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"We" can always tell

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PollyNomial · 14/10/2026 20:07

Except when "we" can't:
https://x.com/CountDeadWomen/status/2110284296388739454

Note the weasel words of the thread don't actually apologise for allowing terrible people to decide the victim wasn't female because she wasn't sufficiently meeting a stereotypical view of how women should look in their bigoted opinions. The fault for behaving in a bigoted fashion is only that of the bigots and no-one else.

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akkakk · 15/10/2026 16:19

FlirtsWithRhinos · 15/10/2026 15:47

Great post, thank you.

I'll also add that women, having tended to find that what we consider important may not be visible to or recorded by the official authorities, have tended to collect and collate information on our own behalf. It is a Feminist response to women do often being told we are imaging it, or we are obsessed, or we are getting things out of proportion.

Thank you - I think you are right - and we shouldn't forget that:

...being told we are imaging it, or we are obsessed, or we are getting things out of proportion

isn't because those telling think that it is being imagined / is obsession / is out of proportion - it is simply a way of using words to try and win an unwinnable argument - there is rarely honesty in such claims... it is in effect bullying.

Tears0fTheMushroom · 15/10/2026 16:39

Lexibletheflexible · 15/10/2026 07:40

No it wasnt. It was people who think their GC views mean they can do things like this and get away with it. All because a woman didn't have big enough boobs or something.

And there we have it ladies. Gender Critical Feminists don’t believe transwomen are women because their boobs are too small. Therefore, women with small boobs are actually men.

I mean really?
Do you remotely understand what being Gender Critical means?
This is definitely up there with the top ten stupidest things I've ever read or heard anywhere.

For the avoidance of doubt, Gender Critical Feminists don't believe transwomen are women because transwomen are MEN. Even the ones with absolutely ENORMOUS boobs.

AccidentallyWesAnderson · 15/10/2026 16:43

Tears0fTheMushroom · 15/10/2026 16:39

And there we have it ladies. Gender Critical Feminists don’t believe transwomen are women because their boobs are too small. Therefore, women with small boobs are actually men.

I mean really?
Do you remotely understand what being Gender Critical means?
This is definitely up there with the top ten stupidest things I've ever read or heard anywhere.

For the avoidance of doubt, Gender Critical Feminists don't believe transwomen are women because transwomen are MEN. Even the ones with absolutely ENORMOUS boobs.

I’d say top 5.

Differentforgirls · 15/10/2026 16:49

alcovecupboards · 15/10/2026 14:32

They don't care. She wasn't feminine enough to pass their bizarre standards so she was fair game. It's utterly disgusting. Unless I've missed it but not a single GC person here has condemned the GC people who harassed the woman who posts the list because they had decided this woman was trans. It speaks volumes about their true motives.

No point. They are fully entrenched.

JustEatThePizza · 15/10/2026 16:53

The reality is that it's easy to be mistaken with one still photograph, but I real life you can always tell.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 15/10/2026 16:56

Shocked face to see which posters are so invested in making hay with this unfortunate mistake.

murasaki · 15/10/2026 16:56

Differentforgirls · 15/10/2026 16:49

No point. They are fully entrenched.

And have you condemned Watson, Hayden et al? I think not.

AccidentallyWesAnderson · 15/10/2026 16:57

Why hang about and constantly post on topics that don’t align with your beliefs or you don’t agree with?

It’s like constantly going onto threads about say, Christianity, and disagreeing with everyone who believes in and wants to discuss, Christianity. Over and over. What a way to spend your time. I wish I had that much time to waste 😟.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 15/10/2026 16:57

nicepotoftea · 15/10/2026 15:22

Anyone genuinely concerned about errors would be campaigning for accurate, robust reporting on sex by the courts, police and media.

Quite.

FlirtsWithRhinos · 15/10/2026 17:02

FinchiePink · 15/10/2026 12:51

No, I was responding to a post (not yours, another poster) that said "if men weren't pretending to be women, this wouldn't have happened".

I disagree with that statement for reasons I have explained.

You have taken issue with it and decided I am applying my response to every single poster on FWR (which would of course include myself) with a basis that remains a mystery to me.

Yes, I responded to your statement to another poster. Your statement was

"Look what you made me do" is straight out of the abusers charter and it's not something we should be debasing ourselves to.

In response to PP pointing out that the reason women now do question when they read news about a woman whether that person was actually male is because it is a known fact that sometimes people are reported as women when they are actually male. Hence, that question is now on the radar as a possibility when previously it was not.

You said that is an abuser's logic.

I agree with the PPs point and disagree with your framing it as abusers' logic. Hence my replying to you.

