Happy International Women's Day!

Lol

Why don't you start your own thread robin with all the questions that you are demanding women answer?

This is a thread to celebrate adult human females and I am fucking celebrating that.

With respect, I didn’t start a thread purporting to celebrate IWD by having a pop at a group who regard themselves as women even if a majority of posters here do not.

Simplistic answers like employers can tell a woman on sight or by hearing fail miserably when faced with a young transitioned person, a butch lesbian, or a person with male chromosomes but AID and the like. These are not theoretical questions but questions real people have to deal with. Trivialise them if you like, call me ‘goads’ if you like, but be ready to have real (and occasionally quite inconvenient) truths raised when simplistic positions are put forward. Real life is tough and includes hard questions like these. Solutions and progress can be hard won.

So today honour those brave women, including trans women, who have stood up and won progress.

I do.

how is 'female' to be tested, practically?

Bet they manage to work it out just fine on pornhub.

(PS women don't EVER have a penis.)

So as you all know I am not Stickerwoman, much to my chagrin. However. I was just in the local supermarket and wadderyouknow, the Wimmins book table has just had a donation of several Germaine Greer books among others, and some loverly home made women's history month bookmarks!

OnlyTheLangoftheTitBerg

True. I just get pissed off at men's insistence on woman being a feeling and that we should just allow anyone with a dick to wander about in our spaces without questioning them.

Oh Carby don’t, we’ll get a 300 post lecture on intersex, clownfish and goddess knows what else whataboutery.

IWD is for women. If anyone is feeling miffed because they’re not centred by it, then they’re obviously not women and can go and look up whichever day IS for putting them front and centre. But today is for women, women born, women who are oppressed by reason of their biological sex. Wonderful women.

Daughters of the witches they didn't burn

Happy IWD all.

how is 'female' to be tested, practically?

Well, female. Let's see, how do we figure out what animals are male and female. Big clue... We look at the genitals they're born with.
So the midwife/doctor/whoever, checks a babies genitals when they're born.
They then observe the child's sex as either male or female. Girl or boy. Man or woman.
It really is that simple.

A recently trending Twitter hastag: #DeplatformingWorks. Hopefully only temporarily. A belief system without room for debate or questioning is always dangerous.

As a PP pointed out, we're still here. Thank you, good women of FWR.

Speaking strictly for myself, I am doing nothing today to advance women - I am quite happy just to be one, thank you.

Happy women's day, vipers.

I think that we should claim IWD back from being this corporatised, fully branded and themed version.

I agree Winesalot and I think a large group of women just did exactly that at Speakers' Corner earlier today.

Happy Women's Day dear sisters.

This isn’t about you. This is a thread that centres those of born of the female sex, not the those born of the male sex. I’m sure you’ll find loads of threads on twitter, etc that centre those born of the male, who identify as all sorts. Don’t feel obligated to hang around any longer, because I know all us women are at risk committing literal murder with our hurty words

This in spades to all of the men who want to disrupt and distract.

Woman = adult human female. Let us never foget it.

Happy IWD you awesome adult human females. Not preparing any discrimination cases for women today, but my husband is. He womans so much better than I do.

My final word to you Robin, I don’t actually care if your feelings are hurt by being excluded from this day intended for adult human females. I don’t care if you find the comments offensive, because you’re not under any pressure to read the comments on a thread celebrating women. I do agree that male bodied born people shouldn’t be mentioned, but they’re only being brought up, because they’re the ones who insist on muscling into female spaces. If they stop bullying women, then we’ll have no reason to discuss them.

This isn’t about you. This is a thread that centres those of born of the female sex, not the those born of the male sex. I’m sure you’ll find loads of threads on twitter, etc that centre those born of the male, who identify as all sorts. Don’t feel obligated to hang around any longer, because I know all us women are at risk committing literal murder with our hurty words.

Sorry to the rest of the female posters for letting the merailer distract me from celebrating this wonderful day.

My middle child (26yr old male) has just sent me a lovely message and wished me a happy IWD. I’m so glad he’s turned out to be a caring and respectful young man.

I believe that it was the thighs who came up with the wonderful RFF - the real fanny fighters

Thank you kindly for the organ bucket donation thigh

You're welcome Zebra! We're only taking male organs on this thread, obvs. Pricks, nobs, cocks and deluded egos

Happy women’s day!

And to those who say they want a definition of ‘woman’ to celebrate IWD - great idea, but let’s have one that works. What do you think that is?

I think everyone has answered this.

I don't feel the need to virtue signal what I have done to further the advancement of women because frankly I'm not justifying myself to anyone, least of all that poster.

Happy IWD everyone

Pissy Slanket @Barearseloverofthigh

Happy International Women’s day you bunch of amazing women.

Happy IWD to all the adult, human females out there. And to this board for opening my eyes to the fact that there are people out there who apparently don't believe in biological reality, or that I don't have to be "kind" to them.

Exactly

Socialisation begins at birth

Girls are greedy, boys have a healthy appetite.

Boys are rough and tumble, girls must be dainty and delicate or she’s a tomboy.

Girls are encouraged to be quiet, polite and agreeing with the crowd or they are bossy. Boys are encouraged to speak their mind and be rough and tumble

A lot of behaviour boys have can be explained away by boys will be boys.