I haven't read the post in question, but one thing that seems odd to me is that you would assume that it represents all lesbian separatist radical feminist thought.
I used to be a lesbian. I've done a lot of women-only stuff in the last thirty years that some would label separatist. I certainly know a lot of people who would call themselves separatist, and a lot (including me for a long time) who would describe themselves as radical feminists. I edited a radical feminist journal for ten years.
And the attitude you're describing isn't at all familiar to me. It sounds like some kind of caricature, to be honest. I don't think I know a single radical feminist who thinks "the differences are not cultural, they're inherent". Maybe they are some, I don't know. But if there are they certainly don't have a monopoly on "the" lesbian separatist radical feminism point of view.
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Date: 2008-03-27 08:37 pm (UTC)I haven't read the post in question, but one thing that seems odd to me is that you would assume that it represents all lesbian separatist radical feminist thought.
I used to be a lesbian. I've done a lot of women-only stuff in the last thirty years that some would label separatist. I certainly know a lot of people who would call themselves separatist, and a lot (including me for a long time) who would describe themselves as radical feminists. I edited a radical feminist journal for ten years.
And the attitude you're describing isn't at all familiar to me. It sounds like some kind of caricature, to be honest. I don't think I know a single radical feminist who thinks "the differences are not cultural, they're inherent". Maybe they are some, I don't know. But if there are they certainly don't have a monopoly on "the" lesbian separatist radical feminism point of view.