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what's happening in Rosie Duffield's office?

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CarolJenkyns · 14/10/2020 16:30

www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/10/14/rosie-duffield-mp-labour-transphobia-row-staffer-quits-resignation-canterbury/

Not sure what to make of this to be honest.

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Lumene · 14/10/2020 16:59

yes i know. but one of the woman that quit was a lesbian.

So? There are LGBT people who have opinions that agree with RD and others who disagree. Not sure what the sexuality of this person has to do with anything?

Also Pink News is the Daily Star of the gay press and doesn’t even sign up to IPSO so I would take anything with that as a source with a serious pinch of salt.

Kit19 · 14/10/2020 16:57

Rosie has been criticised by men & women - misogyny doesn’t have to come from men. I won’t click a penis news headline but I imagine anyone lgbtq working with Rosie has come under intense pressure to conform to Labour lgbtq thinking. As far as they’re concerned you either think TWAW or you’re a horrendous bigot who deserves to get death threats

PurpleHoodie · 14/10/2020 16:56

Lesbian or "lesbian"?

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CarolJenkyns · 14/10/2020 16:52

@Butterer

Misogyny doesn't always come from men - there's shedloads of us that internalise and help perpetuate it without realising. (From a general perspective, not specifically referring to the RD thing).
yes i know. but one of the woman that quit was a lesbian. feels off to me that Rosie is saying she's only being criticised by woke men when there's a lesbian who was unhappy enough to leave
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altforvarmt · 14/10/2020 16:50

@TheShoesa

Is this the usual standing up for women / stating facts is seen as transphobic? (Haven't read the PN article)
Of course! And the woman who's just quit claims to be a radical feminist. I find myself awfully dubious about that claim.
FairFriday · 14/10/2020 16:50

It’s in Pink News... I wouldn’t believe it if they told me it was Wednesday

altforvarmt · 14/10/2020 16:48

Well, at least this will give Rosie a chance to recruit staff who won't want her punished for wrongthink.

Butterer · 14/10/2020 16:45

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wellbehavedwomen · 14/10/2020 16:45

Someone rushing to Pink News, to ensure their mates don't think them responsible for Wrong Think, too, now their employer is suggesting women are human beings? How stunning and brave.

Love the claim to be a radical feminist. I'm sure this person identifies as one... but alas, words have meanings, and centring males is not feminism.

EvenSupposing · 14/10/2020 16:44

@CarolJenkyns

i think what i'm struggling with is that Rosie has said the criticism she's been getting for her beliefs is misogynistic, but then both people who quit her team are women
Not sure why you would struggle with those not especially contradictory things? Confused
Butterer · 14/10/2020 16:43

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Harmarsuperstar · 14/10/2020 16:42

Her "belief" that only women have cervixes?
It's not so much a belief, as a cold hard verifiable fact.

TheShoesa · 14/10/2020 16:42

Is this the usual standing up for women / stating facts is seen as transphobic? (Haven't read the PN article)

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CarolJenkyns · 14/10/2020 16:40

i think what i'm struggling with is that Rosie has said the criticism she's been getting for her beliefs is misogynistic, but then both people who quit her team are women

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Butterer · 14/10/2020 16:39

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GinAtMerlottes · 14/10/2020 16:33

Sounds like the trash is taking itself out TBH.