Wumman O' Independent mind.
#CND
#FOE
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#ProtectNHS
# Lefty feminist & pacifist who hates injustice
#Interested
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Reading about the woman in France raped by 90 men, the woman in Poland kept as a sex slave, the women in Afghanistan not allowed to speak in public, the constant, never ending harassment of women all over the world has infuriated me. 1/
My cousin in New Zealand just asked me "what the hell is going on over there? "Everyone is laughing at UK"
He said people over there are now calling it the "Dim and Dom show"..
#UkisALaughingStock
...
#SackDomAndBoris
Rape shelters are not there to "cleanse women of their transphobia" They are there to help raped women. If The CEO of a Rape shelter cannot help these women, + women are avoiding a particular rape shelter, the CEO needs removed + replaced by one who has empathy and understanding
Why? Where does all the hate come from?
What have we done to make you treat us like this?
You all came out of women. We gave you life....or is that the problem? 3/
Thread re a Disabled young Woman and Gender Identity Thugs.
1/ Gender Identity Thugs have forced a severely disabled young woman off twitter.
Here's what they did 1/
When women posted about the rapes of that poor woman, many of us were subjected to abuse and accused of misandry by men.
Very few commiserated with that poor woman and very few agreed with us that it was wrong to rape women. 4/
Women, if you are blithely thinking your rights are safe..Remember that in pre 1979 Iran, women could drive, meet, speak in public, wear short skirts, bikinis on the beach.. People thought they were just getting rid of a despotic shah...Now women cant go out alone 1/2
@MenAtWork_MC
To men, I'm saying stand with us, call out any harassment, sexual harassment, violence against women.
To everyone..Raise your boys to respect women as equals.
Why? Where's your moral compass? These women we talk about, rape victims, assault victims, could be your wife, mother, daughter, sister.
Would you react the same way? 5/
@MenAtWork_MC
I'm proposing just as a start a mass women's march taking place throughout the world.
A women's strike, as they did in Iceland.
A mass email to all representatives warning them they either represent us or lose our vote.
Boycott organisations that we see mistreating women. 10/
@MenAtWork_MC
Now...as to the answers we've had...
No, We know it's not all men, but it's far too many.
No we don't hate all men. Personally I had a lovely dad who respected all women. I have a lovely husband and son.
The point is women are under assault and our rights are under assault. 7/
@MenAtWork_MC
And it's time it stopped! We've reached a point where femicide is at its highest, rape figures are through the roof, women are being told we can't have women only spaces, women are being forced to shut up and in countries like Afghanistan literally told they can't speak. 8/
@MenAtWork_MC
Like many women I'm in despair, I'm more than angry! We need action, there have been enough words, from mealy mouthed governments to police, to judges who give the perpetrators a slap on the wrist.
You are failing us! Too often you're guilty of harassing women yourselves. 9/
This was Stephen Kinnock 4 days ago. This is why I am calling out his hypocrisy. He travelled 150 miles from S Wales to London for his dads birthday. Not essential.
Govt have ruled you can only leave home for:
1- Food/medicine when essential
2- Exercise once a day alone or w/ household member
3- Medical needs or to provide care
4- Essential travel to work
Police will enforce. Pls abide & we'll beat
#Covid19
. Details:
At least two of my transsexual friends supported her and told them off.. Thanks
@roche_toni
.
These privileged people fought and bullied a very vulnerable young woman for the "Right" to deny her bodily autonomy!
There's nothing progressive about that. /10
@MenAtWork_MC
was the only positive response I saw by men actively talking about it and seeking answers and solutions. You'll see some of the replies below their statement....6/
Thread..
@NicolaSturgeon
There should be no place for Transphobia in ANY party.
However, women wanting to retain sex based rights and protections is not Transphobia.1/2
A few days ago an "ally" told JK Rowling to "Shut mouth, open purse".
I found this language interesting because this phrase was used in 1950s Glasgow by abusive men who wanted their "nagging" wives to stop moaning about their drinking and give them money to go to the pub 1/2
One of them tried to dox her before being blocked.
