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From Compassion to Complicity: Reckoning with My Past in Gender Activism
KRISTIN THEE RADFEM
" I used to be an organizer for a “gender-diverse” group back in my home state, a local off-shoot of a larger group in the state that also had branches in other states. The group was mainly female, and the women shared a disturbing common thread: nearly all were tomboyish southern girls who’d endured some form of abuse as children that they directly attributed to their female sex. As I distanced myself from the group and was able to reflect on the deeper issues at play, I began to see how many of them had dissociated from their womanhood in response to trauma."
"It’s hard to forgive myself because, while I didn’t intentionally cause harm... Back then, I wasn’t pulling anyone into the group or outright encouraging these girls to reject their sex, but I also wasn’t pushing back against it.
I upheld a system that preyed on vulnerable young women, girls searching for relief from their pain, and that leaves me with a heavy sense of guilt."
https://peachyradfem.com/p/from-compassion-to-complicity-reckoning
KRISTIN THEE RADFEM
" I used to be an organizer for a “gender-diverse” group back in my home state, a local off-shoot of a larger group in the state that also had branches in other states. The group was mainly female, and the women shared a disturbing common thread: nearly all were tomboyish southern girls who’d endured some form of abuse as children that they directly attributed to their female sex. As I distanced myself from the group and was able to reflect on the deeper issues at play, I began to see how many of them had dissociated from their womanhood in response to trauma."
"It’s hard to forgive myself because, while I didn’t intentionally cause harm... Back then, I wasn’t pulling anyone into the group or outright encouraging these girls to reject their sex, but I also wasn’t pushing back against it.
I upheld a system that preyed on vulnerable young women, girls searching for relief from their pain, and that leaves me with a heavy sense of guilt."
https://peachyradfem.com/p/from-compassion-to-complicity-reckoning