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Or does this Labour Party meme display all we need to regarding about how they feel about women?

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Lion400 · 19/04/2024 19:59

Those silly little women. Apart from the ones with penises. They’re just like us men.

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DontSetYourselfOnFireToKeepOthersWarm · 19/04/2024 20:46

Lion400 · 19/04/2024 20:41

What they’ve written is offensive and degrading to women.

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In your opinion. Not in mine.

ghostyslovesheets · 19/04/2024 20:46

Look I have been a party member since 1985 I will be honest - there are a lot of left wing men who don't like women - they don't like to be challenged or pulled up on anything by women - BUT do I think right wing men are better? Nope I think they are worse. Labour still fields lots of women candidates and actively encourages women to stand locally and nationally. My daughters 22 year old friend is standing in the local election coming up.

BUT if you actually really care about women then vote for a party that will improve their lives - will fund healthcare, family support, education, police, social housing, tackle poverty (because it actually gives a shit about it) and improve lives - don't vote Tory just because - what? Rushi decided saying what a woman was is a vote winner - don't be that blind

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Lion400 · 19/04/2024 20:45

Sunquest · 19/04/2024 20:09

I'm no fan of Starmer but that's a well known meme. I like how the OP has to get her usual Trans dig in though.

Definitely not a ‘trans dig’. It never is. It is about women and children, and their rights.

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Sunquest · 19/04/2024 20:44

ilovesooty · 19/04/2024 20:41

I agree. I don't like it and I think it's misjudged but it won't alter my vote. I don't see the need for the trans reference in the OP though.

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Any opportunity for an anti-trans dig.

FlirtsWithRhinos · 19/04/2024 20:43

user1471517900 · 19/04/2024 20:04

Yeah that's a very well used meme. You've massively managed to twist that. It's almost impressive.

Yes it is, and it's sexist every time it's used.

You are massively underthinking if you don't see a problem with one of our major mainstream political parties happily and uncritically reproducing the sexist trope that women are shallow snd focussed on men while men think deeply and focus on bigger questions.

If you want to see what someone really thinks about a topic, don't just listen to what they say about it when they are consciously thinking about it, watch also what they say when it comes up in another context. It is illuminating.

AnitaLoos · 19/04/2024 20:42

It shows what an ridiculous meme-obsessed child in its social media department is an idiot. Having said that, a quiet delete would be a good idea. Am cringing.

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Lion400 · 19/04/2024 20:41

user1471517900 · 19/04/2024 20:06

The advert itself is a really terrible one as it looks like it's been written by somebody who hasn't had a normal conversation in their life.

But it's not anti-women.

What they’ve written is offensive and degrading to women.

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ilovesooty · 19/04/2024 20:41

ghostyslovesheets · 19/04/2024 20:25

Honestly - it's shit and quiet sexist!

Won't stop me voting Labour though - working with families in crisis I can't allow this show of snivelling twats in for another 4 years.

I agree. I don't like it and I think it's misjudged but it won't alter my vote. I don't see the need for the trans reference in the OP though.

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Lion400 · 19/04/2024 20:40

TinySaltLick · 19/04/2024 20:07

It's a well known meme who anyone on twitter would recognise, it's just the Labour social account trying to engage with a younger audience via this method

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Is that how they think young men and women think these days?

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Lion400 · 19/04/2024 20:38

user1471517900 · 19/04/2024 20:04

Yeah that's a very well used meme. You've massively managed to twist that. It's almost impressive.

Twisted? It’s the photo we’ve all seen before. Published by them with the specific wording - which is new. They really do not like women.

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MidnightPatrol · 19/04/2024 20:36

displays how much free reign probably one social media intern with little experience has been given

ghostyslovesheets · 19/04/2024 20:35

ThreeFeetTall · 19/04/2024 20:34

It's a bad example of the meme. Here is a better one

Giant sea serpents obviously

ghostyslovesheets · 19/04/2024 20:34

What Women Want - is that the one where Mel Gibson discovers what a woman is by wearing make up and women's clothes?

ThreeFeetTall · 19/04/2024 20:34

It's a bad example of the meme. Here is a better one

JaneJeffer · 19/04/2024 20:27

AdultReindeer · 19/04/2024 20:17

It's a meme template. Untwist your tits.

I bet your favourite film is What Women Want

TheTimeIsNowMaybeNow · 19/04/2024 20:26

ATerrorofLeftovers · 19/04/2024 20:17

It’s possible for most of us to hold more than one thought, opinion or belief at any one time! Also possible to post on numerous threads. Try it!!

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OK then

ghostyslovesheets · 19/04/2024 20:25

Honestly - it's shit and quiet sexist!

Won't stop me voting Labour though - working with families in crisis I can't allow this show of snivelling twats in for another 4 years.

KestrelMoon · 19/04/2024 20:25

I don’t care that it’s from a very common meme when the meme is clearly sexist and derogatory towards women. It perpetuates the western cultural stereotype that women are incapable of higher thought and will only think about domestic trivia, children and love affairs.

JaneJeffer · 19/04/2024 20:24

Exactly @VickyEadieofThigh

AdultReindeer · 19/04/2024 20:17

It's a meme template. Untwist your tits.

ATerrorofLeftovers · 19/04/2024 20:17

TheTimeIsNowMaybeNow · 19/04/2024 20:15

Exactly

But oh no, labour have posted a shitty meme

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It’s possible for most of us to hold more than one thought, opinion or belief at any one time! Also possible to post on numerous threads. Try it!!

ATerrorofLeftovers · 19/04/2024 20:15

Just because something’s used a lot, doesn’t make it any less egregious.

It’s particularly ill-timed at present, given the spotlight on the misogyny that’s been so rife within Labour. Really ham-fisted of the Labour comms team to let this one through.

TheTimeIsNowMaybeNow · 19/04/2024 20:15

TimeFlysWhenYoureHavingRum · 19/04/2024 20:12

Meanwhile in the real world Rishi Sunak has today announced plans to strip GPs of the ability to sign people off work due to mental health crises. A policy that will disproportionately affect women.

Exactly

But oh no, labour have posted a shitty meme

Youcannotbeseriousreally · 19/04/2024 20:14

Sunquest · 19/04/2024 20:12

You going to vote Tory then. You think Rishi gives a shit about women after todays speech?

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I’ve not decided. I’d like to vote Lib Dem. But it won’t make a difference. Tbh ( and MN will hate this) I’m screwed in the middle. The Labour Party offers nothing for me general and nor do the Tories really. But I’m never ever voting labour. They don’t even need women, they think men can do a better job of being women than women. It’s a firm no from me.

VickyEadieofThigh · 19/04/2024 20:13

JaneJeffer · 19/04/2024 20:10

I think everyone knows the meme but it's still shite

It's shite in my opinion because my first reaction was to see it as misogynist - I don't care if it's a "well known" image used in various memes, or if they're trying to be "edgy".

There's an implication that the woman is just thinking suspicious, female thoughts while the man is thinking fine, responsible thoughts.