Radical Feminism is Dead — Right….

[seabeyond]

38. i have spent a lifetime

watching behavior and seeing how it affects us individually and as a whole.

when stepping into feminism, it was because i saw our society had shifted from progression of women to a backlash toward women in the early 2000's. i had no knowledge of other groups approaches to feminist issues. i assumed that all women saw it, and saw it the same way or they were not feminists, but oppressed living in a world of acceptance because of personal experiences or the unwillingness to be confrontational and take it on.

i have raised children, watching how their environment shapes who they are.

i have spent a lifetime shedding those cloaks that i have been given.

i see radfem going to the core of the creation of creating the control/dominance of men and doing it by demeaning, degrading, subjugating, creating a false image of who we are.

i see radfem as addressing that core. until we are able to distill the myths that we have created, we will never have an equality. liberal feminist go after changing the legal system. spiritual goes after goddess/man/woman who we are (which is kinda fun). but, what i have seen today, that i think has backfired and has many 3rd wave feminist addressing, is this feminism is individual and believing the battle against women is over.

i have never agreed that to address any issue, it is thru individualism. a movement cannot be had, and accomplishments cannot be made if it is all on individual preference in the name of a groups advancement. in so many areas of my life, individual choice, as a family, a community, a nation, taking the greater good of the whole, rather than the individual choice, create progression.

i had no idea what all these groups are and over the last year have listened and read on the subject. rad fem is not all that radical. those that see it as women being radical are not familiar with the definition. but, radfem is the feminism that challenges us at the core of who we see we are. and that is the most "fearful" challenge for so many. to walk away from the comfort of the definition that society gives us.