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Who to vote for as a feminist

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WorkingBling · 20/01/2015 11:27

I am really struggling ahead of the elections. I have decided that commitment to feminist principals needs to be a strong part of my voting decision making process. But I honestly am not sure this helps.

Lib dems have terrible track record and while I like nick's wife, I can't vote for a party where there's only one woman I am impressed by.

Instinctively i am more of a labour supporter but with the exception of Harriet H I honestly feel underwhelmed by their female representation and view on women.

This leaves the conservatives. There are a number of woman in the party who impress me. But Dave doesn't strike me as a man who really believes in feminist principals.

Help please. All you lovely informed women must have some thoughts.

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HouseWhereNobodyLives · 23/01/2015 11:34

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didyouwritethe · 23/01/2015 11:32

It would be useful if posters could respond to my link above. It's very relevant. But of course has been ignored.

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IonaMumsnet · 23/01/2015 11:19

Morning all. This seems to be veering wildly off course. Any chance we could put aside the alleged troll-hunting and alleged troll-hunting-hunting for now and get back to the discussion in hand?

PetulaGordino · 23/01/2015 11:18

i have made a sort of resolution this year to write to my MP more on issues i think are important, so whoever it is likely to be the tory incumbent again will hear plenty from me Grin

BuffytheReasonableFeminist · 23/01/2015 11:16

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AnnieLobeseder · 23/01/2015 11:02

The Green Party policy on prostitution makes perfect sense to me. Everything about the party makes sense to me.

FloraFox · 23/01/2015 10:48

What does that even mean?

You said you appreciate unbiased opinions. The opinions of pimps and punters is not unbiased. It's a perfectly relevant question.

didyouwritethe · 23/01/2015 10:44

The refusal to acknowledge that you are Troll Hunting when you are Troll Hunting is more of a problem than what I initially thought was your problem.

Mitchy1nge · 23/01/2015 10:43

yes trafficking was much worse, see also Germany

decriminalising some of the activities of the criminals who run industries like drugs and prostitution doesn't turn them into law abiding business people overnight and where prostitution is legal it isn't suddenly a desirable profession that appeals to young women and men, in NZ for example it's horribly stigmatising

FloraFox · 23/01/2015 10:41

Obviously troll hunting is against the guidelines. I wasn't troll hunting though. Not all punters are trolls (NAPALT).

Buffy don't go.

didyouwritethe · 23/01/2015 10:36

FloraFox, it would be really good if you and your mates would acknowledge that Troll Hunting is against MN Talk Guidelines.

BreakingDad77 · 23/01/2015 10:36

when jodie marsh went to investigate prostitution in Amsterdam I think, though legal it still seemed exploitative and there was still trafficking.

BuffytheReasonableFeminist · 23/01/2015 10:35

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FloraFox · 23/01/2015 10:35

Nobody accused you of being a punter. I just asked if you are one, as I did with Fayyive. It's a pretty relevant question in the context of a discussion on prostitution, particularly when the points being raised are largely lies promulgated by brothel owners, pimps and punters. If you think prostituon is so wonderful, why take offence at being asked if you take part in it?

BuffytheReasonableFeminist · 23/01/2015 10:34

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PetulaGordino · 23/01/2015 10:32

i agree with you there lightning

didyouwritethe · 23/01/2015 10:32

Question marks are not against Talk Guidelines. Troll hunting is.

PetulaGordino · 23/01/2015 10:32

i agree with many of the greens' policies, but i need to work out whether those i don't agree with are ones that i can stomach enough to vote for them. one of those is their stance on prostitution - i want to know more about that because on the face of it it is troubling, plus i want to find out what my own local candidate has to say on this and other matters before i decide whether to give them my vote

LightningOnlyStrikesOnce · 23/01/2015 10:32

I sincerely do hope that the greens don't turn on us like the lib dems. Go muck in if you don't like specific policies. Both lib dems and greens are small - I think Clegg was monumentally naive about the purposes of a coalition but essentially a decent guy and therefore hopelessly outclassed. Don't think greens will fall into that trap. We can only hope.

didyouwritethe · 23/01/2015 10:30

Oh, gosh, Buffy, have you studied Latin? My word.

PetulaGordino · 23/01/2015 10:29

"I don't like people playing silly games with language to try and belittle"

i agree. i tried to politely explain the difference between "empowering" and "empowerfulising" and i got ???? in return

nothing to do with disagreeing with people, just rude

didyouwritethe · 23/01/2015 10:29

MNHQ quite rightly deleted the very offensive posts which accused both fayyive and me of being men who use prostitutes -just because we wanted to express a view that voting Green was a possible option for feminists. Other posts demonstrating the ganging-up still stand.

BuffytheReasonableFeminist · 23/01/2015 10:28

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BuffytheReasonableFeminist · 23/01/2015 10:27

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PetulaGordino · 23/01/2015 10:27

who here is self-interested? most are trying to analyse which parties have policies that most benefit women as a class

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