Women's Voices

 

3 August 2020

 

Women's Voices

11 posts today

William Shatner has realized that 'cis' is used as a slur. Cis is especially used to assign privilege to women over men and to tell victims of male abuse that they are oppressing men. #SexNotGender https://t.co/rSTsEp...

August 3rd @ 11:17 pm |

Women's Voices

11 posts today

There is systemic lack of protection for women suffering violence in Iran. The only official statistics ever commissioned on the subject was 16 years ago, which found two-thirds of Iranian women had experienced domestic abuse at least once. ...

August 3rd @ 11:00 pm |

Women's Voices

11 posts today

"Man, are you capable of being just? Tell me, what gives you sovereign empire to oppress my sex? Woman, wake up; the tocsin of reason is being heard throughout the whole universe; discover your rights." —Olympe de Gouges Déclaration des droits de la ...

August 3rd @ 9:42 pm |

Women's Voices

11 posts today

Molly Lewis, a cognitive scientist, decided to build on earlier work on gender stereotypes to explore how common these biases are throughout the world. The researchers found that such stereotypes are deeply embedded in at least 25 languages. ...

August 3rd @ 9:08 pm |

Women's Voices

11 posts today

RT @HaydenHewitt: "Hayden why are you obsessed with this "trans" business on Twitter" BECAUSE OF SHIT LIKE THIS. These cowardly, awful bastards are abusing women. I wasn't raised to tolerate that and I'm damn sure some of you keeping your heads down ...

August 3rd @ 8:13 pm |

Women's Voices

11 posts today

“Men have the power of naming... This enables men to define experience, to articulate boundaries and values, to designate to each thing its realm and qualities, to determine what can and cannot be expressed, to control perception itself.” ...

August 3rd @ 7:23 pm |

Women's Voices

11 posts today

"I think it is about time that equipped women began to take on some of the ethical questions which a male-dominated culture has produced... It is time that ‘half the human race’ had something to say about the nature of its existence." —Lorraine ...

August 3rd @ 11:56 am |

Women's Voices

11 posts today

"Research has shown that the concept of a 'male' and 'female' brain is flawed. The experiences you have can actually change the brain, including the stereotyping you face." #SexNotGender @ginarippon1 https://t.co/N8f9IK...

August 3rd @ 11:11 am |