Women's Voices

 

5 October 2020

 

Women's Voices

23 posts today

I was added to this list and many names I recognize were, too. Don't just block, click the link in the upper right-hand corner to report targeted harassment. Then check to see if you were added to other lists for targeted abuse. ...

October 5th @ 11:53 pm |

Women's Voices

23 posts today

"Men took everything from us; our tranquility, autonomy, achievements ... sometimes even our lives. We are always second in society, they own everything. Not content with that, now they also want to take away the very fact of being a woman. ...

October 5th @ 9:48 pm |

Women's Voices

23 posts today

RT @minemercadomx: “La cultura masculina ya controla una gran cantidad de vidas de mujeres. Aún así, parece querer más, pero siempre al mismo bajo precio. Las explotadas son muy asequibles.” https://t.co/40rnQ8...

October 5th @ 9:17 pm |

Women's Voices

23 posts today

"Masculine culture already controls gross amounts of female lives. Still, it seems to want more, but always at the same low price. The exploited are very affordable." — Somer Brodribb Nothing Mat(t)ers #ReadWomen #SexNotGender https://t.co/S9MNRv...

October 5th @ 9:11 pm |

Women's Voices

23 posts today

The oldest laws, found on the Code of Hammurabi, declared women as men's property; women could be put to death for adultery; and said, if a woman speaks out of turn, her teeth will be smashed by a brick. Everyone knew who a woman was then, and they ...

October 5th @ 2:15 pm |

Women's Voices

23 posts today

"Masking its purpose is the primary challenge for the sex trades if they are to survive in a society that has decided, at least in principle, that women are not subordinate sex objects and rape is a bad thing." @KatBanyard #InternationalDayof...

October 5th @ 12:04 pm |

Women's Voices

23 posts today

Gender activism is regressive misogyny that won't stop until every aspect of society that recognizes women's sex-based oppression is bullied into erasure. They seek to obscure reality by controlling language, but we know the truth, and we won't be ...

October 5th @ 11:27 am |

Women's Voices

23 posts today

RT @AlessandraAster: If I refuse a man's demand to treat him as a woman, I am not the unkind one, he is. I am not harassing him, he is. He is the one demanding I behave against my own wishes and my own nature, lie, and betray myself to please him. ...

October 5th @ 11:23 am |

Women's Voices

23 posts today

Defining women as anything other than adult female humans is one type of misogyny that opens doors to more, and ultimately allows violent objectification of women to be rationalized and excused. #SexNotGender https://t.co/WF8Ad7...

October 5th @ 11:22 am |

Women's Voices

23 posts today

Korea's young women are dying during the pandemic, not from the disease, but by their own hands. Suicides among young women were up an alarming 17.9 percent in April when Korea imposed strict social distancing measures. #SexNotGender ...

October 5th @ 11:08 am |

Women's Voices

23 posts today

Afghanistan’s first woman Deputy Speaker in Parliament @FawziaKoofi77 talks about being nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, negotiating with the Taliban in Doha, and the most recent attack she faced. #SexNotGender #NobelPrize2020 #NobelPrize ...

October 5th @ 10:52 am |

Women's Voices

23 posts today

India has cracked down on overseas surrogacy, yet certain clinics are promoting domestic surrogacy and sale of eggs as a way for women impoverished by the pandemic to earn money. #Surrogacy is not a job; it is the sale of human bodies. #SexNotGender ...

October 5th @ 10:44 am |

Women's Voices

23 posts today

"Women activists, working on uncovering the corruption of the army and its militias and their control of massive economic sectors, reported to us threats on social media, and fears of lawsuits as a result of their work." #SudanUprising #SexNotGender ...

October 5th @ 10:19 am |

Women's Voices

23 posts today

The people most offended by women having certain rights, spaces, and recognition afforded to us on the basis of sex—the historical locus of women's oppression—are incels, MRAs, and gender activists, precisely because they are not dissimilar. ...

October 5th @ 9:51 am |

Women's Voices

23 posts today

RT @ripx4nutmeg: A former men's cyclist who is now a women's world cycling champion is encouraging people to screenshot any Facebook posts from female competitors who even privately state that this might be unfair, so they, and people who like them, ...

October 5th @ 7:58 am |

Women's Voices

23 posts today

RT @thegirdlengr: Just IN: Way To GO🙌🏽 NIGERIA: Henceforth in Bauchi State, anyone found guilty of forcing a girl or woman into marriage against her wish is liable to spend 2 years behind bars or pay the sum of N500, 000 as fine or both as the case ...

October 5th @ 3:05 am |

Women's Voices

23 posts today

"According to women's rights activists, honor killing is rooted in patriarchal law. For example, Article 630 of the Iranian Penal Code allows a man who witnesses his wife in the act of sexual intercourse with another man to kill both of them" ...

October 5th @ 3:03 am |

Women's Voices

23 posts today

"The internalisation is insidious. From the conscious or unconscious avoidance of groups of men at night, to not reporting a sexual harassment incident for fear of victim-blaming, we pick up ‘lessons’ about what it means to be a woman." #SexNotGender ...

October 5th @ 2:54 am |

Women's Voices

23 posts today

"On top of physical symptoms, many women are face a strain on their mental health as a direct result of having their experiences minimised or ignored. This dismissal of female health conditions and symptoms is nothing new." #SexNotGender ...

October 5th @ 2:43 am |

Women's Voices

23 posts today

RT @jk_rowling: If sex isn’t real, there’s no same-sex attraction. If sex isn’t real, the lived reality of women globally is erased. I know and love trans people, but erasing the concept of sex removes the ability of many to meaningfully discuss ...

October 5th @ 2:34 am |

Women's Voices

23 posts today

Data at the Nepal Police shows 2,144 cases of rape and 687 cases of attempted rape were reported in 2019-20, an increase from 1,480 cases of rape and 727 cases of attempted rape from 2017-18. #SexNotGender #MVAW #Nepal https://t.co/s3l7TM...

October 5th @ 2:04 am |