Women's Voices

 

18 August 2020

 

Women's Voices

19 posts today

RT @HiboWardere: #nofgm 200 million women and girls worldwide have been subjected to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). unreported death related to FGM is massive. The maternal death in developing countries is also huge. This is truly horrific practice ...

August 18th @ 10:46 pm |

Women's Voices

19 posts today

A lack of care from male gyenecologists almost killed me. Over a span of two years, I went to male obgyns with pain and heavy menstruation. They would give me painkillers and send me home. Two days after such a visit, I suddenly couldn't walk and ...

August 18th @ 9:11 pm |

Women's Voices

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Adults do not "have sex with" children. A man who raped a 13 year-old girl will not go to prison; according to the judge: "Despite having reached adulthood, you are still developing and may not yet have reached full maturity." #SexNotGender ...

August 18th @ 9:01 pm |

Women's Voices

19 posts today

How did they know who to deny rights to? How could they tell which people were second-class citizens? @ACLU pretends they care about women's rights—withheld on the basis of sex—even as they deny sex exists and actively advocate the removal of women's ...

August 18th @ 3:36 pm |

Women's Voices

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Women who protested for their rights, directly challenging their sex-based oppression, were frequently met with threats and violence. Now, women who refuse to surrender our rights to gender essentialists are met with threats and violence. ...

August 18th @ 3:24 pm |

Women's Voices

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How did they know who to deny the right to vote to before the 19th Amendment was ratified? Did they ask them if they identified as second-class citizens, as women? #SexNotGender #WomensVote100 https://t.co/0dzXS0...

August 18th @ 2:49 pm |

Women's Voices

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RT @ariana_erbon: The man who sexually abused his own niece for 4 yrs has been arrested in the early hours of today, Tuesday August 18! The girl had the procedure to terminate her pregnancy yesterday and is recovering. She will move later to a new ...

August 18th @ 12:27 pm |

Women's Voices

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The number of women killed by their partner or ex-partner in France rose by a fifth in 2019. On average, one woman was killed every two days. Men were the perpetrators in 88 per cent of cases. #SexNotGender #Feminicides https://t.co/GeBRmQ...

August 18th @ 11:08 am |

Women's Voices

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Traditionalists in Japan hated her feminist novel, but Breasts and Eggs was a huge bestseller. The author talks about taking on male privilege, orientalist cliches … and Haruki Murakami #ReadWomen https://t.co/F57EXq...

August 18th @ 10:59 am |

Women's Voices

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I'm interested in writing a book of essays on the impact of emerging media on women's rights. I'm currently writing a research essay on the topic. Would you be interested? Which publishers do you think might be interested?

August 18th @ 10:24 am |

Women's Voices

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"More than 33,000 cases of rape were reported since 2018 -- roughly 91 cases each day. But experts say that the real number is likely much higher, owing to the shame attached to sexual assault and the social barriers faced by victims." #SexNotGender ...

August 18th @ 6:39 am |

Women's Voices

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It is absolutely chilling to see the destruction of rights for women and girls called a "victory" by the Human Rights Campaign. Apparently, we don't fit in their definition of human, and therefore we don't deserve rights. #SexNotGender ...

August 18th @ 3:00 am |

Women's Voices

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Marguerite Stern had to move from her home for her own safety due to threats from trans rights activists. @Margueritestern launched the Collages Feminicide movement, pasting posters on city walls denouncing male violence against women. #SexNotGender ...

August 18th @ 2:36 am |

Women's Voices

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What I've learned from the #WAP controversy: Objectification is oppressive when it's done to women, but self-objectifying is empowering. Basically, "empowerment" means enthusiastically participating in your own objectification. ...

August 18th @ 2:32 am |

Women's Voices

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A federal court has blocked the Idaho law protecting women and girls' sports from male competitors. This is a tragedy for all women and girls. Women deserve a fair chance in sports. See how different it sounds when you center women's feelings rather ...

August 18th @ 1:09 am |

Women's Voices

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Asian prisons are full of marginalized women who were duped by men into acting as drug mules, sometimes without their knowledge. Women tend to be involved at the bottom rungs of the trade, where most arrests take place, while men are at the top. ...

August 18th @ 12:01 am |