Alright, I finished reading the Clara Zetkin “Only in Conjunction With the Proletarian Woman Will Socialism Be Victorious” speech and I have highlighted a few parts to criticize.
As a woman yourself, you’re not demanding the political equality of women “for the sake of a principle”, the principle, that women should be equal to men? Women’s liberation is a worthy cause in and of itself and not merely a carrot to dangle for the sake of “greater” goals. 🙄
You are speaking as both, is “woman” and “party comrade” mutually exclusive? Basic intersectionality. Do women have to reject our womanhood to be taken seriously? And is that a future you will persuade women to help conquer? Maybe I’m reading too much into this.
Certain radfems don’t seem to get (or even want to get) that straight and bi women aren’t free to talk about and express opposite sex attraction even while heterosexuality is compulsory under patriarchy.
Keeping intersectionality in mind makes it clear. Yes, heteronormativity and het (passing) privilege are real, but at the same time misogyny leaves no women free to enjoy sexuality. It’s all put to the service of men in some way (str8 = fuck fodder, bi = 3sum, les = porn)
Like how men demean women as airheaded b*mbos while also demanding femininity, men degrade women for desiring/fucking them while pressuring women to do exactly that. Hence why “wh*re” and similar terms are insults. Women can never win, that’s how patriarchy works.
To be *gender* critical is to be critical of “gender” as a concept. Meaning gender in its entirety, including identity as well as stereotypes and roles. It’s not *transgender* critical or gender *identity* critical. I will say this as much as it needs to be said.
Ironic. Aren’t GCs supposed to be the ones saying that words mean something? This one does too. The term “gender critical” came about as a way to describe radical feminist views on gender and denote people who may agree on that but not other aspects of radical feminism.
If you are not also scrutinizing the sexism in society driving a lot of and even enabling this trans identification to begin with, then you are not criticizing gender. The entire basis of radical feminists and friends opposing this movement is the misogyny that it reinforces.