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Apparently, the definition of sluts and whores is of a woman who has either had one more partner than you have or has had sex with someone you didn’t approve of.
My psych prof (via silverilly)

brvdleysoileau:

how is “slut” even an insult wtf get that dick grl

infinitetransit:

isn’t it funny that lesbians are presumed to hate men, have turned away from men, or never experienced the ~prowess~ of a man

we’re talking about a preference that actively centers around women and they still try to make it fundamentally about men

trapghoul:

note to women: not all men are rapists but don’t dress like a whore and be responsible for your actions because all men are rapists

irresistible-revolution:

theblacksmithsdaughter:

laffbending:

can we just remember that joan calling irene a ‘bitch’ comes directly after irene dehumanizes joan, a woman of color, as a ‘mascot’?

and yet i’ve seen twice as many complaints about joan’s misogyny than i have about irene’s racism (and hell, not even going to cut corners, racialized misogyny since it’s dehumanizing a woman of color as an object for a white man)?

wish some of y’all would take racism as seriously as you do misogyny =|

I’m sorry this is simple. If a bitch calls me a mascot, I get to call her a bitch! If she don’t want to get called names, don’t start none, won’t be none!

WORD.

My mother taught my sisters and I that our bodies belonged to our father. She told us that if we wanted to alter our bodies by a piercing or tattoo, that had to go through him – even if we were adults. She told us that once we married, our bodies would belong to our husbands, and we would likewise have to get permission from them to alter our bodies in any way.

Christian Patriarchy teaches that every female has a god-given male authority, or male “head,” to whom she must submit. And submit means obey. Christian Patriarchy teaches that God speaks to women through their god-give male authorities, and that by obeying these male authorities they are obeying God. In fact, some go so far as to argue that a woman is justified in breaking the law or even sinning if she does so on the order of her god-given male authority, because God will honor her decision to submit to and obey the authority he has placed over her. (Somehow I don’t think law enforcement would do the same.)
Excessive modesty teaches men to objectify women, and it trains women to think of themselves as sex objects.
Feminism is anti-sexism. A male who has divested of male privilege, who has embraced feminist politics, is a worthy comrade in struggle, in no way a threat to feminism, whereas a female who remains wedded to sexist thinking and behavior infiltrating feminist movement is a dangerous threat. Significantly, the most powerful intervention made by consciousness-raising groups was the demand that all females confront their internalized sexism, their allegiance to patriarchal thinking and action, and their commitment to feminist conversion. That intervention is still needed. It remains the necessary step for anyone choosing feminist politics. The enemy within must be transformed before we can confront the enemy outside. The threat, the enemy, is sexist thought and behavior. As long as females take up the banner of feminist politics without addressing and transforming their own sexism, ultimately the movement will be undermined.

bell hooks, Feminism is for Everybody


just going to emphasize that last sentence again: As long as females take up the banner of feminist politics without addressing and transforming their own sexism, ultimately the movement will be undermined.

(via browndenim)

neutralangel:

Every male scriptwriter and author ever writing about women.

neutralangel:

Every male scriptwriter and author ever writing about women.