>>512716898there's an interesting pathology to it
in one sense, and this is in a specifically radfem way of thinking, they are making themselves unappealing because they've been socialised to believe both that a) rape is the worst thing that can happen to a human and b) that men being attracted to them is disgusting, because it means they want to rape them (radfems believe all male-female sex is either predatory or full rape due to a percieved power imbalance). they tend to think straight love is unpure and oppressive
in the other sense, there's a strong fetishisation of being the otherm of being hated, because being oppressed is a form of social currency, which is why they make up all of these sexualities and genders. but looking like a freak, dressing and styling yourself in a way that might get you beaten up, also increases your social standing in this way, it bumps you up the heirarchy. it's also a way to signify to other mind virus'd people that you're one of them, so you can connect.