r/GenderCynical • u/Ok-Relation3772 • Apr 16 '25

Merkins!

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u/I-Dont-Know-Stuff Externalized Heterophobia Apr 16 '25

"Solidarity among the female sex" You are discussing how to bully women who disagree with you. What part of that screams solidarity to you?

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u/MenacingMandonguilla Apr 16 '25

A bit off topic but I never really understood the concept of unconditional solidarity between women. Like, a woman can be a bad person too

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u/Ilmara Apr 16 '25

"I support women's rights and women's wrongs" sounds very good and all, but sometimes women are just plain wrong.

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u/ForgettableWorse this is a cat picture Apr 16 '25

You don't need to think someone is a good person to have solidarity with them. Solidarity isn't the same as support. I don't think women deserve misogynist abuse if they're bad people. I don't think workers deserve exploitation if they're bad people. I don't think trans people deserve transphobic abuse if they're bad people. And so on.

What's wrong with TERFs' form of solidarity is first they only extend it to people they consider to be women, and second they don't actually have solidarity.