The sisterhood? Where ma ladies be at?

Lalealynn

I just heard a guy refer to 'the sisterhood'.

I'm female and I'm nice and friendly can I join?

Now what is it? Does it exist?

I know there are some universally female things that we go through and share. But not all women do. And I definitely consider trans women very much part of the sisterhood.

So like what is it.

I have heard the term used rather pejoratively.

The 'sisterhood' as I see it is rather inter-sectional with a lot of different races, backgrounds and perspectives.

But generally when I hear it used by men it's as if it exists purely to be against men not with any characteristics of it's own with nothing to do with men or sexism. I think what I am saying is the perceived 'energy' or female vibes whether you are trans or cis sexed, black or white it's there I think. It can be strong or softer.

I dunno I just wanted to get a discussion going.

What do you think? I am guessing most women never really think of a sisterhood to be honest.

I have too many wonderful male friends for it to be exclusive....

We are all brothers and sisters umkay hippie vibes...

TheBeardedLady

I don't buy into the idea. I have very good female friends and don't have an aversion to my own gender (i.e. I'm not one of the "women are so bitchy" crowd) but I don't click with a person just because they're female. I'd obviously empathise more with fellow women being one and would understand where they're coming from on many issues but I like women just as much as I like men i.e. depends on the person.

My sisters are my two two sisters from the family I was born into - that's my sisterhood.

meeeeh

I'm afraid there are not too many hippie vibes around here.

I don't like terms like brotherhood or sisterhood. It more reminds me of religious or communist nonsense and chopping off heads.

Lyaiera

I'm not too sure of the idea of a sisterhood, but there's definitely an element of categorisation going on. When I came out to people as trans (before I had begun transitioning) a lot of woman seemed to get more at ease with me. I made some new friends about two years ago, myself and another friend got to know them, he started going out with one of them and we hung around a lot. I knew I was trans when I met them but there was no obvious signs of it to people in general. When I did come out to them one of them said, "Oh now I get you. I couldn't figure you out before. I get your 'deal.'"

I think people generally categorise others. It's necessary when we first meet people, to gauge how we interact with them, what we talk about, how we act, etc. Hopefully as people get to know each other those categorisations and judgements fall away as we have actual knowledge of their behaviour to judge. One of the most obvious ways of categorising someone is of course gender. There's always going to be certain commonalities between people of the same "divisions" whether that's gender, race, social class, sexual orientation, interest, politics, etc. Gender is simply one of the most obvious.

I haven't thought too much about a "sisterhood" but there definitely is commonalities between people who share something. Gender just happens to be one of the largest and most obvious divides.