Hello Catherine! How do you do? We first met Sophie, and now it’s you
I penned for Sophie a little ditty, but she didn’t much like it, mores the pity
Still, this is now, and that was then. Second attempt, I’ll try again.
There’s a lot of points in your opening post; it’s hard to decide which I like the most
A March for Women? Spiffing idea! But the concept of “woman” is a little unclear
Help me out ‘cause my dictionary’s outdated, it mentions biology which is so overrated
I’ll try to infer from the words you say, which women are affected, and in what way.
Abortion rights? Well that one’s easy: Uterus-owners! No wait, that’s cheesy
And anyway the occasional bro gestates like a pro, or didn’t you know?
(They lactate quite well in addition to breeding, which is why we’re now needing to call it chestfeeding )
And ask Martha Plimpton who got herself schooled, vaginas aren’t female, that’s been overruled
Did I say vagina? Forgive me that slip. I meant to say “front hole”. Must get a grip.
So abortion’s not really a women’s thing. Put a pin in that, Cat, what else did you bring?
The Pay Gap. Oh yes, a jolly good point. Equivalent work, financial disjoint.
But here’s a wee puzzle, I must confess; HOW do they know WHO they want to pay less?
I’m no statistician but here’s my suspicion, it correlates well with maternity attrition
The people who bosses prefer to oppress are the ones with the wombs, not the ones in a dress
Which brings me right back to the first point I made – we can’t say it’s women that get underpaid
Moving on quickly then. Point number three. Women are poorer than men, I see.
Absolutely. Indisputably so. Although there’s this rich woman CEO
And Jennifer Pritzker’s a Billionaire! They lived once as men but that’s totally fair
There’s a new type of woman who’s closing the gap, she’s breaking new ground for us, what a good chap
The new improved women are sorting this out, they’re stronger, and richer and carry more clout
They’re clearly superior, we all can observe it, so if we are poorer we probably deserve it.
Before I move on though, I thought I’d advise; you used the word ‘female’. Probably unwise
That tends to mean sex and not gender identity, please go check your privilege and cisnormativity
And as for “the female half of the population”, please visit this page for your re-education
You don’t want to tarnish your good reputation with gender conflation and trans-elimination
Where are we up to….the emboldened extreme. They do seem to pick up their cue from mainstream
I sometimes think ‘mainstream’ did Not Think Things Through. Don’t worry though, nutters aren’t copying you
Oh I do so agree to deny climatology, is utterly barmy – like ignoring biology!
Oh wait. Take that back. That’s a dodgy example. I’ll think of another, the options are ample.
The truth sets you free if you only will seek it. Unless we don’t like it, in which case we tweak it.
Like “we believe ‘woman’ is all self-defined. The reason you suffer is down to your mind.”
“It’s nothing to do with your actual anatomy. Say that again and we’ll call out your bigotry.”
Science denial from Trump’s a damn shame. But when it’s by us it is totes Not The Same.
A couple of points that I’d like to unpack, “our rights and protections are under attack”
And how mainstream politics is prone to endorse falsehoods and narratives as a matter of course
It’s a little bit ironic, as Alanis would say, that the WEP is the party that would give away
The rights of my sex to a true definition, to group as a SEX without prohibition
The right to reject this idea that ‘identity’ is something we share like a hive personality
The right to speak truth of the cause of this sexism, the root is in SEX so that’s what needs protection
For as long as we advocate nonsense like gender that lives in our brains in pink sparkly splendour
And gender identity is legally forced, you cannot opt out, its compulsory of course
A belief that we legislate, the choice is capacious, but you cannot reject the whole concept like atheists
And what if the whole thing is purely constructed? Comply, or we’re transphobes, so we do as instructed
Bully a sex into quiet submission, replace it with gender without their permission
And lo! All the sexism vanishes away! (And so do our rights, as a sex, but hey)
And here’s an example of how this works, like a golden ticket presented to jerks
The law gets to say “there’s no discrimination, if ‘men’ do this too. For example: Lactation
This woman got sacked and Judges decreed that this was not sexist because MEN breastfeed
This sleight of hand, this new definition, embraced as ‘inclusive’ by each politician
Is the get out of jail pass mysogynists needed, sex is no longer, it’s been superceded
And later this year when they pass legislation to abolish SEX as a categorisation
Replaced with identity in the Equalities Act – we ratify myth in place of fact.
But don’t let that worry you. At least you can say “But I marched for WOMEN so I’m OK!”
I still have a hope that something we’ve said might ring an alarm bell somewhere in your head
And acknowledge that gender identity wrecks the rights and protections of the female sex
Please think again. Be brave. Be true. Stand up for Women. We need rights too.