Introductions
'Cuz the introduction police said I had to, and in this end stage capitalist world, it seems best to submit to The Authorities.
Hello one and all, Alexis here! (Not my real first name, but a preferred nomme de guerre.) Originally from Colorado, currently in Maryland. Living with my dad, stepmom, older stepsister, and younger halfsister. Also (reluctantly) living in extremely close physical proximity with a Fancy Steel P1. Older brother is married with children, and I intend to be basically be the greatest aunt ever. Vegetarian. Radically feminist. Bringing down the Patriarchy. Anti-racist. Disillusioned LDS. Secret atheist. Abeka. (My real education consists of public library usage.) Am interested in studying political science or journalism. My hobbies are mostly book- or equine-centric. ENTJ. Filled with psychiatric medicines. Often horny. Most fitting adjectives probably include caring, adventurous, and poignant, though possibly include combative, reckless, and irreverent (see previous statements.) I'll see you out on the chastity battlefield!
WriterAlexis Hi Alexis. Your intro has me curious about your reluctant relationship with your belt - why you wear it, your feelings about it and how much control you have about wearing it, for instance. And maybe who holds the keys to it. Also, the interaction between you being belted and your radical feminism. Reluctant wearer and feminist sounds like an explosive combination.
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WriterAlexis Also (reluctantly) living in extremely close physical proximity with a Fancy Steel P1.
Thank you for your introduction and Welcome to our Forum.
Your name suggests you are female and how old are you?
For what reason are you wearing the CB and who made you wear it?
Sorry, not everyone here is a master of abbreviations. What do LDS and ENTJ mean?
Why you are filled with psychiatric medicines?
Joh What do LDS and ENTJ mean?
Latter-day saints (the mormon church) and extrovert/intuitive/thinking/judging, a combination of Jungian personality traits that makes up a Myers-Briggs personality type.
WriterAlexis welcome. My sister in law is x LDS and I have heard from her how difficult that can be to navigate. I hope you have an easier time than she did sorting through that.
WriterAlexis Hi Alexis, I see you're a rebel against authority... 
How old are you? I also join @Joh 's question why do you wear a chastity belt?
WriterAlexis Abeka. (My real education consists of public library usage.)
Just read up on what that is, and it looks like it is a publisher of homeschooling and classroom materials that caters to science-denying fundamentalists. Since your religious and intellectual values are quite different and you do not appear to be a fan of your belt, I take it you are currently stuck in an overbearing family situation. Would be interesting whether you are looking for an escape or willing to stay out of love for other family members. Or maybe it is economic pressures keeping you in line? Your dedication to aunthood suggests that you are trying to counterbalance the effects your parents' religious values might have on the future of their grandchildren.
I would say you are definitely fighting for a good cause here, but it would be interesting to hear about the battles, rather than just the fronts and a few melees.
why you wear it
Maternal expectation, terrible behavioral precedence by my elder sister (still gotta love her though,) and the strategic exchange of temporary physical autonomy for long-term economic and social opportunity.
your feelings about it
Intense.
how much control you have about wearing it
Preciously limited compared to my demands. (But not wholly absent.)
Reluctant wearer and feminist sounds like an explosive combination.
Not half as explosive as the largest country in the so-called free world having constitutional provisions against denying "any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws," and yet corporations can have policies that systematically underhire, underpay and underpromote half the population, a third of the states can have laws mandating forced involuntary incubatorhood, and every single one of us can suffer a hundred microaggressions daily that serve no purpose other than the further marginalization of our rights and freedoms.
Those same old, dead, white men also wrote "But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security."
I'm just throwing 2+2 together, here.
suggests you are female
So they tell me.
how old are you?
Old enough to know better, and young enough to not give a damn.
Why you are filled with psychiatric medicines?
Because when I'm not, my brain starts to get real "playful" with the idea of jumping off bridges and so forth.
WriterAlexis So they tell me.
Do you feel like it or do you prefer to be something else?
WriterAlexis Old enough to know better, and young enough to not give a damn.
Are you of age in your country?
WriterAlexis Because when I'm not, my brain starts to get real "playful" with the idea of jumping off bridges and so forth.
Does your brain do it as well if the external circumstances were ideal for you?
WriterAlexis Maternal expectation, terrible behavioral precedence by my elder sister (still gotta love her though,) and the strategic exchange of temporary physical autonomy for long-term economic and social opportunity.
Figured about as much. Does your elder sister experience the consequences of her actions as well? And how are the two of you feeling about that? Do you think the response is proportionate to the event that prompted it?
And I am glad to hear that you can be confident in your current arrangement being temporary. May I inquire how temporary you are talking?
WriterAlexis Not half as explosive as ...
Of course politics can get quite frustrating, especially in a place as polarized as your home. This forum sorta segregates political discussions behind an opt-in role, one I have chosen not to get myself since before that happened, there were some views being shared here that threatened my composure. If you want, I am open to that sort of discussion on off-platform chat if you are ever interested in joining the Discord server, and I think there are many things we can agree upon even if I am a (relatively young and living) white male and our views may not be 100% identical for this and other reasons.
My sister in law is x LDS and I have heard from her how difficult that can be to navigate. I hope you have an easier time than she did sorting through that.
My condolences to her. I know some people on the outside. End results are regional specific. If you get out of their stranglehold locations, it boils down to a polite annual visit from 2 cycle-weilding Jesus reps who happen to know your name. They are easy enough to dispatch.
Family is another matter. Which is why I am applying every stratagem in the interim that will increase my long-term prospects.
I see you're a rebel against authority
I prefer to think of myself as a rebel against stupidity.
Just read up on what that is, and it looks like it is a publisher of homeschooling and classroom materials that caters to science-denying fundamentalists. Since your religious and intellectual values are quite different and you do not appear to be a fan of your belt, I take it you are currently stuck in an overbearing family situation. Would be interesting whether you are looking for an escape or willing to stay out of love for other family members. Or maybe it is economic pressures keeping you in line? Your dedication to aunthood suggests that you are trying to counterbalance the effects your parents' religious values might have on the future of their grandchildren.
I would say you are definitely fighting for a good cause here, but it would be interesting to hear about the battles, rather than just the fronts and a few melees.
Yes.
This is the last place I would have expected to see a communist(?), haha
Do you feel like it or do you prefer to be something else?
Gender is a social construct.
Does your brain do it as well if the external circumstances were ideal for you?
We live on Earth. Nobody's external circumstances are ideal.
Does your elder sister experience the consequences of her actions as well?
Yes, but I am just going say that she is absolutely receiving Golden Child treatment on Mom's part, and I get some epic Middle Child treatment from Dad. That is blatant fact. Her transgressive nature is orders of magnitude more self-destructive than mine. I'm just the firebrand.
And I am glad to hear that you can be confident in your current arrangement being temporary.
We will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail. Thank you, and God Bless America.
May I inquire how temporary you are talking?
Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.
I think there are many things we can agree upon even if I am a (relatively young and living) white male
Allies are allies. Big tent philosophy. I call it Will & Grace phenomenon. LGBTQIA+ never would have gotten married unless some straights hopped on the bus. We're going to need some male feminists onboard too.