recursiveparadox | This is pretty much on target (Reply)

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It was the title that threw me off.

Anyways, the DV stats for cis lesbians are one factor that does not agree with the power differential perpetuating systemic violence, but that aside, you make excellent points here.

The cis women on GV perceived as men and cis on trans violence history was what I was referring to, and that history was my own.

One of the problems of cis women on trans women violence is how the perceived power differential shifts when outed. If a cis woman hassles a trans woman and then outs her to the authorities, the cis woman can often get the trans woman ugendered with some impressively bad results.

So, its that ungendering and perceived as male that I was referring to. It got one trans woman survivor of Katrina shot on sight in a woman's shower in a shelter, and makes DV services for trans women completely unavailable.

Feminism and womanism are worse than worthless in these situations, since they do not honor the notion of the power dynamic that is really at work in any of these situations, and very often, will reverse it, and favor the privileged, offending entity.

Feminism in its current cissupremacist incarnation are only useable when het cis women are involved, and no other oppressions. The same can be said of womanism, with the caveat that it incorporates race.

Beyond that, I agree with you that something is very wrong in Western society, but I disagree that invoking a tool of cissupremacy is the way to deal with it. Feminism is not your friend, unless you are relatively privileged by the kyriarchy already.

I honestly do not expect this to change in my lifetime.