Sexuality is a bit of a touchy subject, and I hope I will not offend anyone with this post. To make sure I am not misunderstood: I am fully in support of same-sex relationships, believe that these couples should be entitled to all the same rights as heterosexual couples are, including the right to have and bring up children.
As I have written several times, I am "new" to the feminist field. Following my post on Kristina Schröder's (Germany's family minister) book on women, I yesterday saw that an open letter had been published on a feminist website in response to the feminist-bashing in the book, and signatories included several top-level Green politicians.
I decided to take a look at a few of these feminist websites, and felt rather disappointed - and excluded. Nearly all bloggers on these sites (German and international) were lesbians, although I was happy to note that there were a few feminist men among them. (As a side note, I remembered that one of my favorite professors at the LSE, Fred Halliday, who sadly passed away last year, called himself a feminist.)
Why is it that such a large number of lesbians support feminism, or rather, heterosexual women are not as active? I understand that if the feminist agenda includes a focus on sexual rights (including same-sex conception and parenting), heterosexuals may not feel that this is on the top of their agenda. But isn't feminism much broader, including political rights, labour rights, human rights..? I definitely need to google around a bit more to see whether e.g. Hilary Clinton's Vital Voices Initiative (for women leaders) explicitly defines themselves as feminist.
p.s. "Mommy and Mama", this post is a public endorsement of your wonderful child and family, and your struggles to take this path.
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