yes, butch is a strong and “aggressive” term. that is the point. what is being a butch if not to be tough, to be seen as vile in the eyes of men who value your existence as nothing less than a threat to their masculinity, to fight against the system which portrays you as such beasts in the first place? it irks me the main people who speak venom on "butches" and the butch identity are lesbians who use the term masc to describe themselves or their lesbian peers, but will turn around and call themselves "girlypop" or "princesses". portray yourself how you want and there is nothing wrong with being in touch with your femininity/ feminine alignment, but what is masculinity to you? does it scare you when a lesbian is too masculine for your taste? do you not see the reasonable and very much needed defiance that comes with being a butch, being masculine or even as far as being perceived as a man, yet still clinging onto your lesbian identity despite it all? how can you live such a sheltered life in which "butches" are where you cross the line yet want to call yourself a supposedly proud dyke? you don't have to identify with the word butch. but you should at least be willing to understand and comprehend the importance and the value of such an identity in lesbian culture.
edit: don’t come on this post if you’re a terf/transphobe. trans women are women and I’ll kill everyone on this hill
