Invitation of a Feminist Critique of the Process Forum

[Xanderfox]

After much thought and retracting the beginnings of several posts, I feel I can only offer one real opinion on these matters. That it should be remembered that this Forum is about Female Transformations for a reason, to differentiate it from a Forum that is about general transformation. I don't believe I can offer a unique perspective as to transformation and it's relation to feminism or human behavior. This forum is about transformation involving females or transformation of non-females into females, lets try to NOT derail things ok?

[Ilovebe]

Without whipping out a bunch of Foucault and Frankfurt school 'n stuff, I honestly don't think it's that deep. It's my impression that this forum exists because its members are looking for a specific subject matter, and it's a more efficient way of locating it than visiting a bunch of sites that cater to broader tastes. Is it trying to perpetuate heteronormative hegemony? I don't think so. I don't get the impression that most of the posters are trying to marginalize anybody. They understand that other people are interested in process material where a male is the subject matter. They just want The Process to maintain its brand identity, so to speak.

[whiteflame]

I just want to say that I find the responses to be very interesting and quite varied. I think such a discussion is important to have, regardless if this is a fetish website and regardless if any of the ideas discussed will impact its dealings. I tried to present the issue in a non-accusatory fashion while still presenting my viewpoint.

I appreciate the sarcastic humor of suggesting such a posting on a Camaro-lovers forum, but relevant discourse could be instantiated there as well, pertaining to marketing and target audiences and how this fits into to larger issues of minority-majority interactions and racial stereotyping. I personally wouldn't mind having a Camaro, but I'd settle for having a car first.

In any case, no harm is intended by the post and no detraction from the activity of the site. Such a post is here to promote a greater awareness of the topic and self-reflection in a fetishistic community. I have found that some individuals here are quick to anger and very defensive with regard their preferences and viewpoints---that attempts at promoting level-headed discussions have often failed due to their presentation as polemical attacks.

So my goal here was two-fold: this also serves as an illustration for how individuals who wish to have intellectual discussions on this forum can present their ideas without instigating heated tirades.

[Sephie]

To be fair, I am in the most LGBT friendly city in Texas, so my views may be skewed

[Rachel Bronwyn]

I dunno. I'm in the Pacific Northwest and I'm inclined to agree.

I don't think it's got to do with the people on this forum being bad eggs to a degree greater than the general population. Anonymity just enables people to behave very badly with fewer "real world" consequences so the bigotry is more prevalent here than in meat life where people get punched in the face for being assholes.

As previously stated though, I think being decent to fat people is more common here than in meat life. That's not because fat people are people though. It's because fat people are some people's fetish, which is sill dehumanising and doesn't really count for decent human being cred.