I agree with what you're saying insomuch as by "politics" you mean "other people imposing their own standards onto me". But "politics" to me is a bit more expansive - meaning they range from the sexual politics of the interactions (posted to The Irony of Anti-Sex-Positive Feminist's Arguments)
But that is what those radfems are doing. Not all radical feminists. But this particular strain of thought I've run into with women who identify both as "anti-sex positive feminism" and "radical feminist". (posted to The Irony of Anti-Sex-Positive Feminist's Arguments)
Ummm sorry but I don't agree with your "radfem" and "sexpos" dichotomy. What radfem/sexpos dichotomy? I discussed specific conversations I have been a part of over the years. In those, those women who self-identified as anti-sex-positive feminism also self-identified as (posted to The Irony of Anti-Sex-Positive Feminist's Arguments)
I think, in part, that you are correct and some people who identify with sex positivity deal with sex as though it is in a vacuum. However, the majority that I have interacted with, deal in "choice" simply because they (posted to The Irony of Anti-Sex-Positive Feminist's Arguments)
Yeah, I see that. It's just that the very term 'radical feminism' is rather vague and loaded if one doesn't explicitly define what s/he means. Like another respondent mentioned, 'radical' means 'to get to the root' of a problem. So, (posted to The Irony of Anti-Sex-Positive Feminist's Arguments)
but see, two things. 1) does everything you do have to be feminist, all the time? and 2) this is back to the thing about BEING a feminist or doing things that advance the cause of feminism, i.e. working towards (posted to The Irony of Anti-Sex-Positive Feminist's Arguments)
Similarly I don't think you can easily take the cultural context and repercussions out of personal sexual interaction... I think it's easier for some than others. But then, maybe it's just that some people are better at cognitive dissonance or (posted to The Irony of Anti-Sex-Positive Feminist's Arguments)
