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Why aren't you all over James Haskell?

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BetterABird · 04/12/2019 23:06

The trans people who are ex offenders is such a small percentage, why not watch people like James Haskell and other 'alpha' males who are a real threat to feminism?

No offence to Chloe Medeley (who is intelligent and very articulate), I'm not a big reality show person but something caught my eye.

There are so many abusive men out there so why focus on the very few trans people who are?

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AnyFucker · 04/12/2019 23:08

Who are you talking to ?

TitianaTitsling · 04/12/2019 23:10

Is this a 'DO FEMINISM THE WAY I TELLS YOU' thread? #sillyladies.....

DeeZastris · 04/12/2019 23:12

Put down the crack pipe.

MzPumpkinPie · 04/12/2019 23:13

Who is this James person and why is he annoying you so much ?

boatyardblues · 04/12/2019 23:13

Put down the crack pipe.

😆

We’ll talk about whatever we damn well please.

PeterRouseTheFleshofMankind · 04/12/2019 23:14

There are so many abusive men out there so why focus on the very few trans people who are?

Because they are men...

How is this still so difficult for people to understand?

MrsFogi · 04/12/2019 23:15

You'll have to elaborate - how is he a "threat to feminism". Indeed, more generally, what is a "threat to feminism"?

WorkingItOutAsIGo · 04/12/2019 23:15

It’s precisely because we know men are threats (don’t know anything about James Haskell so no idea if he is) that we don’t want laws to allow all men into our spaces. We are in total agreement with you! That’s why we are campaigning to protect single sex spaces.

It’s nothing to do with trans women in particular. It’s to do with letting any man who wants in.

PermanentTemporary · 04/12/2019 23:16

Having googled I have some idea who you're talking about, but I'm really not sure what your point is.

Lots of abusers in the world. The tricky bit comes when people, abusive or not, say they are something that they aren't. Especially when the thing that they actually are has some kind of relevance to the chance that they might be abusive, and the thing that they say they are has relevance to whether you find yourself close to them with your keks off or not.

birdsdestiny · 04/12/2019 23:16

I am concerned about the removal of womens sex based rights and I think James is an arse. But I have always been able to manage to hold more than one opinion. Am I a genius?

TinselAngel · 04/12/2019 23:16

This is random.

snowybaubles · 04/12/2019 23:16

There are so many abusive men out there so why focus on the very few trans people who are?

Is James Haskell abusive?

theflushedzebra · 04/12/2019 23:18

Is James Haskell aggressively campaigning to allow males into women's safe spaces? Is he reporting women to their employers, and demanding they are fired, for not believing TWAW? Is he reporting women to the police for words they type into twitter?

A quick google tells me he's a rugby player who has just been on I'm a Celebrity.

Is he presenting an existential threat to the definition of the word women, free speech, academic freedom or women's single sex spaces? Has he put biological male sex offenders into women's prisons? Is he lobbying parliament to remove women's rights?

SubordinateThatClause · 04/12/2019 23:19

James Haskell is a patronising bugger with all his "chivalry" and looking after the "girls". Couldn't stand his passive aggressive attitudes. Glad he's out.

RedDogsBeg · 04/12/2019 23:19

Does James Haskell currently use or intend to use female only sex segregated spaces? Has he been housed in a female prison and sexually assaulted the female inmates trapped there with him?

I could go on and on and on BetterABird but I won't because I doubt you have any interest in listening or learning this is just another tedious drop and run so you can go wah, wah, wah MN FWR is so transphobic, they are not proper feminists, they don't talk about anything else, and, and, and. We've seen and heard it all before OP and I claim my £200 for passing Go.

IamDisappeared · 04/12/2019 23:20

"Is James Haskell abusive?"

He is if you nick his scrum cap and then squirt him with a water bottle.

Big supporter of LGBTQ+

AnyFucker · 04/12/2019 23:22

I don't fancy him

If I did, I would be all over him like a rash

And up him like a rat up a drainpipe

Etc

theflushedzebra · 04/12/2019 23:23

If we had a thread on thread on here for every arsehole male in the public eye, this forum would be all about the men.

It looks like you only joined yesterday, OP. Have a look around first, before telling us what to talk about.

TitianaTitsling · 04/12/2019 23:26

@birdsdestiny 2 opinions in your head at once and writing a post online?! Absolutely a genius!!

AfterSchoolWorry · 04/12/2019 23:27

I've never seen any evidence that Chloe Madley is intelligent. Comes across as vacuous.

The rest of your post was word salad. 🤔

Knewmee · 04/12/2019 23:30

Also, lots of children’s literature is really sexist,, and this means men should be allowed into women’s safe spaces. Because. Just because.

wrongsideofhistorymyarse · 04/12/2019 23:31

Welcome to Mumsnet.

WhereYouLeftIt · 04/12/2019 23:33

"The trans people who are ex offenders is such a small percentage, why not watch people like James Haskell and other 'alpha' males who are a real threat to feminism?"

That's an interesting sentence. I think I'll take it apart.

The trans people who are ex offenders: who are you talking about? Is ex offenders' a mistype of 'sex offenders'? Or are you talking about people who have been in jail? Got any names?

is such a small percentage: percentage of what? People who've been in jail? Sex offenders? Men?

why not watch people like James Haskell and other 'alpha' males:
Why would I watch him/them? Why would I 'watch' anyone? What am I watching for? Does he do tricks?

who are a real threat to feminism?: what form does this real threat take and how do I tell a real threat from a fake threat? How can feminism be threatened anyway, it's a way of looking at life not a physical thing.

birdsdestiny · 04/12/2019 23:34

Thanks titiana it's always been something I have secretly believed.

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BetterABird · 04/12/2019 23:34

I have been here for ten years.

The only reason I'm still here is that I got into an unfortunate conversation with a male on here who is truly abusive to women in the subtle and manipulative way that some men can be. (Hello Michael H). These 'men' are more of a threat to women than any of the very small minority of nasty trans men can be.

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