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Would you take part in a mass naked lie down demo to highlight the erasure of women's rights?

192 replies

Jeeeez · 02/08/2020 11:33

There's a small rumble on Twitter suggesting this as a way of women showing our vulnerability and refusal to be pushed aside. And a shock tactic obviously. Would you take part?

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EdgeOfACoin · 02/08/2020 11:55

@HaveaStock

No. When was the last time you saw a group of Male protestors having to resort to such tactics to get heard FFS? Hmm
My thoughts exactly. Men don't do this and women should not have to strip naked to be heard.

So no, I would not.

Generally, I think this sort of protest just annoys the general public and doesn't win support anyway. Or at least it puts off as many people as it wins over.

TyroSaysMeow · 02/08/2020 11:54

Not a chance in hell.

I can't see the logic behind it either. Realistically, the public reaction to a bunch of naked women is not going to be a sudden about-face and recognition that we exist as an oppressed class.

AnIckabog · 02/08/2020 11:54

Sounds chilly.

AnneOfQueenSables · 02/08/2020 11:54

I'd support a socially-distanced protest but not a naked one. It just feeds into the pornified culture and is a reminder of Femen. People will be looking for the men behind it.

SorryAuntLydia · 02/08/2020 11:53

No way - horribly reminiscent of photos from Nazi camps - just no

But a strike - yes, absolutely!

JamieLeeCurtains · 02/08/2020 11:53

No.

I do get the idea though that the mass protest should pointedly link women and their biology.

Maybe I could hold aloft a copy of my last pelvic scan.

MollyAtTheFolly · 02/08/2020 11:51

No.

I'm a teacher - there's no way I want the possibility of my pupils being able to access a photo of me naked.

SulisMinerva · 02/08/2020 11:51

Fuck no! Why should women take their clothes off to get listened to?

noblegiraffe · 02/08/2020 11:50

the yoga teacher (?)

As I read it, sex worker.

HaveaStock · 02/08/2020 11:50

No. When was the last time you saw a group of Male protestors having to resort to such tactics to get heard FFS? Hmm

picklemewalnuts · 02/08/2020 11:49

I assume it's prompted by the yoga teacher (?) who stripped off in the face of riot police in the US, and they backed away?

Coffeeandbeans · 02/08/2020 11:48

No. It would backfire.

noblegiraffe · 02/08/2020 11:47

Men love it when women get naked which kind of defeats the point of it being a feminist act.

If what you’re doing in the name of feminism looks exactly like what men would like you to do, then it needs a rethink.

PopperUppleton · 02/08/2020 11:45

I'm with WinnieLo

Cabinfever10 · 02/08/2020 11:45

no
But I would take part in @WinnieLo march

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 02/08/2020 11:45

Nope. Happy to lie down but not naked. People wouldn't see female vulnerability, they'd see a naked woman

rainbowruthie · 02/08/2020 11:44

Perish the thought

OvaHere · 02/08/2020 11:44

No. I doubt it would endear us to the public at large. Most people want to go about their day without being caught up in a mass throng of nudity no matter what the cause. I don't think it shocks people - just irritates them.

Portnlemon · 02/08/2020 11:44

Mindblowing. No.

PegasusReturns · 02/08/2020 11:43

Nope.

Marching would be a much more appropriate response.

Staplemaple · 02/08/2020 11:43

No, I don't get the need to be naked, yes it might gather more attention, but not for the right reasons. It is sad that so many feel the only way we can be heard is to be naked.

VettiyaIruken · 02/08/2020 11:43

Absolutely not.

Etinox · 02/08/2020 11:42

Yes! I am quite the exhibitionist though and also think biology is at the crux of women's oppression.

Parker231 · 02/08/2020 11:42

No - would make them look ridiculous.

SirSamuelVimesBlackboardMonito · 02/08/2020 11:42

No. Mass lie down? Yes.

But I don't believe the most revolutionary thing a woman can do is take off her clothes.