And l referred to "women on FWR noting the reason people now question whether a woman in the news is in fact female is that people reported as women are not always now female", Ie not all women on FWR but specifically the subset of women on FWR making that point to which you were objecting.

Seems entirely fair of me to comment on your post given it was framing something I agree with in what I consider a manipulative and ad hom way.

Differentforgirls · 15/10/2026 17:07

murasaki · 15/10/2026 16:56

And have you condemned Watson, Hayden et al? I think not.

Edited

I have no clue who you're talking about.

MarieDeGournay · 15/10/2026 17:27

Differentforgirls · 15/10/2026 14:29

SHE WAS A WOMAN.

AND SHE IS ON THE LIST NOW.

Where she should always have been, as everybody here agrees.
So maybe let her, and the topic, rest in peace?

Differentforgirls · 15/10/2026 17:31

MarieDeGournay · 15/10/2026 17:27

AND SHE IS ON THE LIST NOW.

Where she should always have been, as everybody here agrees.
So maybe let her, and the topic, rest in peace?

The main thing I have witnessed on here about GC woman and men, is the need to tell people who aren't transphobic, to shut up.

GreyskySexRealistsky · 15/10/2026 17:48

Differentforgirls · 15/10/2026 17:31

The main thing I have witnessed on here about GC woman and men, is the need to tell people who aren't transphobic, to shut up.

Funny. The main thing I have witnessed on here about Genderist women and men is, when asked to explain and justify their position with evidence, they cannot.

FlirtsWithRhinos · 15/10/2026 17:55

I find it very weird how some posters seem to think admitting ignorance of the topic upon which they have been confidently posting is some sort of power move.

This isn't Too Cool For School club. We aren't 12. Women aren't suddenly going to give up Feminism in embarrassment for actually caring about it when they could be all cool and Not Bovvered 😂

FlirtsWithRhinos · 15/10/2026 17:59

The irony of

"You shouldn't be talking about this at all, it's disrespectful to the dead person and their family"
"OK, maybe time to let the topic rest in peace?"
"OMG don't tell me to shut up!!!"

Every accusation, as they say...

JamesKirkupReviewWritersFund · 15/10/2026 18:12

Lexi still at work, not noticed the comment MN made about not having received a report from Lexi about the original thread… oh a passing bandwagon, scuse me!

SereneUmberBiscuit · 15/10/2026 19:00

Hmm. Fully entrenched in being a biological woman. How did the interests of 51% of the population become "indoctrination"?

MarieDeGournay · 15/10/2026 19:29

Differentforgirls · 15/10/2026 17:31

The main thing I have witnessed on here about GC woman and men, is the need to tell people who aren't transphobic, to shut up.

What a skewed take on a respectful suggestion.

Shortshriftandlethal · 15/10/2026 19:48

Differentforgirls · 15/10/2026 16:49

No point. They are fully entrenched.

What's with the " condemnation" thing? Seems to me it belongs in the same stable as public virtue signalling.

murasaki · 15/10/2026 19:58

If women hadn't had to get into the trenches to defend a land grab by entitled men, then they wouldn't be entrenched.

But we did, so we are. And that's OK. The trenches are slowly moving forward again.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 15/10/2026 20:05

What @murasaki said

Tears0fTheMushroom · 15/10/2026 20:52

alcovecupboards · 15/10/2026 14:32

They don't care. She wasn't feminine enough to pass their bizarre standards so she was fair game. It's utterly disgusting. Unless I've missed it but not a single GC person here has condemned the GC people who harassed the woman who posts the list because they had decided this woman was trans. It speaks volumes about their true motives.

What bizarre standards are you referring to?

Do you mean actually being female by any chance?

Since gender critical feminists consider transmen as women and recognise them as such in most situations, I would suggest that it's not us that impose bizarre standards of femininity on women. Or any standards at all.

helderste · 15/10/2026 21:34

akkakk · 15/10/2026 11:33

So, anyone on here who continuously posts supporting the repression of women and their rights / the takeover of women's spaces / supporting the misogynistic culture of male bullying... should on your logic be banned...

that will kill off a number of posters on here who seem to think that women are secondary citizens and that men should be allowed to do what they want with women's spaces etc...

where would your posts sit?

Well quite

alcovecupboards · 15/10/2026 22:17

Tears0fTheMushroom · 15/10/2026 20:52

What bizarre standards are you referring to?

Do you mean actually being female by any chance?

Since gender critical feminists consider transmen as women and recognise them as such in most situations, I would suggest that it's not us that impose bizarre standards of femininity on women. Or any standards at all.

So then why was this account besieged by abusive gender criticals insisting that this woman was actually a man?