I do wonder for how many women this has slipped by. I read the threads on here, did some reading of my own I feel but suspect that had I not done so I wouldn’t have been so opposed. I feel strongly that this issue, as complex as it is, is easily ignored and women who, like me, supported gay rights, abhorred the section 28 legislation etc… could let this just wash over them.
The quiet eradication of woman and women has been truly secretive and as subtle as the methods used in the ‘Handmaid’s Tale’. I watched the documentary ‘Cancelled’’ ( am unsurprised that TVNZ has not picked up the rights to show the documentary down here) and the evidence is clear, to call out this eradication of women is to face threats, loss of income, loss of safety in our legal, physical, emotional, sex based, financial and employment rights. I’m frightened to openly voice my thoughts and am sure I am not alone ( registration to a professional body which supports TW) I cannot afford to lose my registration or job and nor can the majority of other women or even those who already have. The economic gags and realities make me feel very small.
Anyone else finding that their reactions to drag acts etc are very much changed? Used to have no issue with drag acts but the vicious parodying of women now just makes me very, very angry.
Rather a jumbled post, but had to vent my fear, anger and knotted stomach somewhere.