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Male and Gender Critical

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Letmespeak82 · 04/07/2023 20:32

Anyone else find being associated with some of the male Gender Critical activists a bit…well embarrassing? I’m not even going to deal with the dumpster fire that is Glinner (though it seems many on this board love him). But now we have James Esses who is hyper focused on what this woman is wearing. What difference does it make if she wears revealing clothes or not? Typical gross male attitude.

Male and Gender Critical
Male and Gender Critical
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Letmespeak82 · 04/07/2023 20:52

Do you think what a woman wears is a sign of her sexual availability? I don’t want to put words in your mouth but it sounds like you do. Forget whether someone is asexual. Could a woman go to an event, wear revealing clothing, and to be completely uninterested in having sex?

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Toseland · 04/07/2023 20:52

Are you sure? The photo I saw earlier from Pride was not just revealing clothes. I should think they would send the wrong signal for someone claiming to be asexual.

ScribblingPixie · 04/07/2023 20:50

James Essex seems like a pretty principled person. I think he's saying why would you wear sexualised clothing if you're asexual. It's ok to ask that question. It's the word scantily that sounds sexist because it's so tabloid. But he'd make the same point if the wearer was male, I think.

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Letmespeak82 · 04/07/2023 20:48

I don’t think so as I have zero interest in asexuality. That seems to be James issue. My issue is that James is focusing on what this woman is wearing and the revealing of skin as a sign of her sexual inclinations. I really thought we had moved past that but evidently not.

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NotTerfNorCis · 04/07/2023 20:45

Maybe this thread should have been about asexuality rather than attacking male gender critical people.

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Letmespeak82 · 04/07/2023 20:44

Well that’s my basic point. When we wear revealing clothes we are not asking some man to come along and have sex with us. They’re just clothes. Presumably she thinks she looks good and more power to her.

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Toseland · 04/07/2023 20:44

I think James is right. I think these are screengrabs from his comments on a confused and spoilt young woman claiming to be asexual whilst wearing a bondage outfit?

NotTerfNorCis · 04/07/2023 20:42

No I don't find them embarrassing. They do good work getting the word out. We don't have to agree with every word people say, whether they're male or female.

AlisonDonut · 04/07/2023 20:41

Isn't his point that bleating on about 'asexual rights" dressed in sexual clothes is a bit, well, fucking weird? What rights do asexual people not have? And why the sexual clothing if you aren't interested in sex?

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Letmespeak82 · 04/07/2023 20:39

Fair enough. I do wish he’d keep his misogyny to himself though.

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RoseslnTheHospital · 04/07/2023 20:36

Oh, I am so tired of this guilt by association nonsense! I'm not associated with anyone else if they happen to also think that human can't change sex. I can agree with James Esse on some points and disagree on others, and so what? I'm not his mum and I'm not responsible for him or associated with him or whatever.

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