US erasing Women - Janice Turner

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It was totally shocking to me this week as a supporter of the Democrats to see Biden choosing his moment carefully on day one to wipe out women's and girl's rights in the states in one fail swoop. There was no discussion, no consultation. No warning. Just like that he removed centuries of our rights as women.

He will now go down in history as the first President that abolished womenhood and Motherhood and women's rights. I am astonished and horrified and reeling actually, even this morning. I have had a few days to process the shock, but no, I am still reeling.

It is now punishable to describe a woman as a mother for instance, or to stop a man/boy with a penis showering with your pre teen daughter at school.
Prisons can no longer keep women safe, they will now lock up male rapists (Identifying as women, which anyone can now do no questions asked) with trapped female prisoners in cells. Can you imagine being in that position? The horror of being trapped in that situation, as survivor this actually keeps me awake at night.

Men can use lavatories, locker rooms and showers with young girls. It is ILLEGAL to now stop them. It is also illegal to stop a man competing in women's sports, making women's and girls sports now obsolete. What girl is going to outrun a biological male?

We have literally, as a sex been erased completely from the legal framework and with it all of our protections thanks to Biden. Men can still be men, because that doesn't offend anyone apparently - they will not be called 'testicle havers' or 'ejaculators' it will only be women subjected to this. So that says a lot of modern equality and where we are with it today in the US.

Women have been reduced to 'Menstruators' and the highly offensive 'black birthing bodies' if you are describing a mother from the BAME community. That is what we must all be called now.

That is the new healing landscape Biden describes as he cuts out the rights of half the nation.

Janice Turner as always is an absolute legend, and her excellent article 'War of words risks wiping women from our Language' in the Times this morning is outstanding, and covers the grave situation we ALL now face. For anyone thinking it could never happen here, think again.

Read it for yourself:

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/war-of-words-risks-wiping-women-from-our-language-djhp2mwjg

"Angry" or just not backing down once the dreaded "Right Wing" has been wheeled out?

Not angry at all, having fun actually

I'm having fun too

Cunt as a swear word is interesting

That's made my night

@Jetatyeovilaerodrome

I see that *@katrina11* didn't come back to respond further then? Same old, same old

Anti Racist meeting must have overran

The feminist board is pro-racism. I guess it feels good to punch down 🙄🤬

😴

Fucking hell, it's Sunday night during Covid, no school tomorrow

You're SO predictable . The accusations of being right wing didn't work so here come the big guns accusations of "racism". I reject that bullshit too. Next!

Woke was a word used by black Americans to describe becoming alert to systemic racism. Then you idiots co-opted it.

Annoying that you're enjoying this...we don't find it very funny

""To come up with a definition of women that includes all cis women and excludes all trans women is pretty nigh impossible"

XX chromosomes. Produce large gametes.

There you go.

You said you were having fun?

"Adult human female"

TA DA!

@AKissAndASmile

Woke was a word used by black Americans to describe becoming alert to systemic racism. Then you idiots co-opted it.

No, 'woke' got appropriated by other, often privileged, groups, they're the ones you should be complaining about surely?

@ErrolTheDragon
And you're happy to jump on the bandwagon?🤔

Several people have asked me to defend why I think this is a good thing - sorry not to reply earlier, I've been working.

I believe that trans people should not be subject to discrimination because of their gender identity. That's it. I know people here have huge issues with that (and I understand what those issues are) but I fundamentally disagree.

Just as I am not going to convince you otherwise by detailing why I think that, you will not convince me otherwise by arguing the opposite, that's not what I am here for.

Instead of acknowledging that words matter and that co-opting a word that black people used to mean becoming aware of systemic racism is wrong, you are happy to continue using it as an insult.

Instead of acknowledging that words matter and that co-opting a word that black people used to mean 'becoming aware of systemic racism' is wrong, you are happy to continue using it as an insult.

I believe that trans people should not be subject to discrimination because of their gender identity. That's it. I know people here have huge issues with that (and I understand what those issues are) but I fundamentally disagree.

Am I understanding you right that you consider sex based rights to be discriminatory towards trans people?

But we don't want it. You seem confused

Now, pray, what other words are we women not using to your satisfaction?

Why use the phrase 'virtue signalling' as an insult, though?

It's not an insult, it's an observation.

@Ereshkigalangcleg

Why use the phrase 'virtue signalling' as an insult, though?

It's not an insult, it's an observation.

That's disingenuous because you know it is an insult these days