Among these thugs were very privileged people. One travels the world to see Opera , one enjoys good food and a " glass of wine"
Henrietta can do neither. 9/
For weeks she was then trolled by thugs calling her "transphobic " " anti trans " telling her TWAW and she was just being nasty.
When Henrietta stood her ground it escalated.
4/
When she blocked one, another popped up.
She was gaslit..patronised by some saying " trans people have rights too "
Henrietta agreed but pointed out her bodily needs and need for a female carer..5/
The trolling went on and on for weeks.
THEN she was accused of genocide, being a Holocaust denier, asked/ demanded to condemn Hitler..told that "Goebells was disabled too". 6/
Having failed to "convince" her...she was then sent pictures of actual Holocaust victims.
She tried to tell them disabled people like her were Holocaust victims too.
8/
Now that police have been told to prioritise cases of violence against women, lets demand specially coloured police cars parked outside car parks, supermarkets etc so women can approach them if we feel unsafe. Also they should wear badges + lanyards to show they are on our side.
Reading that some groups/organisations want to replace the word "mother" with "birthing parent" it struck me how Cruel + exclusionary this would be. I have a friend who adopted a baby years ago. My friend is called the child's mother. Where would "birthing parent" leave her?
People outside Wales often don't realise why this title is so controversial.
It's because when the English king Edward subdued Wales he deliberately made his son Prince of Wales to ensure the Welsh knew their place.
Remember this wasn't a voluntary union.
I am thinking of starting a WOMEN'S Organisation after New Year. Here is the intention.
To Take votes away from EVERY party that doesnt recognise Women's Rights. To leaflet areas telling female voters EXACTLY what is going on, EXACTLY what is being done to them.1/2 #
Anyone old enough to remember how close P.I.E. got to government figures, to being accepted if Peter Hain had not called it out will understand why parents complained about that show..
@jack
Many women were suspended, banned for merely telling the truth about biology while death threats and porn remained. I don't know what algorithms you used but they seemed to work against women.
Firstly, they were men. Men who somehow thought of women and children as mere orifices to stick their penises in.
Men who didn't think of their victims as equal to them, or worthy of respect. 2/
Gynaephobes want us to remove the words "WOMEN'S HEALTH" from ENDOMETRIOSIS. "in order to be inclusive" Don't let it happen. Endometriosis sufferers (women) have fough too hard and long to be excluded from "our own" illness.
My grandmother could not vote, have a house in her own name, a bank account in her own name, go for a drink in the pub. Women had to fight for the basic rights we take for granted...
#WomenWontWheesht
#Women
'sRightsAreHumanRights
In Saville's case, his perversions were known about for years, but he was valuable to the BBC, part of the Establishment, friends with the Royals and some politicians. 5/
This, in a nutshell, is part of the problem.
That "bird" wasn't seen as worthy of his respect, yet she was a fellow human, someone else's daughter.
His own daughter was held to a different standard .11/
Are'nt the men's Rights Movement doing well? Getting rid of Women only spaces, shutting down those pesky women with views, even getting
@amnesty
to sign a document depriving women of their Rights, redefining the words "women" and "mother" nearly getting rid of the words. 1/2
It must be stopped! Women and children are not property, accessories or objects to be used.
I hope the extreme misogyny bill can tackle the underlying causes and not skim over them.
I hope rape, sexual assault, trafficking and domestic violence are all addressed & dealt with.
More and more I am noticing that this "gender fight" is not women against Transwomen; It's wokey blokeys against women +Transwomen. Why is that? Why are so many men investing their time trying to redefine women + not listening to women AND not listening to transwomen? 1/2
MEN are claiming they haven't seen evidence of WOMEN having heavy periods and flooding.
1) Do you think we are lying?
2) Should we have to physically show you the evidence?
3) Have those of you with wives, daughters ever asked them?
2/3
Operation Yewtree uncovered some high ranking 'stars' Gary Glitter, Rolf Harris , Max Clifford and others.
Again, they were people in the public eye. 6/
"That's ma boy!" ..the other men sniggered.
