The Big Questions on now - is feminism in crisis?

[Lefty99]

To be discussed as next topic. BBC1.

'Why do you never hear feminists talking about issues that affect men'?

Sheila Jeffrey's just laughed at this!

I appreciate Sheila J openly laughing at the ‘what about the menz’ Can’t believe that bloke just said “why is feminism so focused on females”. Erm......

Only Sheila is talking sense here

She had to laugh at the young man saying "why do feminists include men's issues?"

If it wasn’t for Sheila Jeffreys this wouldn’t be worth watching.

Sheila Jeffreys is excellent.

And Dr Finn is off again.

Oh my god, did that bloke actually just ask why feminism doesn't deal with men's issues.

do they not sorry

It would have been interesting to see how Nicky Campbell would have controlled the debate.

How disappointing - so many people not getting it.

On another thread it's being discussed that maybe we should talk about women's rights rather than feminism. Maybe then men would get the message that it's not about them. (Although you'd think the word 'feminism' would make it clear enough.)

The second best thing about this episode is that Nicky Campbell wasn't on it.

Sheila great
The rest oh my
There was a younger person in a jacket with short hair at front who had a son who seemed to be sensible.
The rest were just either apologising for being women or telling women who to include

As for Jane.

On another thread it's being discussed that maybe we should talk about women's rights rather than feminism.

I'm beginning to think we should go back to Women's Lib

Yes the young person was ok too

The rest were a waste of bloody airwaves

On another thread it's being discussed that maybe we should talk about women's rights rather than feminism.

Yes. When people campaign for rights for people with disabilities, people don't say 'but what about the able bodied' do they?

A couple of the blokes in that audience were utterly clueless. Incredulous that feminists don't sort issues that affect men, what a wally! 😂

Aw cmon mog.
Women must be inclusive to the whole world and worry about the whole world
You are so exclusive 😂😂😂

Incredulous that feminists don't sort issues that affect men, what a wally!

Feminists are women.
Their mothers are women.
Therefore feminists should be like their mothers and look after them.

littlbrowndog Oh I know, I must be due for some reeducation now

Yeah, slow hand clap to the young person who asked why women's rights is about women and not men.
And as for Jane Fae "been a feminist pretty much all my life", thread:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3374614-John-Ozimek-now-Jane-Fae-on-women-feminists-and-victims-of-pornographers

Sheila Jeffreys!!

Sheila Jeffreys' speeches:
We Need To Talk, 'Inconvenient Women'
June 2018

'The invention of gender dysphoria' - Sheila Jeffreys hosted by We Need To Talk
NOvember 2017

'We Need To Talk About The GRA, York' (also with Linda Bellos)
10 Nov 2017

Sheila Jeffreys 'What Is Gender?'
19 Oct 2017
"3 minutes of radfem gold at the What Is Gender? talk in Mayfair on Wednesday 13 September. The event followed an attack on a 60 year old feminist humanist celebrant by three [male transpeople]"

(refers to assault of Maria Machlaclan at Speaker's Corner)

Missed this bar the bit about sex work just as i was putting the tv on for my six year old...

Replace the word feminism with women's rights and everything makes much more sense.

If the programme had started from this question, it would be a very different debate (based on what I've read here.)

Dear goddess, what a shit show. I despair of the BBC.

I'm beginning to think we should go back to Women's Lib

Me too. With bells on.

You can still catch it on BBC live, by rewinding it a bit

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/live/bbcone

Maybe we need a T-shirt ( not sure what MN will do to the formatting of this, no preview on app):

feminism
/ˈfɛmɪnɪz(ə)m/
noun
1 the advocacy of women's rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes.
2 synonyms:
3 the women's movement, the feminist movement, women's liberation, female emancipation, women's rights