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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Brecon Beacons renamed - after a rapist

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Meadowfly · 17/04/2023 13:59

I’m hoping I’m in a muddle here! I googled (because I’m a bit of a history nerd and I don’t know anything about ancient welsh history) Brychan Brycheiniog who the Brecon Beacons is being renamed after and he appears to have been a rapist! ://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/bios/brychbbg.html multiple sources say the same thing. Seems to have disappeared from Wikipedia though (I’m pretty sure it was included earlier today 🤔) and is not mentioned in the various newspaper columns about ‘ who was brychan brycheiniog?’ although these same columns have clearly referenced the same web pages, such as the link above, that come up on google .

I can’t quite get my head around the fact that the idea of beacons, an ancient communication and warning system is thought to be ‘not a good look’ (quote from national park representative) because of current carbon emissions, but changing the name to that of a rapist is somehow better!

EBK: King Brychan Brycheiniog of Brycheiniog

http://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/bios/brychbbg.html

OP posts:
EarthSight · 17/04/2023 22:04

It's an English language news outlet reporting on it. Your point is......

ShinyAppleDreamingOfTheSea · 17/04/2023 22:47

Thanks @RoseslnTheHospital that's kind of what I meant .

DewinDwl · 17/04/2023 23:32

You seem really worked up about this OP.

So previous posters have established that:

It is not clear whether king Brychan was a rapist or not

The king's name is included in both the English and Welsh names.

So it seems that the park hasn't been renamed after a rapist?

You are now saying that what actually bothers you is the misuse of eco / green reasons to justify the so-called name change. I can't see how this is a feminist issue TBH.

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