no idea what they're talking about. Feel free to use!

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*chefs kiss*

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Remember there is a *huge* difference between the argument "Media will make you violent" and "Media you consume can have an effect on your actions and outlook"

We know that things like right-wing TV or misogynistic podcasts have an effect on the end user over time, even if it may be slight or totally subconscious.

We understand that people can be radicalised by an echo chamber or algorithm. This does not mean it will work on everyone, or that it will work to the same extent!

If a person has a strong understanding of the forces in play, they can reject the information based on their own experiences or beliefs. But younger people are more likely to not have that experience, and are therefore more susceptible to the effects. So when we are discussing children as young as 9 accessing violent pornography, you have to consider that is their only exposure to sex. They have no experience or knowledge that it is wrong or harmful. They cannot reject it easily.

And when you add in the extreme hormone dump from orgasm, that is very, very easy way to train a mental pathway for life.

"Pornography will not suddenly make you a violent sexual criminal!" But it will reinforce pre-concieved notions, it will create a notion where there is a lack of understanding, and it will change your perceptions over time. Especially if it is violent, coercive, and misogynistic.

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I mean

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"This is my emotional support archaic stereotype misogyny" applies here.

Let me describe to you what kind of world gender abolitionists actually dream about:

When a child would be born it’s biological sex, being an actual physical reality, would be noticed but not a single assumption regarding the child’s personality would be made based on it.

Growing up, children would be free to chose what toys and clothes they prefer. If they want to play with toy trucks or dolls, it would be fine either way. If they want to dress comfortably or in frilly colorful dresses, it would be fine.

Certain personality traits would not be encouraged in members of one sex and discouraged in the other. Females would be free to be strong, brave and assertive and males would not be shamed for being shy and soft spoken.

No female child would be called a tomboy and no male child would be called a sissy. No kid would ever be bullied for what we in our gendered world call “gender expression”.

When children would reach puberty they would still be free to dress how they want. Females would not be pressured to wear clothes that reveal their bodies and males would not be shamed if they chose to. Everybody would have a free choice of accessories, which would not be categorized as “men’s” or “women’s” but people could should whichever they liked. Or chose to not wear accessories at all if that’s what they are more comfortable with.

Females would not be pressured to keep their bodies slim, soft and hairless. Males would not be pressured to be athletic and muscular. Expectations of femininity and masculinity upon the body would not exist and affect negatively people’s relationship with their own body.

Everyone could choose a career without fearing stigmatization within that particular field because of their biological sex. The most important thing would be competence and not what someone has between their legs.

Domestic work would not be considered “women’s work” and would be shared equally between the sexes.

Biological sex would only be thought about when relevant. And everyone would be free to be themselves without ever having to worry about gender expectations. Nobody would feel the need to repress certain parts of their personality and exaggerate others in order to fit into some gender role that is being forced on them.

Gender abolitionism is not about restricting people’s choices but about giving them greater freedom.

- http://burningax.wordpress.com/2014/10/06/a-gender-free-world-boring/

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Weird thing is you can read all this and agree with it, and people tho have known you for twenty goddamn years, who know your sexuality, who know your history with activism and feminism, who should know *you*

Start calling you a right-wing bigot

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you can't rape what isn't human :)

Yes, you can. And I think you'll be devastated to know how often men do rape animals as well 💔

But good to know you think Women ourselves are subhuman. Good to hear out loud what the end goal of slurring us as "TERFs" is 👍

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it sucks trying to talk to younger girls about things like grooming and appealing to the male gaze as an adult bc so many of them just assume we’re out of touch, haven’t experienced anything similar, and generally don’t know what the hell we’re taking about when that couldn’t be farther from the truth. they assume we’re puritans, which is so frustrating because it’s like i was you when i was that age lol please listen

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This is almost funny. Men have not allowed women out of the home, sold them, raped them, forbidden women to acquire any form of education, murdered women, and when feminsts acknowledge it, they're "ungrateful". Maybe if they had let women also work, study, and given them financial freedom, and didn't shackle them, they wouldn't have been in this situation.

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