I have 3 daughters and asked him if he'd be as proud if his daughter was out shagging every boy.....
Thunderous looks, mutters of FFS!
10/
His son was expected to be out "shagging some bird".
We must change that mindset.
Starting from childhood.
Socialisation has to be taught by parents, by schools, by society. 12/
Thread.
When I was a young left wing woman, I fought actual fascists. My life was threatened by the National Front at one time due to articles I used to write + a court trial which I won't go into
I used to get phone calls of the type "we know where you live"..I was followed 1/2
Here is a wee Home Truth to those telling women "No debate" ..Calling us hate groups, trying to deplatform us etc.
You bear more resemblance to The National Coalition for Men + MRAs Than you do to any left wing socialist group.
When you cry "hate group"..look in the mirror.
Thread: I, like many other women AND my transwomen friends have watched the situation in Ireland with
@AmnestyIreland
and Teni with horror. Followed by the horrorof
@HumzaYousaf
and his Hate Bill which could criminalise women who dare to speak out of turn. 1/2
The two white grooming gangs caught in recent years had some women in them. In Glasgow they pliied kids with alcohol and drugs.
The large white grooming gang in Walsall and Wolverhampton did the same. 7/
What is more likely? That left wing, socialist women have suddenly become "Right wing bigots" "fascists aligned to US evangelicals" "Paid by the US far right".or that we are being demonised by entitled people who have no answer, who have never had to fight actual fascists? 6/7
@LGBTLabScot
As a mother of four children, all whom were correctly identified at birth, I know Jenny Marra is correct. Midwives even told my daughters what sex my grandchildren were..whilst the babies were still in the womb. That is not transphobic, that is reality. Stop bullying female MPs!
When women are being routinely abused, called C***s , Terfs etc and threatened online by folk who claim to be left wing or progressive, how come our politicians never seem to see those threats?
The rot goes all the way to the top with police, as we have seen in the Wayne Cousins trial, revealing a culture of institutional sexism in the police.
The same sexism is seen in the behaviour of many politicians. 14/
@CoachEdlira
This is not true. If someone is attempting suicide they have more problems than being "misgendered". Their problems need to be taken seriously.
And someone who may accidentally misgender someone is NOT responsible for anyone's suicide!
That is a disgraceful tweet!
Too many men are operating as if we are still at the stage of hunter gatherers and act in packs..hence the grooming gangs.
Too often society has turned and is turning a blind eye to the plight of victims of these people.
13/
A similar phrase was used in a more sexualised way.. "Shut mouth, open legs".
About a year ago a male "ally" with me and literally told me to "shut the fuck up and get back in the kitchen"..
Women know this language, we see it for what it is. 2/3
This has many causes..some relating to how we raise boys and girls.
I remember being at a party and some of the men were talking; this man, a teacher, was boasting about his son's prowess...
"He's probably out shagging some bird" ..9/
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Lets be aware that caught in the middle of this situation are genuine Trans people. People who have suffered through no fault of their own, who have gone through hell in some cases.1/
Words matter. Many women have learned to read the real meaning, the real intent of the words and no, we won't shut up, we won't be submissive, we will not let you control us, we will not let you change us.We are Women. Every single one of you came out of a Woman. We won't shut up
When ACLU proclaims "Sex Work is work" remember that children working down mines is work, sweatshops are work, slavery is work.
The word that is missing is "exploitation".
" The hostility reported by girls who.identify as feminists at uk schools is enormous, with repeated stories of meetings disrupted with misogynistic chants, abusive slogans scrawled over posters, and long term verbal harassment that has left girls devastated 1/2
If you are going to call women Transphobic, you must be able to define what actually constitutes a Transwoman, because so far we are seeing drag artists, cross dressers, non binary etc all defined as Transwomen by Stonewall..2/3
Thread;
Why this left winger agrees Transactivism is a class issue.
