women's equality party launched today

[overthemill]

What does MN think? I watched the launch event and was reasonably impressed although it does sound a bit familiar ( not surprisingly). Will if make an impact?

Couldn't find another thread on this so apologies if I'm repeating

[orchidlily]

Thanks very much BungoWomble. I'll pass that on. Do you know how I can put this thread somewhere more accessible/visible?

[QueenStromba]

Tell her that I probably would have voted for her but it turns out that WEP's policies are mostly useless or even detrimental to women and that WEP obviously don't give a flying fuck about what we think.

They advocated for a violent criminal with a fully functioning penis to be moved into a women's prison. Our perfectly reasonable questions about this got ignored for a week and when Sophie Walker finally came on to talk to us she obviously hadn't even bothered to read the fucking thread.

So fuck WEP.

[IamTheWhoreofBabylon]

IMO they are meaningless
They cannot even decide on what a woman is they will end up fighting for trans rights and screw born women

[BungoWomble]

"Do you know how I can put this thread somewhere more accessible/visible?"

Um... beyond making a new one with its own title and putting it in Chat, not really. You could try that though.

I tend to agree with others, WEP don't seem particularly focussed on supporting, y'know, actual women and their rights. I'd like to see what they say about the NY sex attacks.

[RortyCrankle]

Totally agree with Queen Stromba and IamTheWhoreofBabylon (cute name ).

I read the thread which Walker was invited to join and she didn't answer any of the very pertinent points put forward - a big fat zero.

[HamaTime]

I agree with QueenStromba

Like many women I was excited when this started but the policies of eliminating women's safe spaces and 24 hour access for men on maternity wards, plus the dismissive attitude from Sophie Walker as left me thinking it's a load of patriarchal bollocks in suffragettes clothing.

[mollie123]

not all women are concerned with child care and parental leave - think of older women, childless women (single and married)
there are major incidences of 'inequality' between the sexes but I don't think this Women's equality party is the answer

[unexpsoc]

I don't agree with all of the policies, and I do not think that the WEP will ever hold a seat in parliament.

However, if they can increase discourse on and consideration of issues around gender equality in parliament in particular and politics in general then they can achieve something positive.