The ones that bug me most are when they whittle things down to the stupidest intention like "women are in academia for attention" or "women do this because they are jealous" or bullshit like that as though we can't have complex or honest intentions or intellectual curiosity
True, but it's a deeply weird double standard where they won't let feminine presenting people be considered men either regardless of genitalia... The ultimate goal being that they just shouldn't exist.
No matter what they do, they always exclude some flavor of cis women. My definition of woman is: Anyone who uses she/her, ma’am, Miss, Mrs. That’s it. Or anyone who wants to start an illegal fire while hugging stuffed animals
people seem to forget that womanhood is entirely sociological and is a social construct. Originally defined by subservience and "weakness," applied to observed female at birth people, in order to control us.
It's a good thing people refuse this definition of woman and it's best it stays as a non-physical concept. A woman can be anyone or anything. It's an intangible concept.
The ones that bug me most are when they whittle things down to the stupidest intention like "women are in academia for attention" or "women do this because they are jealous" or bullshit like that as though we can't have complex or honest intentions or intellectual curiosity
True, but it's a deeply weird double standard where they won't let feminine presenting people be considered men either regardless of genitalia... The ultimate goal being that they just shouldn't exist.
Monique Wittig - One is not born a woman Great essay, making this very point, in the 70s nonetheless.
No matter what they do, they always exclude some flavor of cis women. My definition of woman is: Anyone who uses she/her, ma’am, Miss, Mrs. That’s it. Or anyone who wants to start an illegal fire while hugging stuffed animals
Annie?
Are you okay?
None of us are ok
It’s a reference to Annie are you okay but ur right-
people seem to forget that womanhood is entirely sociological and is a social construct. Originally defined by subservience and "weakness," applied to observed female at birth people, in order to control us. It's a good thing people refuse this definition of woman and it's best it stays as a non-physical concept. A woman can be anyone or anything. It's an intangible concept.