"I'm Julie Bindel and I want to recruit you!"

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And now, something that might amuse auntysarah: Julie Bindel on her sexual liberation.

At 15 then, having only ever had one, non-serious, boyfriend, I came out as a lesbian. Three years later, I moved to Leeds... [and] finally met the R[adical] F[eminist]s. The RFs told me that, to them, lesbianism was a choice that women could make, and not a "condition" we are born with. "All women can be lesbians" was the mantra. I loved the sense that I had chosen my sexuality and rather than being ashamed or apologetic about it, as many women were, I could be proud, and see it as a privilege.

I wonder if Julie is now going to consult her girlfriend about the possibility of legal action against herself for implying that she chose to be a lesbian? Sadly there is no comments feature on the Guardian page in order to ask this important question.

EDIT: Interesting, people could start commenting after midday. I wonder why there was a delay in allowing this to happen?

Comments

[friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com]

It's not a secret tho. She's talked about this belief several times in her column, IIRC

[auntysarah.livejournal.com]

But apparently if anyone else so much as hints at it, it's grounds for a libel case...

[friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com]

Well, she's not much of a one for consistency, is she? Guh.

Yeah, I thought her response to you on the FB group was quite weird considering things she's previously said about sexual orientation as a choice. But not that weird if one considers that she's really just point-scoring.