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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

“Women’s Safety Initiative”: Is anyone familiar with them?

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AdultHumanF · 25/05/2025 14:27

Does anyone know who’s behind the “Women’s Safety Initiative”? It’s a group that’s suddenly appeared all over my Twitter, and something feels a bit off about it all? For example, most of their posts are about the effect of immigration on women’s safety and not much else?

https://x.com/womensafety_uk/status/1925546607384179125?s=46&t=p6GESSn09HWHVXYgTLIbJg

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fromorbit · 27/08/2025 07:56

Right wing British women are going to get together and do their thing. They get to say stuff even if it is wrong. Others get to call them out and argue against it.

A significant number of British Muslim women have decided to go on marches and demos for Gaza. They are generally not seen on other political demos. That is their right. Other women might see their position and think it is absurd.

It is a GOOD thing for there to be a huge diversity of women's voices out there. Political freedom for women means all women get to say things religious women, atheist women, right, left and centre women. All of them.

Most UK women's organisations were run by the left and they fumbled on basic questions not just gender stuff, but coverups of sexual abuse. So some young women are turning to the right. Is this really surprising? Is it something we should panic about? It is a minority. There are 700 women in this group. There are 100,000s of women who have signed up to the new Corbyn party.

Some might think you can try to SHAME these women into being silent. It is nonsense. Right wing women tried the same stuff on left women in the past and it didn't work. News flash it will never happen either way.

This is the country that produced the suffragettes, women's lib, Greenham common, Margaret Thatcher and JK Rowling. You might think these things are different.

REALITY CHECK - they are not. Powerful women say things. They try to change the world. Ironically the ones who are often keenest on stopping women doing things are often other women. This needs to end.

By all means criticise them, argue against them. Just do it from a basis of respect. The same way ALL men get to do politics if they want.

Reform obviously are going to try to use aligned women to support their cause. What they will find out is letting women say things changes life in the long run. They will find out that powerful women can be awkward and have different priorities. This might change Reform for the better or indeed make it worse. They get to do their thing though.

soddingspiderseason · 27/08/2025 14:30

fromorbit · 27/08/2025 07:56

Right wing British women are going to get together and do their thing. They get to say stuff even if it is wrong. Others get to call them out and argue against it.

A significant number of British Muslim women have decided to go on marches and demos for Gaza. They are generally not seen on other political demos. That is their right. Other women might see their position and think it is absurd.

It is a GOOD thing for there to be a huge diversity of women's voices out there. Political freedom for women means all women get to say things religious women, atheist women, right, left and centre women. All of them.

Most UK women's organisations were run by the left and they fumbled on basic questions not just gender stuff, but coverups of sexual abuse. So some young women are turning to the right. Is this really surprising? Is it something we should panic about? It is a minority. There are 700 women in this group. There are 100,000s of women who have signed up to the new Corbyn party.

Some might think you can try to SHAME these women into being silent. It is nonsense. Right wing women tried the same stuff on left women in the past and it didn't work. News flash it will never happen either way.

This is the country that produced the suffragettes, women's lib, Greenham common, Margaret Thatcher and JK Rowling. You might think these things are different.

REALITY CHECK - they are not. Powerful women say things. They try to change the world. Ironically the ones who are often keenest on stopping women doing things are often other women. This needs to end.

By all means criticise them, argue against them. Just do it from a basis of respect. The same way ALL men get to do politics if they want.

Reform obviously are going to try to use aligned women to support their cause. What they will find out is letting women say things changes life in the long run. They will find out that powerful women can be awkward and have different priorities. This might change Reform for the better or indeed make it worse. They get to do their thing though.

There is a world of difference between women’s rights from different political perspectives and this group fomenting hatred of immigrants by claiming that women and girls are not safe. Thats not right wing, that’s racist and fully deserves to be called out.

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