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In middle school biology, we did an experiment. We were given yams, which we would sprout in cups of water. We then had to make hypotheses about how the yams would grow, based on descriptions of yam plants in our books, and make notes of our observations as they grew.

Here’s what was supposed to happen: we were supposed to see that the actual growth of the plant did not resemble our hypotheses. We were then supposed to figure out that these were, in fact, sweet potatoes.

What actually happened was that every single student in every single class lied in their notes so that their observations perfectly matched their hypotheses. See, everyone assumed the mismatch meant they had done something wrong in the process of growing the plant or that they had misunderstood the dichotomous key or the plant identification terminology. And, thanks to the wonders of a public school education, everyone assumed the wrong results would get us a failing grade. We were trying to pass. We didn’t want to get bitched out by the teacher. Curiosity, learning, science - that had nothing to do with why we were sitting in that classroom. So we all lied.

The teacher was furious. She tried to fail every student, but the administration stepped in and told her she wasn’t allowed to because a 100% fail rate is recognized as a failure of the teacher, not the class. It wasn’t even her fault, really, though her being a notorious hard-ass didn’t help. It was a failure of the entire educational system.

No because even if you ignore the context of the colonising imperialist who coined that phrase, huh?

Do you think for 30,000 years, half of the human species was doing nothing but spreading her legs for a grapefruit? You don’t think we were doing anything before that?

You can only comprehend female history, even as far back as the ancient world, in the context of us getting raped in exchange for goods? That’s it?

The hunters? The labourers? The farmers? The gatherers? The scouts? The child rearers? The healers? The builders?

it's a blatant lie that they love to push on history lessons and documentaries, showing us the all-male leadership on both sides of every conflict imaginable. women were always there, standing up for those who had their voices hushed.

yumakawa kikue, magda portal, petra herrera, lakshmi sahgal, blanca canales, kathleen neal cleaver, constance markievicz

just to name a few. if you have the opportunity, take time today to read up on them, their causes and work. you are never alone, for they were fighting for your rights too.

Anthony Anderson has had multiple sexual assault allegations spanning decades that have never put his career on pause for even a minute, and he’s still considered a comedy darling

Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo admitted to raping a woman in 2009 and continued on to have one of the most illustrious sports careers of all time

Dr Dre was incredibly violent as a younger man and assaulted and nearly killed multiple women, but he’s still one of the biggest names in the music industry and made $3 BILLION selling beats to apple.

Jamie foxx had sexual assault allegations made against him in 2023, and while its unclear whether they were legitimate or not he’s continued to act and have jobs and be a hollywood favorite with seemingly no harm done to his reputation

And like deadfish said, Chris Brown nearly killed rihanna, who was at the time already well into her meteoric rise as one of the most famous women in the world. Other than having to serve a year for violating his probation, he never suffered any real social repercussions other than people referring to him a beater. To this day he still has a wildly successful music career

Work out every day. Get ripped.

Quit wearing makeup, and ESPECIALLY quit wearing full coverage makeup. It's terrible for your skin.

Don't shave your bush. All it does is increase risk of vaginal infections and give you razor burn + ingrown hairs.

Eat healthier and eat more iron. In the United States, 40% of women are iron deficient.

Fix your sleep schedule.

Take your vitamins.

Learn about your own anatomy.

Learn to self-advocate. It's hard to do, but it will help you massively if you can accomplish it.

Stop dating men. Go 4B.

Stop having sex with men. They are disease vectors.

Ditch coffee, drink green tea. Green tea improves cognitive function and heart health.

You don't need any fancy skincare products. Unless you have an actual skin condition, the only thing you need to put on your face is sunscreen, face-safe soap, and water.

Go outside more. Spend time in nature, or just stand outside in your garden or driveway.

Don't get cosmetic surgery or fillers. By doing so you're just putting yourself in danger for the sake of beauty standards.

I am pretty sure most of times this rules only applied to rich woman.

Men are buying little girls and marrying them. It's called "child brides" and it is slavery. So is prostitution.

You're supposed to be a historian blog and you're not aware that women were and are sold as property. What have you been doing?

To give just one example, in England, prior to the Married Women's Property Act of 1870, any income which a woman earned legally belonged to her husband. In fact a married woman, rich or poor, did not even exist as a separate legal entity.

Caroline Norton, who was instrumental in gerting this Act passed, also campaigned successfully for divorce reform. The following is an excerpt from her testimony to Parliament.

And while English women did gain some property rights in the 1870s, it wasn't until 100 years later that the Sex Discrimination Act actually made it illegal for banks to refuse to let a woman open an account without a man's signature.

Of course, this doesn't even touch on all of the unpaid work which women in nearly every time and place have been expected to do for their husbands. Including providing him with children.

What exactly do you mean by that. I've heard a couple of perspectives, but I mean you, personally, the one reading (and presumably answering) this question; I want to hear specific views.

What I mean is that China doesn’t have an excess of women due to parents killing baby boys en masse.

What I mean is that there are no cultures of little boys being forced into marriage with adult women.

What I mean is that the sex industry doesn’t overwhelmingly consist of female customers buying sex with male workers (or slaves) under the management of female bosses.

What I mean is that the United States is not legislating penises.

Feminism is simply one activist movement and it's focused on the liberation of women who are oppressed on the basis of their sex. Unlike other activist movements, it may be considered unique in that it necessitates recognizing that males exist as an oppressor class, and that males benefit from male supremacy, even if they are oppressed on another axis of oppression. Could some men oppressed on those other axes of oppression potentially benefit from a world that eradicates misogyny? Sure, and there's nothing wrong with that. But again, activist work focused on one group cannot by default be "for" everyone because then that work would no longer be considered specialized for that group. Even if specific feminist activist groups choose to work on helping one subset of women who are impacted by other axes of oppression, the work being done would still be considered feminist as long as the primary goal is to help women and girls, i.e. female people.

If you believe that statement is wrong simply because you insist that female people don't really exist as most people who ask the question you did tend to believe, then you've been brainwashed. The fact is that we do exist. We are half the population. It's not a coincidence that nearly all of us who were born with a vagina also happen to have the same reproductive organs and functions, and are at risk for the same potential medical issues at different points of our lives. Believe it or not, fighting for female people means that anyone who is born with and develops a female body naturally, even with a DSD, can obviously benefit from feminist work without erasing the language needed for class solidarity. A woman who has had a hysterectomy will still benefit from a feminist organization fighting against medical misogyny without needing other women to be called "uterus havers." Ask yourself, who benefits from denying women solidarity and class consciousness?

And wouldn't you agree that it's extremely inappropriate and rude to ask other marginalized groups to fight for anyone who doesn't belong to that group and particularly their oppressor class? Do you ask groups based on activism for the disabled to fight for non-disabled people? Do you ask civil rights groups focused on black Americans to fight for white people? Wouldn't you also agree that forcing other marginalized groups to be crammed in under one movement would result in ineffective action for everyone?