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Separating from Heterosexualism

from Modern Feminist Manifesto by Nyentek

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Human relations are defined by the self and the other
The other is inevitably seen as an antagonist
The person unsuccessful in opposing the other’s values has to accept the successor’s values and become submissive
Heterosexualism is men dominating and deskilling women and women devaluing and devaluing female bonding
In the US women cannot appear publicly without some men advancing on them presuming access to them

When a woman is accompanied by a man; however, she is usually no longer considered “fair game”
Protectors interact with women in ways that promote the image of women as helpless
Men open doors, pull out chairs, and expect women to dress in ways that interfere with their own self-protection
What a woman faces in a man is either a protector or a predator, and men gain identity through one or another of these roles

What radical feminists have exposed through all the work on incest and wife-beating is that protectors are also predators
Of course, not all men are wife or girlfriend-beaters, but over half who live with women are

Heterosexualism has certain similarities to colonialism, particularly in its maintenance through force when paternalism is rejected, and its portrayal of domination as natural

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from Modern Feminist Manifesto, released August 23, 2014

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