Political lesbianism is not the same thing as just being a lesbian. It's an idea from within second wave feminism (particularly radical feminism) that in order to be a feminist you must be a lesbian, though you don't have to actually have sex with women, you're also allowed to be an asexual lesbian, or entirely celibate.
This is putting the cart before the horse. The idea is not that you cannot be a feminist without being a lesbian. But that refraining from heterosexual sex for political reasons is possible and desirable as a method of confronting sexism. At least that is what I got out of skimming some of the literature a while back
Most of its adherents get a bit creepy about sexuality being a choice so you can just choose to be lesbian imo
I mean yeah, you're not wrong, and it basically just blanket assigns a new definition of lesbian as just a woman that doesn't sleep with men, which is maybe not the most accurate definition. (I swear to god if anyone tries to turn this into a struggle session about bi/pan lesbians i will bonk them)
Political lesbianism also has deep ties to the concept of lesbian separatism which is where more of the "lesbianism is mandatory to be a feminist" concept comes in, and may not be covered universally in the literature. And of course, where would we be without the concept of explaining absurd concepts to people without taking those concepts to their ultimate conclusions.
Political lesbianism is not the same thing as just being a lesbian. It's an idea from within second wave feminism (particularly radical feminism) that in order to be a feminist you must be a lesbian, though you don't have to actually have sex with women, you're also allowed to be an asexual lesbian, or entirely celibate.
:what-the-hell: 2nd wave radical feminism having a normal one
Honestly it seems pretty homophobic to do that
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Lesbians as a group do not benefit from gaslighting straight women into fucking them, and arguing from that position is not a good place to be.
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Rethink this
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What you're saying is not only off-base but also really creepy.
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Not the first thing you've said that sounds like /r/TheRedPill, I'm sorry to report.
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Sentences like this tell everyone you're extremely single and think it's everyone else's fault.
:cope:
so fucking glad I'm not a mod. this thread is a disaster.
how does a bunch of straight women going into a bizarro lesbian closet benefit lesbians?
I... what? How is it a benefit that the dating pool has a bunch of people who aren't actually attracted to you in any way?
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This is putting the cart before the horse. The idea is not that you cannot be a feminist without being a lesbian. But that refraining from heterosexual sex for political reasons is possible and desirable as a method of confronting sexism. At least that is what I got out of skimming some of the literature a while back
Most of its adherents get a bit creepy about sexuality being a choice so you can just choose to be lesbian imo
I mean yeah, you're not wrong, and it basically just blanket assigns a new definition of lesbian as just a woman that doesn't sleep with men, which is maybe not the most accurate definition. (I swear to god if anyone tries to turn this into a struggle session about bi/pan lesbians i will bonk them)
Political lesbianism also has deep ties to the concept of lesbian separatism which is where more of the "lesbianism is mandatory to be a feminist" concept comes in, and may not be covered universally in the literature. And of course, where would we be without the concept of explaining absurd concepts to people without taking those concepts to their ultimate conclusions.
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