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Guardian article: Disaster patriarchy: how the pandemic has unleashed a war on women

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RoyalCorgi · 01/06/2021 10:07

This article is by V, who used to be known as Eve Ensler (author of The Vaginal Monologues).

It's an excellent article, outlining the impact of things like domestic violence, sexual abuse and female genital mutilation and loss of schooling. Yet she writes: "In this devastating time of Covid we have seen an explosion of violence towards women, whether they are cisgender or gender-diverse."

It seems such a stark illustration of cognitive dissonance, when all the examples she then gives are so clearly of women and girls who have been abused and discriminated against precisely because they are biologically female.

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/jun/01/disaster-patriarchy-how-the-pandemic-has-unleashed-a-war-on-women

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ArabellaScott · 01/06/2021 11:36

what is 'gender diverse'? In this situation, does it just mean 'males'?

WarOnWomen · 01/06/2021 10:28

Otherwise, yes, an excellent article.

WarOnWomen · 01/06/2021 10:26

Guardian always has a tiny maggot of a sentence about gender identity in their articles about women. It's to appease their wokey readers who will otherwise give them a negative comment.

midgedude · 01/06/2021 10:19

So yes , violence against women , no matter what gender they have

Ie gender is irrelevant when it comes to violence against women

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