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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Will it ever get better?

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IAmFleshIAmBone · 29/06/2020 21:18

I really despair of this world. I feel like as women we are being manipulated and gaslighted constantly. We have to comply with everything the trans lobby demands of us or we are called TERFs, threatened, our careers are put at risk and for what? A men's rights movement essentially. I'm starting to feel like we can't win. Anyone can claim to be a woman and get access to our safe spaces. I'm terrified for the future.

I'm so sorry, I had to get this out. If anyone has any words of encouragement I'd appreciate them as I am feeling pretty lost and hopeless, and I can't talk to anyone about this in real life.

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MsMarvellous · 30/06/2020 16:52

The pure venom of the trans movement now is probably a strong sign of how backed into a corner they feel. It's so easy to find trans voices that support women, and understand biology. The "vocal minority" are worried, very worried. They've overextended. We can settle things down if we persevere.

Says the eternal optimist!

Wolfgirrl · 30/06/2020 16:55

Is there any chance we could start a petition and share the shit out of it, in order to force the issue to be debated in Parliament?

MoltenLasagne · 30/06/2020 17:02

I saw this about the reddit bans and it feels very true - we've lost a battle but we're winning the war.

Today they went after a bunch of soft targets because they’ve lost the battles that matter.

They’ve lost against FGM in the US.

They’ve lost against fairness for women athletes in Connecticut.

They’ve lost a chance to change the GRA in Scotland.

They’ve lost in the new guidance at NHS.

They’ve lost the narrative at Tavistock, which is pulling the sheet off the groomers and child predators among them, which is basically all of them because you can’t swing a dead cat in queer theory without hitting a pedophile.

They lost at the BBC over corrective rape this weekend.

And they’ve scored an own goal by loosing their psychopaths on a beloved children’s author in front of people who aren’t members of their cult.

So, the bullies did what bullies always do when they lose, they came home and kicked the dog.

Never forget that we’re up against viscous idiots who get off on hurting people and claiming it’s for justice. They can’t help themselves. They’re not happy if they’re not fucking someone up who can’t fight back.

Stupid and sadistic people are their own worst enemy, and all we need to do is to keep them talking.

GCAcademic · 30/06/2020 17:15

They lost at the BBC over corrective rape this weekend.

Shock I missed this. Could someone enlighten me?

MoltenLasagne · 30/06/2020 18:31

We've lost the screenshots with GC going down but essentially BBC claimed that gays and lesbians who won’t have straight sex with trans are bigots, then backed off after it kicked off. Deleted the tweets pretty sharpish.

GCAcademic · 30/06/2020 19:23

Bloody hell Angry

SameOldBS · 30/06/2020 19:30

I so needed to read this thread. I'm relatively new on the scene, though a lifelong feminist. Took me a while to wake up to what was going on. Have been feeling very despondent these last few weeks. Had to get off FB because my woke peers were driving me insane with all their TWAW crap, but Twitter is such a cesspit of self-righteous viciousness that it's exhausting. I'm on there, fighting the good fight, a foot soldier for JKR, but I take my hat off to all of you who've done this for years. I've barely survived two weeks.

Anyway, it's good to hear from people with a longer perspective on this that the situation is not as bad as I sometimes fear.

Toseland · 30/06/2020 20:15

We've lost the screenshots with GC going down
That was here somewhere...

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3952655-Sly-edit-on-BBC-article#prettyPhoto

MoltenLasagne · 30/06/2020 21:32

Thank you Toseland - I'd missed this thread on MN. Makes me aware of the need for multiple backups.

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