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Should MN have a Gender Identity (or similar) subsection?

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TheThermalStair · 16/05/2021 14:12

I used to be a really active member of this board, for years. Similar with real life groups. Now there are very few discussions about most feminist issues, and tonnes and tonnes about trans/gender identity issues.

I FULLY UNDERSTAND why people are interested in talking about this, on all sides. But I miss discussions about other issues. To me having a feminist board that seems to be 90% gender chat isn't representative of the feminist issues that women face in the UK let alone in the rest of the world. The alternative would be to have a "non trans/gender identity related feminist chat board" but that feels pretty silly. Is it just me that feels this way?

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TheThermalStair · 16/05/2021 14:19

Thanks @HumunaHey - tbh it puts me off even reading the threads because I open it thinking it sounds like an interesting topic but it's the same old stuff again.

I remember a woman from MN was key to the campaign to get mother's names on marriage certificates (which has now happened),
we were organising activism against ads and film that glorified sexual abuse, we were supporting other women having trouble with discrimination at work. It was awesome.

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HumunaHey · 16/05/2021 14:15

I see where you're coming from. Talk about gender identity and what it means for women is important, but this board only ever seems filled with obsessive posts about it. Some are really nit picking too. It's annoying.