• Digit@lemmy.wtf
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    7 hours ago

    So if we see someone saying “As a REAL woman,…” we’re to presume they’re a terf? … So trans peeps gotta avoid saying they’re real women? I sense psyop cubed.

    • Hyperrealism@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      3 days ago

      Relevant Andrea Dworking quote from Right-Wing Women:

      “Most women cannot afford, either materially or psychologically, to recognize that whatever burnt offerings of obedience they bring to beg protection will not appease the angry little gods around them.”

      And:

      “Because feminism is a movement for liberation of the powerless by the powerless in a closed system based on their powerlessness, right-wing women judge it a futile movement. Frequently they also judge it a malicious movement in that it jeopardizes the bargains with power that they can make.”

      But crucially:

      “Women intend to save themselves when sacrificing some women, but only the freedom of all women protects any woman.”

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      6 hours ago

      If I think this is a fair snarky comment to make, do I get banned from this community too?

      Sounds divisive, contributing to our fail. Better to build bridges of understanding than slam down the ban-hammer. No?

      We have much to mend. We’ll need all hands to help. Cant help hands become healing hands if we cast them out. Cant educate the exiled.

    • Devial@discuss.online
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      3 days ago

      I mean I’d say the TERFs willing to ally themselves with reactionary neo conservatives and literal, open Neo Nazis just because they hate trans people so much, are the ones who actually hate women.

      Trans women are doing more to advance feminism and women’s rights for all women than TERFs ever will. In fact, their willingness to ally with these right wing group means TERFs are actually HARMING and REGRESSING women’s rights for everyone.