Divided We Fall

I keep hoping this will get better, but it just keeps getting worse.  The COVID pandemic has added another level to it.

The genital autonomy movement is fractured in many ways.  People spend so much time fighting within, there isn't any time left spent on expanding the movement.

• Racism
• Vaccines
• Abortion
• Animal cruelty
• Use of shame methods
• "Professionalism"
• Appropriate age of consent
• Comparisons of victimhood (i.e. FGM vs. MGM and Rape)
• MRA
• Anti-feminism
• Politics
• I'm sure I'm missing something

It's crazy that we get angry that our freedom of speech is stomped on by the social media organizations, yet, we don't afford that same freedom within the movement.

Brendon Marotta, in his Intactivist Guidebook, promotes the idea of organization building but I just don't see how we are ever going to have a sizable organization when we let things divide us and take our focus off the prize: genital autonomy.

I've worked for many large (Fortune 500) companies in my IT career.  People in one part of the organization might not like what another part of the organization believes or does, but they were still loyal to the organization and supported the organization's mission; thus, they work together in spite of their differences.

This is an excellent meme, but it's only addressing one of many things that are dividing us:

I often hear that we are a small fringe movement.  I can see why people think that.  I try to change that perception by having the genitalautonomysociety.org/map page.

Sometimes I wonder if those who attempt to get others to disavow someone in the movement is really just a mole paid by the moneyed-interests.

Too many cowboys.  Too many chiefs.

People often do business with businesses even if they employ someone that they disagree with.  If the business is large enough, that one employee isn't going to impact their decision to do business.

I don't have the solution to this problem.  I just hope that this will get you to let go of any attachment to only collaborating with people that agree with you so we can achieve the goal.