GC friendly social media platforms

Why aren't you a feminist? Does a GC non-feminist believe that female people have an inescapable biological imperative to be subjugated and exist only for the benefit and pleasure of men?

You don't have to be a mum, a feminist or live in the UK to use Mumsnet. But if it's not for you, then fair enough.

I'm not aware of anywhere else that "allows" women to freely discuss the issues that are addressed on here.

X would be my suggestion. The algorithm will keep feeding you what you want to see

I've seen a few gender critical posts popping up on Reddit lately, although it's predominantly pro TRA.

I came to MN because I'd heard it was GC, although I'm a mum to a 31 y.o. who's long left home.

Hi @PeachyDaisy. Please could you explain what you mean by GC? I struggle to understand how any woman can be GC without being a feminist.

If you follow the right people on X there are loads of GC accounts

Plenty of posters here aren't mums, and although it's weighted towards the UK there's decent representation from other places.

What is your understanding of what feminist means, and why do you disagree? What is your understanding of 'GC' in a non-feminist context? Do you perhaps mean sex realist rather than gender critical? Knowing these things might narrow down suitable sites.

Actually, I take this back. They deleted their Gender Critical subreddit but all the misogynistic stuff is still on there.

Yes, few subreddits have mods who will let even mild GC posts stand. Blocked and Reported podcast has a good one, quite focused on the US but they do cover other countries too.

X if you follow the right people.

X can be good, but man it’s eye opening. Genuinely disgusting racism. Not micro aggressions, not discussions about CRT, but full on abusive bigoted stuff.

I don’t know whether blocking each of those accounts as you see them helps the algorithm recover some sense of decency!

May I ask why you aren’t a feminist? I think there are quite a few different understandings of feminism. This is a space you can speak freely, and people will disagree with you robustly.

I find the diversity refreshing, as we generally cluster inadvertently with ‘people like us’.

That’s ok. Loads of people here don’t.
To be honest, I don’t think there’s a single thing here we all agree on. People will point out what they see as errors in your thinking. You just argue politely back or not, as suits you best.

There are a few axes of difference that we all manage to live with. Left/Right is just one, and it’s obvious that the words don’t mean what they used to! Being called right wing now, may just mean that you don’t think women should have to wear burka, and don’t think Israel should be razed to the ground. Honestly politics has got very weird.

If you centre women, you’re a feminist. And you don’t have to be a feminist to use MN anyway!

What makes you think feminists push women only shortlists or quotas?

That's not being gender critical, that's being an honest, common or garden, sex realist.

To be gender critical is to see gender as a social construct that imposes roles, responsibilities and behaviours on people purely because of their sex and, as a result, denies women their full economic, social and political potential. It's OK to reject this premise, it just means that you aren't GC and should push back against anyone who says that you are. Wear your sex realism with pride.

Oh, and don't worry about where you sit on the political spectrum. Life would be really boring if we all had the same views.

I identify as left wing but the left has left me. The left in Ireland are against property taxes.
They are also anti-Semitic.
And they protest against the USA, but never Afghanistan or Saudi Arabia.
Most importantly, they are vehemently against women's rights.
I don't know who I'll vote for next time.
If I lived in the UK I would probably vote conservative, as I trust Kemi Badenoch on women's rights, my biggest concern at the moment.

The fact that you are free to make that choice, on your own, is feminism.

What a shame that women can't even identify this any more.

I'm a feminist and don't support women-only shortlists. I don't think I have ever heard that being required by feminists!

You are the one that mentioned it!

If you are not concerned with Women's Rights then just post on anyhere on the internet. The MRAs will love you.

I had a look at Reddit Germany when there was a trans scandal over there, and people were freely saying what they wanted about trans.

If you're US-based and follow the right people, there is a supportive community of sex-realist voices on BlueSky. Not as many as on X, but still there. But Mumsnet is the most friendly.