Forgive my ignorance, but is "political lesbian" as dumb as I think it sounds? Is it just some cishet woman claiming queerness for some reason or am I way out of line?
It's an old idea with second-wave feminism, that all relationships with men perpetuate the patriarchy and that the only correct choice politically is to be lesbian. It's the origin of the TERF movement, with the following idea that being FTM trans is also perpetuating patriarchy.
Worth noting that most second wave feminists were good people, it just spawned some weird spin-offs
During the second wave I'd imagine this message got a lot of women to leave their miserable marriages and critically examine their sexuality for maybe the first time ever. I'd bet that the ironic consequence to this (from the political lesbian perspective) is that it would lead to a lot more women identifying as bisexual.
Forgive my ignorance, but is "political lesbian" as dumb as I think it sounds? Is it just some cishet woman claiming queerness for some reason or am I way out of line?
It's an old idea with second-wave feminism, that all relationships with men perpetuate the patriarchy and that the only correct choice politically is to be lesbian. It's the origin of the TERF movement, with the following idea that being FTM trans is also perpetuating patriarchy.
Worth noting that most second wave feminists were good people, it just spawned some weird spin-offs
I disagree
Yeah like normal people just moved on to the third wave
I've definitely met bisexuals who only date women, but it's not so much a political thing as a safety/QOL thing.
During the second wave I'd imagine this message got a lot of women to leave their miserable marriages and critically examine their sexuality for maybe the first time ever. I'd bet that the ironic consequence to this (from the political lesbian perspective) is that it would lead to a lot more women identifying as bisexual.