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    resonanteye: Wow, crazy! My sexual habits are more important than my other actions? Non-feminists of any sex are kind of repugnant, aren't they? And feminists in g... more »
    cirocco: "Men are undoubtedly violent - but so are women." Men commit murder 8 times more often than women. It's foolish to pretend that women need to fear vi... more »
    Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini: i love coming home to sleep with my male feminist as much as I have loved the women I have had relationships. This is as counterproductive as any move... more »
    Rose Bridges: See she's just being as incredibly sexist as the people she hopes to fight against. She was raised around abusive men, so automatically all men must ... more »
    par3: what if neither- but you're in it for the sex? is that wrong? more »
    magnets: i remember reading this yesterday like oh man, that's old lesbians for you, but nothing is better at making me see the other side of an issue than rea... more »
    bangers: what is expected sexually of a feminist is something that i struggle with often. we're supposed to be sexualized and not-slutty-but-sexually-empowered... more »
    quickbird: yeah but I like dick. more »
    MockMyWorld: Oh, goodness. Not to put too fine a point on it, but political lesbianism is a crock. It was a crock in the '70s too, but back then the idea was so ge... more »
    TinyK: I find it hard to take Bindel seriously after everything I've read of her extreme transphobia. more »
    PilgrimSoul: You know, I have totally begun to despair for discussions of feminism on Jezebel on a number of fronts, and this whole comment thread has been a CLASS... more »
    morninggloria: I'd go a step further and say Lesbians should be professionally trained acrobats, and all acrobats should have their medical degree, and all doctors s... more »
    AvocadoGills: purveyor of kinky fish porn: "I also suspect that it is very difficult to spend your daily life fighting against male violence, only to share a bed with a man come the evening." T... more »
    bluebears: hooo boy. I cannot tell you how many times I have WISHED I was a lesbian. It just seems so simpatico. But, alas, I like the cock. more »
    PhDork: Mostly, the article made me terribly sad about whatever the womyn who have since self-segregated must have gone through. Their choice does not infring... more »
  • #feminisms

    Lesbianism: Sexual Orientation, Political Choice — Or Both?

    Should all feminists be lesbians? It's a very second-wave idea, but according to Julie Bindel in the Guardian, its time has come again. More »
  • #comingout

    Lessons in Good Parenting