I've been involved full time in radical activism since we started an anticapitalist coalition with occupy in my home town. I've had a crap relationship history anyway, but now that I'm so sunk into radical activism I'm wondering how I would even make it feasible. There aren't a whole lot of women radicals in ABQ (sadly, most anticapitalists here are men). The ideal solution it seems would be to date another radical activist, but I find myself in skipping the friend zone and feeling like more of a brother, which is even worse than the friend zone.
How do those of you in radical activism develop and maintain romantic relationships?
I think part of your dilemma is simply location. If you were near a city on the West Coast or a City in the Northeast you'd probably
have better luck coming across women who are more politically radical. You are gonna find more politically radical people in Cities like
San Francisco, Portland, NYC, Philly, etc. Which means more likelyhood of you meeting women who are also politically radical,the point
is your location is possibly part of the problem.
Mammamutiny is also right! It certainly wouldn't hurt to reach out to other radical activist circles that are comprised mostly of females.
You will find many of them happy to have more men take some interest. Plus as an activist it certainly does not hurt to do networking.
Most of our struggles in life are interconnected. If you're there because you're genuine(which you appear to be) and not just trying to
scam to get laid, it might just happen, one never knows. So take your anti-capitalism passion to the table with some feminist, animal
rights, or reproductive rights group. Activism takes passion and passion can be very seductive and arousing. Whether you come
across a lover or an ally you can't loose.
I don't know what to tell you on the whole "brother/friend zone" thing. If she falls into that catagory that quickly... well sounds like
there just was not quite enough attraction I guess? Nor can I give advice on maintaining such relationships.
But then again, what the hell do I know? Maybe I'm just lucky? Unconventional relationships within radical activism just seem to
come and go for me. I guess I'm doing something right?