Having been raised in what was then the poorest part of Glasgow, lived in a tenement, sharing Not a Room, but a bed with 3 others, I find it sad that many of my large extended family still suffer poverty 1/2
I saw someone call
@joannaccherry
the most vile names, a C*** and other sex based insults. This and the other abuse has not been called out by our First Minister.4/5
@Benfogle
Next Tuesday will have been many people's birthdays. Some of them may be dead due to
#Coronavirus
. The Queen is a very wealthy woman who could be donating £millions to NHS and opening up one of her palaces for use as a hospital. I won't
#singforthequeen
I have a photo of Nicola Sturgeon with her arms around my young granddaughter. I treasured it...but now I look at what is happening to women in Scotland under Nicola's watch and I fear for my granddaughters future.
Women'sRightsAreHumanRights
Women have been subjected to vile mysoginistic abuse by some of the young members who are suddenky leaving Snp...and why are they leaving?
Because some weak protections for women were incorporated into the Hate Bill..3/4
You are no allies to genuine Trans people, you are hurting them, just as you are hurting women. When I see you abuse genuine Transexuals +women, I know you for what you are. When you change tack+ tell us to be kind. I know you are really saying "shut up, do as you are told".3/4
Just this afternoon I announced I was thinking of setting up a new WOMEN'S ORGANISATION to fight for Women's Rights and Take away votes from certain candidates. Since then about 460 women have said they would like to join. 1/2
#BorisJohnson
just told Beth Rigby that no one told him "that event was against the rules"!?
You made the rules! You told us not to gather!
#BorisJohnsonOut
Women I know personally have left
@theSNP
in their droves because of the attitude towards us voicing our concerns "Jeremy Hunts" etc..to the way we are being treated by these young people and others.5/6
Ive never heard any "Gender Critical" women say that. Talking of grannies..My great granny had to fight to get single sex toilets, along with other Victorian women just so they could go out. They fought for the Rights you would have taken away from us.
"I am a woman, I live as a woman, and I dress however I like... That's why when we hear 'Gender Critical' individuals talking about 'proper women' or 'real women' I am gravely worried." - I have written a piece for new, progressive, indy blog
@indyblether
Why are we being forced to "respect the pronouns" when, despite being told not to call me 'cis' these people insist on calling me it and spend time trying to "explain" why I should accept it? I won't accept Compelled speech. You don't respect my wishes? Do not expect me to comply
Which group of people
Changes the spelling of Women in order to avoid calling us Women?
Calls Feminists a four letter word so they can abuse them online?
Protests against Women only groups?
Fights to defund Women only shelters?
Get women only events cancelled?
Anyone know?
Yesterday I got trolled, abused, called a "Terf" and "Transphobe"...What for?? For saying I was a woman, not a "Cis" woman or "Cervix haver".
That's right..for calling myself A Woman. 1/2
Let's stop the smears, the abuse directed
@joannaccherry
and at women. You could do that
@ScotGovFM
by issuing another video..This time calling for an end to the attacks on one of your MPs + on women. Saying clearly that women should feel safe in SNP .
@simonrim
Is your "accessible toilet" by any chance the disabled one?
You should have a separate female toilet as well as unisex..unless female customers don't matter..
In which case we have a choice of other restaurants.
Now, women like me, like Ruth Serwotka , like Helen Steel,
@JohannLamont
are being likened to fascists, women's groups like
@ForwomenScot
are being called a hate group for voicing concerns about Women's Rights. 5/6
These women (and I include myself) were the ones who trudged up and down closes delivering leaflets, who held stalls, meetings etc to persuade people to join
@theSNP
and fight for Independence. 7/8
The Transgender Thought Police are upset that an MP shared my piece that called out the antics of ... The Transgender Thought Police.
This is no longer about trans rights, it is authoritarian control.
We are now so far down a rabbit hole that the next stop might be Australia.
The torturer of wee Arthur has been described as suffering a deterioration in her mental health as "a young lady"who has received "real threats" in prison...
"She had salt thrown at her"..
How does she think wee Arthur felt?
I have absolutely no sympathy.
If you are one of the people who shouted abuse at a mother reporting a suspicious looking naked man in a spa..who turned out to be a sex offender, if you said a 9 year old girl should'nt look..You are not on the " right side of history" 1/