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Bel Mooney article 'The Deletion of Womanhood'

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NoMoreMuchin · 17/02/2021 23:09

I've long admired Bel Mooney since I learnt of her connection to Sands.

Her article 'The Deletion of Womanhood' published by the Daily Mail on 17th Feb makes me want to stand and applaud.

It's both eloquent and brave.
Bravo

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TheLaughingGenome · 18/02/2021 04:31

[quote MoleSmokes]Fantastic article!

This is the ludicrous article in The Lancet that Belle refers to - medicine and health care is going to become seriously dangerous. Medical students in some universities in the UK are already being taught that "sex is a social construct" FFS! Angry

www.researchgate.net/publication/337438023_The_Misuses_of_Biological_Sex[/quote]
I've just read this. What a mangled mess of an article. There are some moments of lucidity within it, but not many, and the 'arguments' keep folding back on themselves to the point of absurdity.

aweegc · 18/02/2021 04:14

That was great!

This from Relate was hilarious
There was a form requiring people to choose a gender from the following: ‘Male, Female, NA, Androgyne, Androgynous, Bigender, Cis, Cisgender, Cis Female, Cis Male, Cis Man, Cis Woman, Cisgender Female, Cisgender Male, Cisgender Man, Cisgender Woman, Female to Male, FTM, Gender Fluid.’

Either someone truly has no idea..or they were trolling via the form! 😂

MoleSmokes · 18/02/2021 03:49

Fantastic article!

This is the ludicrous article in The Lancet that Belle refers to - medicine and health care is going to become seriously dangerous. Medical students in some universities in the UK are already being taught that "sex is a social construct" FFS! Angry

www.researchgate.net/publication/337438023_The_Misuses_of_Biological_Sex

MrsHuntGeneNotJeremyObviously · 18/02/2021 02:03

I thought this was very good and was pleased to see it.
If I had a midwife who refused to use the words 'woman' and 'mother' I'd request one who had a basic understanding of biology! Pg women don't need to be dealing with this - they have enough going on. Especially women who have lost a baby - their status as mother's is really important.

Whatsnewpussyhat · 18/02/2021 01:41

Always get the men in the comments with the bullshit, "you women wanted equality" etc.
As well as the one who thinks transwomen can menstruate and breastfeed Hmm

dotoallasyouwouldbedoneby · 18/02/2021 01:20

I remember Bel Mooney from years ago when she used to write for the Daily Mirror. That's a fantastic article and covers a lot of the ground very clearly.

PuffItsGone · 18/02/2021 00:56

Wonderful article! I do feel there may be an awakening of the wokesters soon

334bu · 18/02/2021 00:43

Great article.

Lifeaintalwaysempty · 18/02/2021 00:40

Wow. Shehas actually gone further than some of the more recent articles on this, by not just speaking about the disappearing of ‘women’ in language but also getting into the broader issue of the no debate TWAW ideology itself. Hats off. Let’s hope the light continues to shine on this!

BitterAndOnlySlightlyTwisted · 18/02/2021 00:38

They are more numerous and they are getting braver.

“Courage calls to courage everywhere”

MindtheMinotaur · 18/02/2021 00:25

Janet Street Porter, Bel Mooney and Sarah Vine have all written this week about this.

I suspect there's a lot more to come.

persistentwoman · 17/02/2021 23:36

That's a very powerful article. Don't agree with all her choice of language but loved this:
I have known many women who, after having a first child, feel their lives transformed. Yes, they may become tired, ratty and disappointed, yet in embracing motherhood they step up to join a long line of miraculous women .
They inhabit a glorious bundle of timeless ideas, from the Great Goddess, the essential feminine, the mother ship, the motherland, the matriarchy, the grandmother, the mother. So it was — and so it will always be

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