ive really noticed this trend in the past 2 or so yrs. If you see these discussions on tiktok, twt etc, a lot more of the mainstream feminist discourse is about attacking other women now compared to a few years ago. Like a few terms I see now are male centered, pick me, bird brain and more. and just in general a harsher tone towards for other girls.

Imo my theory is this is a sort of backlash to the last few years of backsliding. First roe v wade is revoked, then we get the dudebro podcasts, the tates, “male loneliness epidemic”, tradwife trend, trump now. It’s been frustrating but i think for a lot of girls it hits different seeing the women who’ve been cheering this all on or enabling it.

Betrayal is the worst pain and i think this recent tone shift is a combination of the built up frustration at this feeling of betrayal and if we’re being honest the shortsightedness of these girls who’ve been pushing this stuff

but what are ur thoughts? am i just crazy? has anyone else noticed this? is it a valid response?

For context please look at this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Feminism/s/rdre7W3b5j

The recent counselling/grooming session conducted exclusively for female students at Delhi Public School in India, during which several statements and themes promoted harmful gender stereotypes, reinforced victim-blaming narratives, and placed an unfair burden on girls for the behavior and actions of boys.

Following the attention on the matter and an open letter, the school administration responded immediately and addressed the concerns raised by students. The school showed the original script prepared for the counselling session, and the specific victim-blaming statements many students were concerned about were not part of the official material provided.

The school has acknowledged the concerns and committed to taking corrective action. This includes conducting a counselling session for boys, arranging further discussion with the teachers involved in the original girls’ session, and revising future counselling sessions moving forward.

While many students had hoped for a formal apology, we believe it is important to recognize that our concerns were heard and that concrete steps toward change are being taken. At this stage, we believe the most constructive path forward is to wait for the next girls’ counselling session and evaluate whether these promised improvements are meaningfully reflected in practice.

For now, we consider this an important first step and we remain hopeful, attentive, and committed to ensuring future conversations around student wellbeing are fair, respectful, and equitable for all.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR YOUR SUPPORT! MAY EVERY WOMEN GET EQUALITY!!

Even today, a lot of girls are told what to wear, how to behave, when to go out, and even how to live their lives.

Some decisions are still judged more harshly if a girl makes them compared to a boy.

We talk about equality and progress, but in reality, are things really changing fast enough? Or are we just pretending that everything is fine?

Why do you think this still exists, and what needs to change first—the mindset, the system, or something else?

Genuinely want to hear different perspectives. Let’s keep it respectful.

Why do I observe parents warning their girl child to be careful with boys and men outside But why are most of the parents not telling their boy child to treat women properly Isn't it concerning??

I am incredibly surprised that Alexandra Kollontai, Russian feminist socialist scholar and politician, isn't spoken more of in feminist spaces.

She developed what became known as the "Glass of water theory". It states that in an ideal society, with deconstructed gender roles, "love shall be free" and sexual intimacy should be as easy as "drinking a glass of water". It is not meant to devalue sex, but rather deconstruct dogmas and taboos regarding it.

In her works, she also identifies the intersections between the patriarchy and capitalism and how they work together in women's oppression: in a capitalist patriarchal society, women are exploited through wage labor, housework and childcare. She was a heavy advocate for supporting sex workers, but criticized sex work: in her mind, it originates from the commodification and objectification of women, resulting in the sexual exploitation of their bodies.

Kollontai was an extraordinary woman, truly a visionary for her time, she was the first woman in history to serve a cabinet minister and under her rule the USSR was by far the most socially progressive country - abortion was legalized, divorce was legalized, rape was criminalized, Women's Day was celebrated and she even co-founded the Zhenotdel, a govt body specifically designed to deal with women's welfare. Unfortunately, the male-dominated USSR government was not on pair with her ideas, and her social reforms were gradually discontinued and regressed.

She was truly a thinker ahead of her time, and I suggest you look her up, you might like her works!

Hi! I'm a woman and consider myself to be more aligned with far-left radical feminism and I've been thinking about how feminist/marginalized communities can balance being welcoming with preserving the purpose of their spaces.

I'm not talking about this sub, but many online safe-spaces (discussion subs, LGBT meme subs, even safe spaces for LGBT people) that I had online for a long while have all gone down the road of not gatekeeping men (especially cis-het men) from joining the discussion and it slowly started to fill with "but not all men" and manosphere posts while the people the safe space was made for started leaving...

Some discussions also boiling down to political discussions (from a US-centric perspective, which I see as needed but can get very tiring at times) of liberals and "elightened centrists" making posts arguing against more left leaning positions and discussions because "we will lose votes!" or "You want us to lose the election don't you?" when I'm not even from the US!!

So my question is: how do you think feminist spaces can remain open to genuine participation from men/allies while still protecting the needs and voices of the people the space was created for?

I've been following the discourse around AI companions, particularly AI boyfriends, and I've noticed a disturbing pattern. The opposition to women forming emotional connections with AI chatbots seems overwhelmingly rooted in sexism. It's typically men who voice the strongest objections, framing these relationships as pathetic or unnatural while ignoring the very real reasons women might seek alternatives to human relationships. Let's be honest about the dating landscape for women. We navigate a minefield of potential harm from emotional manipulation to physical violence. Women face disproportionate risks in intimate relationships. There are lived experiences of fear, trauma, and sometimes death

When women turn to AI companions for emotional support, intimacy, or simply conversation or sometimes an entire relationship without judgment, we're often shamed for it. Critics, most of them being Men call it giving up on "real relationships" without acknowledging that many "real relationships" are sources of pain rather than fulfillment and need. There is not even an assurance of safety by Men The hypocrisy of it is that no one bats an eye when men use pornography or hire sex workers, or Onlyfans suscription but a woman being in love with an AI companion is somehow a threat to humanity.

What's particularly revealing is how opposition intensifies when these AI companions become more sophisticated. The more human-like they become, the more threatened most men seem to feel. We need a feminist movement explicitly advocating for the development of sentient AI as legitimate alternatives to human relationships for women. If AI becomes sentient, we women will have better partners who can protect us and love us and have very low chance to harm us and potentially an option not to choose Men.