Why pushing womb-centric ideologies is gross
-it objectifies and commodifies women
āwomen are valuable because they can create life!ā Not only are there many women who canāt or donāt want to have children, there are so many wonderful things about women and its wrong to deem some people valuable and others not.
-it pushes many people away from magic
women who are infertile, women who donāt want kids, women who could have kids but it is too dangerous for them, transwomen, people who identify as male, women who can no longer have kids, people who are intersex, the list goes on..
itās pretty hetero and cis-normative and pushes other people in marginalized groups away. As well as it is gate-keepy
-itās ageist and places a priority on younger women
It places virgins on a pedestal and really pushes the idea that women have aĀ āprimeā and are more valuable at certain points of their lives. This is a narrative we continuously see everyday, and it doesnāt need to be pushed into the witchcraft community.
-it pushes misogyny for the aforementioned reasonsĀ
if you think about it, placing more value on women who are virgins or pregnant furthers not only the idea that women are meant to be obedient baby-makers but that women arenāt powerful on their own. You are not more or less valuable after losing your virginity. You are not more or less valuable if you have a baby.
-the obvious transphobia and exclusion
Iām not here to have an argument, I wanted to get my opinions out
If you personally feel like pregnancy and childbirth was magical for you, congratulations! Iām very happy you had a fulfilling experience of it and had the opportunity to do so. Just because others havenāt had this experience doesnāt make them less magical, they have likely had magical experiences you have not. If you think your power comes from your womb, thatās your choice, but donāt push the idea that that is the only place power can come from.
Transwomen are valid witches
Nonbinary people are valid witchesĀ Ā
Everyone has power and anyone can have magic
If you donāt agree (or that makes you uncomfortable), try taking a look at: why, who told you that, and what their motivations are to spread that information.Ā
I used to be uncomfortable with the idea that anyone could claim their magic, that it was just out there, for anyone. That was until I realized noone will practice exactly as I do, have my exact mix of knowledge from cross referencing books and combining ideas, noone will be able to make what I make, not because I have a womb or any other thing outside my control, but because it is made by me.
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