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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Detective sacked?

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Gerbills · 01/08/2026 13:07

Am I missing something here? The language is not ideal but surely all she is saying is that all men are capable of rape, which they are, and that she doesn’t believe that women should have to strip search men?

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/northumbria-detective-sacked-after-saying-34382013?fbclid=IwdGRjcATawHVwZG9mBWZkaWQWULoOvYPtc7B0_jl6uhCKjKqcdAlEcmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR6TU6ZfHjhytnrdtOu_moC0N-23BU411wDrvFKqNZUDEUgR2HtWXOgBBKzl0A_aem_0yI3gmJnezfVt92Qg6wZgA

Detective who said 'all men' were rapists and should be given curfew sacked

Detective Constable Rachel Fletcher, of Northumbria Police, also described transgender women as "c***ks in frocks"

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/northumbria-detective-sacked-after-saying-34382013?fbclid=IwdGRjcATawHVwZG9mBWZkaWQWULoOvYPtc7B0_jl6uhCKjKqcdAlEcmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR6TU6ZfHjhytnrdtOu_moC0N-23BU411wDrvFKqNZUDEUgR2HtWXOgBBKzl0A_aem_0yI3gmJnezfVt92Qg6wZgA

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hethor · 01/08/2026 13:48

I haven't been following the case. But this is a famous quote (Marilyn French, 1977): "All men are rapists, and that's all they are. They rape us with their eyes, their laws, their codes"

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