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Look what happened when Alison Moyet refused to be called a cis woman **title amended at request of OP**

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LaSqrrl · 11/07/2018 09:48

"You can identify as anything you want these days, except as a woman. Consider what happened to British singer Alison Moyet. Last week, on Twitter, she said she didn’t want to be known as a cs-woman, just as a woman. ‘I defend everyone’s right to have the pronoun that they choose and will honour it’, she diplomatically said. And ‘I do not choose Cs for mine’, she continued. ‘It took women like me long enough to own the title “woman” in the first place. It’s a long enough word for me.’ The response to this calm, clear, polite act of self-definition? Fury. And insult. And abuse. On such a voluble level that Moyet eventually recanted her linguistic heresy, deleted her tweet, and left Twitter."
Read rest of the article here.

Moyet's response to being 'forcibly assigned' the c*s label was quite polite and restrained (far more so than I can ever muster). Yet she was relentlessly told by the twitterverse to 'stfu woman' with a pile of 'hate tweets' - that she should accept it, like it or not.

Moyet has several follow up tweets, including this one where she says:
"I will name you as you identify. Must you afford me less?"

Apparently the answer is "no". And more reasons to stfu and accept it. Hmm

'Woman' is not terra nullius, we are 52%. We will not be hoodwinked into giving up our names, only for males to claim them (that is what the c-prefix is all about). Our answer is "no" and is not the start of a 'negotiation'.

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Bowlofbabelfish · 11/07/2018 10:54

Ah good on her!

Flameproof cardie on Alison! Fight the good fight!

Graham Linehan had a wonderful response to the abuse which was something like ‘the answer is no, you fucking useless woke versions of the religious police.’ <img loading="lazy" class="inline-flex mumsnet-emoji" alt="Grin" src="https://www.mumsnet.com/build/assets/grin-D7Eg_B6y.png"> don’t apologise for sincerely held, politely expressed beliefs.
Bumbungo · 11/07/2018 10:39

"Indeed, trans activism looks increasingly like misogyny in drag"

Indeed.

LaSqrrl · 11/07/2018 10:37

Bowl, thankfully it does look like she is back on Twitter.
Still, the Genderist Faithful outnumber sane women by about 3:1 or 4:1. But at least AM is seeing some support seep through the madness of this Brave New Gender World.

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LangCleg · 11/07/2018 10:36

Does anyone else ever have a moment of confusion when they agree with an article posted by a site like this?

Does anyone have a moment of confusion after they watch a Riley Dennis video or read thirty thousand tweets threatening VAWG?

YetAnotherSpartacus · 11/07/2018 10:34

Moyet's experience dovetails into the Ronson piece that someone posted yesterday on how a perceived mis-step on social media can rapidly descend into a baying mob

Yes, time to reconsider 'moral panic' theory in light of teh interwebs maybe?

arranfan · 11/07/2018 10:32

It's not unusual for me to like particular articles by someone even if I disagree with their overall approach or outlook. I'm OK with that as long it's acceptable that I'm not signalling similarity of thought or perspective over everything that they write/say.

Moyet's experience dovetails into the Ronson piece that someone posted yesterday on how a perceived mis-step on social media can rapidly descend into a baying mob.

Typeractive · 11/07/2018 10:18

Great article. Thanks for sharing.

I really like Brendan O'Neill's journalism.

Deathgrip · 11/07/2018 10:16

Does anyone else ever have a moment of confusion when they agree with an article posted by a site like this?

I mean, really... www.spiked-online.com/spiked-review/article/sex-after-metoo/21514#.W0XJ92LTWEc

Waddlelikeapenguin · 11/07/2018 10:04

Yeah well that's a pretty good summary
You can identify as anything you want these days, except as a woman

The gender believers are intolerant of those who not follow their faith...

YetAnotherSpartacus · 11/07/2018 10:01

That was an excellent article.

Bowlofbabelfish · 11/07/2018 09:54

Pretty much sums up the attitude to women doesn’t it?

We cannot say no, ever, to anything, because it is an act of literal violence towards men.

Why should she be deluged with hatred, threats and abuse for a measured tweet? So she’s closed her account? Another voice silenced. Makes me very angry.

Come on over to FWR, Alison, should you be reading - pull up a pew and have a Brew there’s none of that rubbish here.

LangCleg · 11/07/2018 09:53

I think we're allowed to discuss usage and validity of the term. What we're not allowed to do is call other people it, especially if they reject it as a term.

That's how I understand the roolz, anyway.

TrollTheRespawnJeremy · 11/07/2018 09:51

This is pretty appalling. I am a woman and won’t let anyone tell me otherwise.

How can you ask for acceptance if you can’t accept 52% of the population?

LangCleg · 11/07/2018 09:51

We should get a new acronym...

CACBG?

Coercively Assigned Cis by Genderists?

LaSqrrl · 11/07/2018 09:51

This political tactic is an important one to discuss. However, it is on the list of 'banned words/terms' on MN.

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