Would you take part in a mass naked lie down demo to highlight the erasure of women's rights?

[Jeeeez]

There's a small rumble on Twitter suggesting this as a way of women showing our vulnerability and refusal to be pushed aside. And a shock tactic obviously. Would you take part?

[rainbowruthie]

Perish the thought

[ItsAllGoingToBeFine]

Nope. Happy to lie down but not naked. People wouldn't see female vulnerability, they'd see a naked woman

[Cabinfever10]

no
But I would take part in @WinnieLo march

[PopperUppleton]

I'm with WinnieLo

[noblegiraffe]

Men love it when women get naked which kind of defeats the point of it being a feminist act.

If what you’re doing in the name of feminism looks exactly like what men would like you to do, then it needs a rethink.

[Coffeeandbeans]

No. It would backfire.

[picklemewalnuts]

I assume it's prompted by the yoga teacher (?) who stripped off in the face of riot police in the US, and they backed away?

[HaveaStock]

No. When was the last time you saw a group of Male protestors having to resort to such tactics to get heard FFS?

[noblegiraffe]

the yoga teacher (?)

As I read it, sex worker.

[SulisMinerva]

Fuck no! Why should women take their clothes off to get listened to?

[MollyAtTheFolly]

No.

I'm a teacher - there's no way I want the possibility of my pupils being able to access a photo of me naked.

[JamieLeeCurtains]

No.

I do get the idea though that the mass protest should pointedly link women and their biology.

Maybe I could hold aloft a copy of my last pelvic scan.

[SorryAuntLydia]

No way - horribly reminiscent of photos from Nazi camps - just no

But a strike - yes, absolutely!

[AnneOfQueenSables]

I'd support a socially-distanced protest but not a naked one. It just feeds into the pornified culture and is a reminder of Femen. People will be looking for the men behind it.

[AnIckabog]

Sounds chilly.

[TyroSaysMeow]

Not a chance in hell.

I can't see the logic behind it either. Realistically, the public reaction to a bunch of naked women is not going to be a sudden about-face and recognition that we exist as an oppressed class.

[EdgeOfACoin]

@HaveaStock

No. When was the last time you saw a group of Male protestors having to resort to such tactics to get heard FFS?

My thoughts exactly. Men don't do this and women should not have to strip naked to be heard.

So no, I would not.

Generally, I think this sort of protest just annoys the general public and doesn't win support anyway. Or at least it puts off as many people as it wins over.

[Thornhill58]

Erasure of women's rights where? I can't imagine being empowered by being naked in the street. I don't understand the world anymore. Show your fanny for freedom? I've got the same rights as any men. Also I can't imagine men demonstrating naked. Cray, cray, cray.

[Cailleach1]

If there had to be a synchronicity, wouldn't it be better to have a t-shirt with a slogan on? For example, the woman= adult human female slogan or some such.

[thriftyhen]

No. I like wearing clothes!

[BertiesLanding]

Not a fuck. In fact this makes me quite angry.

[highame]

Tbh though I would, it's getting clearer that the misogynistic hate filled bile that is being levelled at women in the Trans debate is highlighting that there really are an awful lot of women haters.

Perhaps our best allies are in fact Trans

We women aren't great at this stuff, are we. Though the Poll Tax got us riled, so there's hope

[FloresTorres]

No.
Ridiculous.
Iceland type protest - yes.

[KarenKarendson]

Why the hell should we get naked to be listened to? Our rights are enshrined in law. We don't have to take our clothes of in order for our legal rights to be applied. No fucking way. This is insulting.

[Kit19]

I’m happy to protest but not like this