RT @fenwench: I cannot adequately describe the terror of having someone strangle you to the point your vision fades and - with the last bits of your consciousness - you realise you could be about to die. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. ...
RT @fenwench: I stand by my view that any man who is capable of inflicting such an experience on a woman is highly dangerous and has potential to become a killer. Normal men don’t put their hands around a woman’s throat. It is NEVER okay to do this.
RT @fenwench: When - inevitably - prosecution for rape did not proceed, he was able to walk free. The police didn’t even try to to pursue assault charges & the CPS only recommended rape charges. If non-fatal strangulation had been an offence back ...
RT @fenwench: Just in case anyone is wondering why it is so, so important that non-fatal strangulation becomes a specific offence under English law. The man who did this to me, in 2016, was able to walk free because (like the subsequent rape) he ...
RT @DROPTHEMIC2020: Some perspective: It would cost $20 billion to eliminate homelessness in the United States. It would cost $34 billion to guarantee free college for every American. The Pentagon spends $60 billion per month. ...
RT @MattWalshBlog: The worst thing about this kind of stuff is that it treats the actual child as an afterthought, a fashion accessory. His needs are not taken into account. The emotional needs of the men are the only thing we’re supposed to care ...
RT @the_female_lead: Our new research into what blocks women's careers found an issue called The Entitlement Gap. It’s the way women are conditioned to feel less entitled. To expect less, to demand less, to take up less space. Help us to close The ...
RT @SarahHatstand: Being poor means being 3 A level grades behind your better off peers - more, in some parts of the country. We should be howling in outrage that this can be so. Let's make this the yardstick by which we measure the education ...
RT @IStandWithHer1: @RadfemBlack @crosleysarah @EqualityModelNY @AF3IRM @SPACEintl @RachelRMoran @HuschkeMau @endclasssociety @CATWIntl @catferatu @DiscourserES @nordicmodelnow Esperanza Fonseca, a transgender Latina, socialist, sex-trade survivor. ...
RT @HuschkeMau: @svgwhitelotus @RadfemBlack @PurpleRose0666 @crosleysarah @EqualityModelNY @AF3IRM @SPACEintl @RachelRMoran @endclasssociety @CATWIntl @catferatu @DiscourserES @nordicmodelnow "Makes finding safe clients harder", really? Almost all of ...
“Young women are being failed by a society that seems unable – or unwilling – to address rape culture and its grave consequences” https://t.co/EoGwsf...