Gynosaur

I see. You hate the taste of your own medicine.

As someone who’s seen this argument go around 100 times in the past five years: avoid it if you can. There’s never a peaceful resolution, because there is no good answer, because personal relationships are complicated and highly emotionally triggering.

Separatism is much more practical when applied to public services, resources, and spaces. Celibacy is perfectly fine for those who choose it, but it is ultimately an individual solution to a collective problem. Refusing to date or have sex with men might (maybe) keep you personally safe, but it will not prevent men from owning the public sphere and using their societal power to control women as a whole. Remember, they still write the laws. They still own the corporations. They still lead the churches. A personally celibate life is not equivalent to a collective strike- and you do not have to live a man-free life in order to participate in a strike. You do not have to swear off sex with men in order to support women’s shelters, women’s businesses, women-focused education, women’s politics.... in fact, fostering these resources will do far more to encourage political celibacy than simply advocating celibacy, since the women most likely to desire celibacy tend to be women who are already trapped in relationships with men that they want out of. Women are also more likely to delay relationships with men (and refuse to accept mediocre men) when they have a solid support system to lean on.

So the question is not whether or not straight and bisexual women “should” refuse to enter relationships with men. The question is how can we foster women’s physical, financial, intellectual, emotional, and political independence as a collective. Cause I guarantee you, for every radical feminist who wants to have relationships with men, there is a non-feminist girl or woman out there who would like to be independent of men but has no means with which to do it (or doesn’t even realize it’s an option).

trans people in the uk are really legitimately scared right now, and we need everyone to be loud about it.

there is currently a crowdfunding campaign to fund 2 legal investigations to try and get this appealed.

Anyone who knows how hormone blockers works would be skeptical of its use. It functions by inhibiting the pituitary gland. That gland is not only for controlling the release of sex hormones, but is also in charge of multiple hormonal functions throughout the body. blockers are harmful. they are not “reversable.”

Roughly 60% of people who stop taking Lupron do not go back to their baseline estrogen levels after one year of stopping Lupron.

Puberty blockers inhibit normal bone development which often leads to permanent low bone density.

Those who take Lupron often also experience joint paint and symptoms indicative of early arthritis.

Use of Lupron in children is also correlated with a decrease in IQ and impaired cognitive functions such as maintaining long-memory.

Some studies have shown that taking puberty blockers increases suicidal ideation after one year of use.

Other studies have shown that Lupron can cause mood swings, irritability, and depressive symptoms.

The most important piece to mention of that puberty blockers can cause permanent disabling of one’s sex drive. For trans women specifically, if their phallic tissue does develop during puberty, they can end up with non-functioning penises. This is not reversible. For those with genital dysphoria, if the penis never develops, they are unable to have vaginoplasty (Jazz Jennings) without using pieces of the colon.

If you think hormone blockers would be a good choice for you, then go for it. That’s your choice. But we need to stop saying that these medications are not harmful and are reversible. These can cause harm. They do cause harm. And for many bodily functions, these medications are not reversible.