shewhosoothes:

a woman who lives their life completely separate of men in all material ways is really terrifying for men but also for straight women. they see what they could have, and men see it, too. that simultaneous realization that men are entirely unnecessary or wholly optional in a woman’s life. for the first time, with regard to their class as men, they are faced with the fact that no, women really don’t need them in any way, shape, or form; and that’s where lesbians become the ultimate monster. hated and desired in unequal measure by men and by straight women.