No sex. No dating. No marriage. No children. Interest grows in 4B movement to swear off men - eviltoast
  • Aksamit@slrpnk.net
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    4 days ago

    Ffs, you can do 4b without being transphobic.

    Just because some 4b assholes with a website have written a transphobic clause in their manifesto, doesn’t mean they speak for all 4b followers.

    Stop shitting all over this movement because you’ve found somebody in it with an awful take on an unrelated matter.

    Not having sex or relationships with folk who can impregnate you is sensible when your country is about to ban abortion and restrict contraceptive access.

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      4 days ago

      I had not heard of this movement before today. Forgive me if my first instinct is to read their Wikipedia, and be off-put by various descriptions of transphobic stances. I agree with the stated goals, and @nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zone pointed out that the article might have been manipulated to paint them in a bad light.
      If that’s the case, then I hope the article gets corrected with proper sources soon, and I apologize for the misunderstanding. But I don’t like that you’re insinuating that trans issues, and transphobia in particular, are unrelated to feminism.
      I wish everyone earnestly resisting attempts to limit bodily autonomy strength and success in their endeavors.

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        4 days ago

        I’m not saying trans rights are unrelated to feminism.

        I’m saying that transphobic rhetoric has been shoehorned into this cause and has nothing to do with abstaining from PiV sex for the safety and respect of ovulating people.

        Also you may not be aware of how conservative South Korea is. There probably are more than a few transphobic 4b South Koreans as feminism as a movement is still newer there.

        In ‘western’ countries, radical feminism (with all its flaws) was an integral part of the cultural/philosophical journey into the 3rd wave and intersectional feminism as we know it today.

        It would be really nice if the gender critical terf bullshit could be skipped when other cultures journey into exploring feminism, but as conservative culture by definition has such deeply ingrained bigotry towards minorities, it might sadly just be inevitable.

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      4 days ago

      I mean, we kind of act like the worst men speak for the entire gender. These people can choose to be 4B

      And I am saying this as someone who thinks if the entire male population of the US dropped dead on Nov 4 the world would be a better place.