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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Spiked: Emma Webb: 'Scotland is still hunting witches'

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Abitofalark · 11/03/2022 21:49

'Nicola Sturgeon should apologise to the ‘TERFs’ her party is demonising.'

"Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, surpassed satire this week, by using a speech on International Women’s Day to formally apologise to women accused of witchcraft."
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"While witch-burning is thankfully a thing of the distant past, a very modern form of witch-hunting is taking place today in Scotland and Britain more widely. But sadly, Sturgeon’s empathy does not extend to those people – mainly women – who are routinely demonised simply because they are concerned about protecting their sex-based rights from erasure."

There's more on the Scottish government and a useful roundup of the recent spate of politicians and institutions in Britain - already known by most here - who have difficulty in using the word 'woman'.

www.spiked-online.com/2022/03/11/scotland-is-still-hunting-witches/

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Dougalskeeper · 12/03/2022 15:26

Very true.

DomesticatedZombie · 12/03/2022 16:10

www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/furious-edinburgh-local-screams-witch-21487432.amp

' a local opposed to the protest - who is understood to identify as a transgender woman - is heard chanting the word ‘witch’ at the protesters'

KittyLeMew · 13/03/2022 08:25

I can’t believe I used to believe this woman was shrewd and sensitive to the electorates wishes!

DomesticatedZombie · 13/03/2022 08:50

Its curious, Kitty. For a populist she's taken a sudden swerve into enormously unpopular policies.

MrsOvertonsWindow · 13/03/2022 09:47

I've noticed that there are all sorts of coded references under articles about her. I have no idea (or interest) in what they refer to, but they do suggest there's a back story that the public are generally unaware of??

Ereshkigalangcleg · 13/03/2022 09:49

What kind of thing?

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