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This is really thought provoking, Tish. It encouraged me to question my own experience, not so much in my teens but in my twenties. After immersing myself in radical feminist literature, I became convinced that my male privilege resided in my genitals, and I fantasised about castration. As far as I remember, I never imagined that this would make me a woman, it was more about not being a man. Thankfully ‘gender affirming’ surgery was not then a thing. It’s only after reflecting more deeply on the nature of male power that I realised it was patriarchy, not my male body, that had to be dismantled.

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Thank you for this, Tish. As a mother of a troubled young man and as a woman concerned with the safety of women and girls I appreciated every word.

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May 15, 2022Liked by @STILLTish

A sympathetic but forceful narrative, and the 'chapter' headings are great: men do need to sort themselves out, and the first step is acknowledging that women exist!

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May 15, 2022Liked by @STILLTish

Beautifully expressed, Tish x

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Wonderful piece, Tish x

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May 15, 2022Liked by @STILLTish

Well said Tish. I've said more on our group page btw..

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"Let's do neither and put on a show!"

God bless him for ever and ever!

💐

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Well someone once said "Give me the boy until 7 and i'll give you the man"

So you suspecting he was "Gay" by 7 simply tells me something happened before that age that marked him, in his mind, that sex and sexual excitement was something between men.

I used to run a club and some nights it was 100% gay, and without fail, 99% of gay men would tell me, with zero prompting or interest from me, they were abused in someway as a small child.

Milo was a classic example. Despite all his formative years being groomed by a priest and other older men, despite marying a man, he desperately wanted to be straight and have children, but it was too late, like a chick that imprints on the first thing it sees leaving the egg, young boys imprint on gay men so often if it was their first sexual experience. Hense Milo now coming out as "Straight" and being welcomed back into the church...i wish him luck...

Again going back to my club days, i saw so many older men with young boys on their arm, often too young and i had to have them removed much to the fury of their groomers.

I've wondered often if this is why they favour puberty blockers today?

They spend so long grooming the child only for puberty to come along and force them into adulthood...it must be infuriating for them.....but now, thanks to blockers they can have the child almost indefinitely...?

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