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Showing Original Post only (View all)Anyone else think that tossing "radfem" around as a slur is the same as saying "feminazi"? [View all]
I gotta say I'm way past sick of it. It's ignorant as hell, it demonstrates a lack of interest in feminism in general, and it is used to demonize radical feminists which, to me, at this point, is seriously fucking suspicious.
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Anyone else think that tossing "radfem" around as a slur is the same as saying "feminazi"? [View all]
redqueen
Jul 2014
OP
If it's used to just talk about that knd of feminist / feminism that's one thing...
redqueen
Jul 2014
#7
Yes, as if only radical feminists consider sexual objectification to be an issue.
redqueen
Jul 2014
#13
What the hell is it, even? It's like a neon sign pointing to those that use it that says,
Squinch
Jul 2014
#15
I think they think that when we talk about women's rights, we emit radiation... Hmm... That would
Squinch
Jul 2014
#19
Oh, that will be interesting! I never see men's group stuff because I have most of them on ignore.
Squinch
Jul 2014
#22
It's used to belittle and demean. like the deliberate use of "hysterical" to describe us
PeaceNikki
Jul 2014
#20
It's hard to imagine that term being used in a way that wouldn't shut down discussion
el_bryanto
Jul 2014
#60
radfem.... simply fighting the partiriarchy and crushing the gender roles forced on us. and THAT
seabeyond
Jul 2014
#64
thank you. i feel good. that was a very productive time out. i SO learned my lesson. nt
seabeyond
Jul 2014
#66
I think it depends on the context of who is using the term radfem and how it is being applied.
Bjorn Against
Jul 2014
#71
I think its purpose is to trivialize. I just got regarded elsewhere on du as suspect
ellenrr
Jul 2014
#73
agree. I think some people think "radical" means one is a bomb-throwing anarchist.
ellenrr
Jul 2014
#75
We can, in large part, "thank" a small sect of transphobic conservative authoritarian extremists
Zorra
Jul 2014
#77
i do not think the mainstream the react negatively to "rad"fem is about terf. they are clueless.
seabeyond
Jul 2014
#78
No, I don't buy that. It seems to me that a small set of people are intent on spreading propaganda
redqueen
Jul 2014
#79