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butchcommunist:
I am also wary of placing the site of womanhood within the uterus but I guarantee you that “Your uterus is not revolutionary” is every bit as reactionary as what you clumsily attempt to combat with that statement. Women not being too ashamed to just talk about their bodies in public is, yes, pretty major- I hate the whole “x is revolutionary” trend but women should be able to talk about heavily stigmatized bodily functions and parts without arousing undue suspicion. I know grown women who hide their tampons from male roommates, I have had grown women tell me they weren’t sure what their cervix was and were too embarrassed to talk to their doctors about it, I have had grown women try to talk to me in PRIVATE about menstruation using code words because they were embarrassed to call a period a period. Women aren’t just making this shit up- there is a very real sense of shame many women carry in their bodies that is ingrained in us since birth and not having any empathy for that is fucked. None of that has to come at the expense of trans women and it makes sense to criticize weaponization of this reality against trans women. But these are cites of violence and cites of very real politicization of women’s right to healthcare access.
butchcommunist:
I am also wary of placing the site of womanhood within the uterus but I guarantee you that “Your uterus is not revolutionary” is every bit as reactionary as what you clumsily attempt to combat with that statement. Women not being too ashamed to just talk about their bodies in public is, yes, pretty major- I hate the whole “x is revolutionary” trend but women should be able to talk about heavily stigmatized bodily functions and parts without arousing undue suspicion. I know grown women who hide their tampons from male roommates, I have had grown women tell me they weren’t sure what their cervix was and were too embarrassed to talk to their doctors about it, I have had grown women try to talk to me in PRIVATE about menstruation using code words because they were embarrassed to call a period a period. Women aren’t just making this shit up- there is a very real sense of shame many women carry in their bodies that is ingrained in us since birth and not having any empathy for that is fucked. None of that has to come at the expense of trans women and it makes sense to criticize weaponization of this reality against trans women. But these are cites of violence and cites of very real politicization of women’s right to healthcare access.
