r/Feminism

All posts must be relevant to women's issues

Please help us keep our discussion on-topic and relevant to women's issues. If your reaction to a post about how women have it bad is but insert group has it bad, too! then it`s probably something that belongs in another subreddit

All posts must come from an educated perspective

Informativity rule: all ideological considerations must show actual understanding of the relevant feminist concepts. Comments consisting of exploratory/follow-up questions, in good faith, are an exception.

Please avoid: biases coming from a position of privilege (gender, race, class, sexual orientation); conflating informed consent with formal consent (consider past trauma/PTSD, emotional/mental issues, or coercion); fetishizing choice (when choice itself is insufficient: selling one's vote).

Promoting regressive agendas is not permitted

The "no platform" rule: no misogyny, racism, homophobia, transphobia, etc are allowed.

The validity of the various progressive pursuits (by women, children, LGBT, men, various ethnicities, people with disabilities, etc) is considered axiomatic. No blanket attacks are permitted against progressive movements, their egalitarian aspect, or the continued necessity of their existence. In particular: all participants must observe progressive principles (this is not a value-free space).

Be respectful and courteous

Feminism does not work in isolation, but rather is interconnected with all other work for justice and egalitarianism, and we believe that as injustice is addressed and overcome in society, all marginalized groups will benefit

Respect the `assume good faith` principle

When editorializing or discussing, please respect the `assume good faith principle` - that actions or statements are done in good faith, absent actual evidence to the contrary; in particular, do not address claims that were not actually made (avoid derailing/addressing a strawman)

Derailing is prohibited

Derailment​:

If​ ​your​ ​reaction​ ​to​ ​a​ ​post​ ​about​ ​how​ ​women​ ​have​ ​it​ ​bad​ ​is​ ​"but​ ​[insert​ ​group]​ ​has​ ​it​ ​bad,​ ​too!" then​ ​it's​ ​probably​ ​something​ ​that​ ​belongs​ ​in​ ​another​ ​subreddit.