I felt at home in a group of women, and how safe and amazing it felt to be among women, and I meant it when I first got into (liberal) feminism, years ago.
My whole life I’ve instinctively excluded men from my own circle whenever feasible; never felt safe around boys or guys from a early age. Even as a youngster I’d those obsessions that are innocent feminine buddies and older feminine family relations, but hardly ever really admired or taken notice of any guys or men except whenever I had been frightened of those. Mostly i do believe this is as a result of being a lesbian, but notably and also to the truth that yes, females and girls are objectively safer visitors to be around, and I could observe that (even dogs and cats is able to see that).
However the more I develop and mature, the greater amount of the way I communicate with the feminine areas in my entire life changes… and never for the greater. I do believe possibly because of the undeniable fact that I’m an adult now, I’m being permitted (by older feminine loved ones, for instance) a screen of observation in to the real everyday lives of appropriate females under patriarchy, which is troubling. Continue reading “I used to proud myself in saying”