I am a trans man incarcerated in a woman’s prison where feminism is a four-letter word
I am a trans man incarcerated in a woman’s prison where feminism is a four-letter word
I was maliciously told that
How can you be a man yet be a feminist?
I’m a man… and a feminist.
"A person who supports the equality of women with men." Yup. So am I.
Feminism is a spectrum of beliefs. Look at J.K. Rowling - the F in TERF stands for Feminist. There are plenty of feminists I disagree with.
But I just don't believe Xandan's claims of activism. Murdering two people, permanently injuring another, and injuring a fourth doesn't imply much care for your fellow humans. Xandan comes off as self-centered, only out for himself.
It takes it to a whole new level when you say something like that to a trans man. It take the whole phobia of equality and imbues it with transphobia.
Yeah it’s a lot in one bag.
Texas prison system is barbaric.
Sounds pretty shitty but I'll save my sympathy for prisoners that didn't rob and murder people
Okay maybe it's because it's late, but what is this four letter word for feminism?
“Four letter word” is a nice way of saying a curse word (think shit, fuck, etc). So by calling feminism a four letter word, the author is saying that the prison considers feminism a dirty word, basically.
Thank you! That was indeed my tired brain at work. The moment I read your response it went "Duh. Of course"
Fair
That guy has the world against him and he still stands up for a minority he isn't part of. The world needs more people like him.
Go ask the young daughter of the man he murdered or the person who’ll never see again because of him if they agree.
Oof. Didn't know he was a murderer. Fuck that guy.
Except… wide swaths of feminism still hate him for what he/she is. Because instead of being just a man, he/she is now a man refusing to adhere to the imposed rules of what women expect a man to be. So he/she is hated by them twice as virulently.
It’s why the term TERF - trans-exclusionary radical feminism - exists. Scratch the thin veneer of most feminists hard enough, and this can be found underneath in some capacity.
I really hope he/she has a strong support network in their friends and family members. They are going to need it.
He. Not he/she. He
Also as someone who knows a huge number of feminists that are militantly anti-terf, it's categorically untrue that strict, trans exclusionary interpretations of who counts as a woman are in any way an intrinsic aspect of feminism
You're right though, he will need a strong support system, and I also hope there are folks in his corner
Hope you are well
You’re vastly overestimating the number of TERFs in the world. Assuming you accept their classification as feminists in the first place, I imagine it’s easily under 1% of those who identify as feminists. I have literally never met one irl
If you're unsure of a person's pronouns, then using 'they ' is probably a better idea than 'he/she'.
Why are you using both pronouns?
I read it but I am confused as to the point of the article. I mean I can guess the point but it just feels incomplete.