As I understand it--and it's not my kind of feminism--lesbian separatism is more saying "in this society, no interactions between women and men can avoid being sexist and oppressive to the women. Therefore, we will not voluntarily interact with men. To the extent possible, we will work with other women, and socialize with other women, and build at least a small space where we can be away from that set of problems."
It's not about you. That much is true. But it does not say either that you inherently can't understand the problem because you're male, or that the problem is inherent in either chromosomes or physiology. Rather, a lesbian separatist might say that your part of the revolution should include educating other men and working to fight sexism. You don't need to interact with a specific lesbian separatist to work for equal pay, for example.
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Date: 2008-03-27 11:29 pm (UTC)It's not about you. That much is true. But it does not say either that you inherently can't understand the problem because you're male, or that the problem is inherent in either chromosomes or physiology. Rather, a lesbian separatist might say that your part of the revolution should include educating other men and working to fight sexism. You don't need to interact with a specific lesbian separatist to work for equal pay, for example.