"Radfems aren't safe people and they hurt women!"
If I brought up the little details of my sexual abuse to radical feminists, I wouldn't be blamed.
I wouldn't be told "well 17 is still legal" or "6 years isn't that bad of an age gap".
I wouldn't be told that it's not possession of child pornography because I "willingly" sent him photos of myself.
I wouldn't be told I led him on.
I wouldn't be told I stalked and abused him when I was behaving like a confused, traumatised child who didn't know what else to do.
I would be told it wasn't my fault. I would be supported. My pain would be validated. My experience wouldn't be diminished by "other people have it worse".
And I would be confident that this support wasn't a facade.
I will never get that from any other "feminist" community and believe me - I have tried.
Radfem spaces are the safest places for women who are victims of abuse and sex based violence.
Sometimes I wonder what the world would be like if there was no patriarchy, no gender roles, no men.
I imagine I'd be more secure in myself. I would be less afraid to allow my body to exist as it naturally is. I could jump into a lake shirtless and never feel the real or imagined lingering eyes on my back. There would be no "man-peering-through-the-keyhole" psychological phenomenon women experience - the urge to always be palatable to the male gaze. I could feel completely comfortable cutting all my hair off in the summer so I could comfortably tend to my garden without sweat dripping from my hair. There would be no "does this hairstyle fit my face" bullshit that men interestingly never subject themselves to. I would walk home alone at night in the city and I wouldn't feel the urge to check behind me every minute. I could stretch my arms high in the air without the urge to immediately put them back down lest others see that I am human enough to grow body hair - to be human as a woman in this world is to be a beast - I could lay on the warm sands of a beach without the urge to cover my legs with a towel for the same reason. I wouldn't ever feel anxiety when making connections with other women because I would know with confidence they won't sell me out for a corn chip of validation from the patriarchy, because there wouldn't be one. Other women wouldn't look down on me for existing against the grain. And there wouldn't be the other kind of human to beat, rape or kill me for the same. Other women wouldn't be pushing their daughters, themselves, or me to conform to the identity of "decorative object to be oggled" because there would never have been anyone to start the demand.
I could rip my clothes off and grow my claws, my fangs. I could become the beast I'm meant to be. I could run to a hilltop with my sisters under a full moon and dance around a fire while we howl "This is freedom! This is freedom! This is freedom!" We could laugh heartily, loudly. We could feast decadently on all the delicious things we deny ourselves. We could take up all of the space we desire. We could love - truly love - one another and the Earth. Life would flourish.
I am deeply saddened that will never be the world.
Heart attacks symptoms are different for women. I recently learned this.
Buying sex is an oxymoron. Sex by definition is consensual. If a prostitute wanted to have sex with a john, he would not have to pay her for it.
This is why prostitution is rape. Prostitutes do not want the sex. They need the money, they need food, housing, and childcare. Even to the prostitutes who have “chosen” sex work, it is most often a question of “Would you be raped for your children to eat?” or “Would you be raped to keep your home?”
In the public opinion, if you coerce a woman into letting you fuck her by offering her the resources she lacks, offering a hungry woman food or a sick woman medicine, a woman who would not have sex with you otherwise, you are a rapist.
But if you offer money to fuck her so that she can pay for those things herself, you are a feminist and she is empowered through the transaction.
men who dont think misogyny is a big problem and a valid form of oppression are actually just stupid.
womyn were the first slaves. up until VERY recently history wise, womyn were just property! men that think feminists are insane have probably never picked up a history book in their life.. or think that womyn SHOULD be property.
Bro you are a child
you guys do not understand how many anons i get informing me of this
if youre just here to discredit what i say because of my age dont even bother
laughing so hard there are tears running down my cheeks
It’s so disgusting the things people say on here. I’m nearly 17 and I’ve been on radblr since I was 13, but I pretended to be 20 so people would take me seriously. I think there are probably many more of us than people think- like opabinia. I think there are lots of teens and young women who are so caught up in all the TRA stuff because, well, teens are the most dedicated activists for TRA shit and also the most vulnerable and gullible, and I’m sure there are many many teenage girls who aren’t quite in agreement or are fully opposed to trans ideology, or who are just rubbed the wrong way by any element of it, and they may find themselves on tumblr. It’s so disheartening for young women to see so much hatred for…feminists? So strange how things have changed so much in such a short period of time. Misogyny always finds a new form. Anyway sorry idek what my point is, I just bet that a lot of the “adults” or those we assume are adults on here are actually minors because this is the only place they can go and also minors are the most surrounded by trans ideology of anyone. I bet there are droves
theres 100% alot of people on radblr llying about their age XD