Respectability politics isn’t a concept that’s exclusive to black women, by the way. It’s something that’s used against most marginalized groups by both the privileged and others within the same group.

No. Men idealize female sexual modesty (on their terms) and feel entitled to harm and punish women and girls who fail to live up to that ideal- whether the harm is just casually spreading the message to others that this kind of girl is ‘less than’/ deserves what she gets or whether it goes as far as murder- or…

Don’t forget women (and men) who look down on women for profiting off of sex tapes or nudity but who profit off of sex they’ve had for years just by claiming their biological children as dependents of collecting child support. Get that EIC, heaux.

You can delete her new reply just like she deleted yours. Click the 3 little circles by the star and select dismiss.

Do you not realize that ALL sex acts (unless people are literally only fucking to have a baby) and sexual fantasies involve using someone as a masturbatory aid? This argument is the same one used by homophobes as a ‘reason’ for why homosexuality is ‘selfish’.

“Does your tirade also apply to males who oppose prostitution? “ Even more so. It’s males who have benefited the most from and who have been most violent in reinforcing respectability politics.

Of course she did. Fuck these little puritan bitches. They’re all about passing the little ‘virginity tests’ that women are put through to ‘earn’ respectability. That, and wanting other types of women marginalized for selfish reasons.

‘Working for a living ‘, not loving. WTF is up with my autocorrect?

Hallelujah! You just dropped a truth bomb about some of the real motives behind all the hatred of sex workers and other women who are considered ‘loose’ or ‘male gazey’ (whatever) that crops up on articles like this. In reality it’s just a bunch of internalized victim-blaming, sexual jealousy, and Good Girl virtue…

Sex isn’t rape just because you don’t find another adult’s reason for giving consent sufficient, you sociopathic prude. Just like working for loving isn’t slavery, having sex for money is not rape.

Sex worker is a catchall term for anyone who’s work is solely for bringing sexual pleasure to someone for money- whether it’s prostitution, porn, stripping, telephone sex people... and maybe those who write pornographic stories and comics for a living? I think they count too.

Men like him will never get it because in their unenlightened minds, a woman being sexual= ‘whoring it up.’ They can’t empathize with the struggle that ‘s one of the catalysts behind a marginalized group’s empowerment because men-especially straight ones - aren’t treated the same way when it comes to sexuality.

At least 1 of the women involved on the track is a queer woman though. She’s just not lesbian. She probably should have left out the wine and weed part. But women who publicly identify as lesbians and only have/portray committed long-term relationships should not be the only ones who get to share their experiences. We…

I’m a bisexual woman and I partially agree with you. There’s got to be some happy medium between portraying bisexuality/ lesbianism as things that only happen with alcohol and drugs/for male attention and the way radical feminists and slut -shamers try to control how bisexual women exist in the public eye.

Yes. There’s a sort of respectability politics on the left for bisexual and pansexual women where Love 4 the Gays is at war with the bipartisan intolerant hatred of women who are seen as ‘trashy’, for lack of a better word.

How is it even constitutional to withhold someone’s diploma or degree based on first amendment rights they exercise on social media-especially off school grounds? Somebody should be able to sue.

Oh yeah, grown males in positions of authority should not be held responsible at all for losing their tempers and assaulting females over words. It’s woman’s responsibility not to anger men with authority if they don’t want to be physically abused. We can tell what kind of shitty parenting any sons of yours have…

Never mind. Apparently this tablet doesn’t let me embed youtube videos.

Christina Aguilera and Demi Lovato’s video for Fall in Line came out this week too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q2j5ApzSqs

Yep. What happened to all those “She knew, they ALL knew” conservatives and libertarians? There are old pictures of him being chummy with Weinstein too.