Prominent New Zealand lawyer calls GC women 'anti trans whores'.

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Tipmeover · 26/01/2019 11:19

I have never started a thread on mumsnet but I am so angry I have had to as I can't see it mentioned in other threads and it is my (small) stand.

Earlier today Steph Dyhrberg, a prominent lawyer in NZ , a self proclaimed 'stroppy feminist' and the 2018 WELLINGTONIAN OF THE YEAR, in a now deleted tweet, called GC women 'anti trans whores'. She subsequently apologised for the word, saying 'it was demeaning to sex workers'.

I am so disappointed? enraged? consumed by this - a woman calls another woman a whore because she believes sex is a definable biological category. It is utterly awful.

I still feel a sense of shock I guess that we have ended up here.

twitter.com/msbedlam_caz/status/1088970084616351745

twitter.com/StephDyhrberg/status/1088974661507985410

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AngryAttackKittens · 26/01/2019 11:30

It's amazing how many people don't seem to fully grasp the fact that Twitter is a public site where everyone can read what you write, not just the people who agree with you, and including the people who may at some point decide whether or not they want to offer a job to someone who calls people they disagree with "whores".

HamiltonCork · 26/01/2019 11:28

Well I guess if Steph wants to become an unemployable prominent lawyer she is going the right way about it.

AngryAttackKittens · 26/01/2019 11:25

Because nothing says feminist like using insults designed to weaponize the idea that women's greatest value lies in our chastity against us.

When anyone defaults to language like that when they're angry they're telling you something about themselves, and you should believe them.

DisrespectfulAdultFemale · 26/01/2019 11:25

Fuck off, Steph, and take your pro-TRA bullshit with you.

HamiltonCork · 26/01/2019 11:24

She sounds like an arse.

happydappy2 · 26/01/2019 11:23

Steph sounds like a lovely person......

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