Women's Voices

 

23 January 2021

 

Women's Voices

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A new political party in India has promised salaries to housewives if voted to power. A prominent MP welcomed the idea, saying it will "monetise the services of women homemakers, enhance their power and autonomy" and create a near-universal basic ...

January 23rd @ 8:43 pm |

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The website says, "If your little rockstar is looking for a nice front view, this no-nonsense bikini bottom will give her support in all the right places. It magically turns a pointy poker into a dainty dune. No tucking required." ...

January 23rd @ 6:34 pm |

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A Texas bill would penalize doctors for performing mastectomies on minors, as well as ban them from prescribing "puberty blockers" to under 18's, prohibit child marriage, and bolster CSE and child trafficking laws. This is being framed as ...

January 23rd @ 1:38 pm |

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The government has been urged to criminalise threats to share revenge porn by House of Lords peers amid a surge in calls to the UK’s revenge porn helpline. Calls to the phone line more than tripled between 2017 and 2020. #DSA #SexNotGender ...

January 23rd @ 11:38 am |

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RT @ripx4nutmeg: What are the chances?! Following in the footsteps of Aimee Challenor, Eric Joyce and Peter Bright, Rachel McKinnon / Veronica Ivy becomes the latest high profile trans activist to find either themselves, or someone they live with, ...

January 23rd @ 10:59 am |

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RT @ContraBorrado: No hablemos de derechos que ya están reconocidos. Hablemos de la exigencia de privilegios masculinos para acceder a los espacios seguros de las mujeres y al deporte femenino #BidenErasedWomen https://t.co/dPGgBU...

January 23rd @ 9:23 am |

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"A woman who says she was employed by Soulja Boy as his personal assistant has accused the rapper in a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles of multiple instances of assault and sexual battery, holding her against her will and refusing to pay her." #MeToo ...

January 23rd @ 7:36 am |

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Rep. @theWaltBlackman filed legislation that allows women and doctors to be charged with murder for providing or receiving an abortion. Similar bills are appearing across the US yet @JoeBiden's priority was gender identity. #BidenErasedWomen ...

January 23rd @ 6:45 am |

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RT @DonovanCleckley: “The female body is not our enemy but our strength; it is not our sex that confines us but the hatred and disgust of others for our sex. If we begin to share their contempt we are finished.” - Germaine Greer, ‘The Whole Woman’ ...

January 23rd @ 3:35 am |

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"Biological sex is not some abstract idea. Women’s oppression 'on the basis of sex' is why generations of feminists sought legislation for sex-based rights. Gender-neutral speech removes the tools to address it." @VictoriaPeckham #BidenErasedWomen ...

January 23rd @ 3:33 am |

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HBO show #Euphoria, which has been criticized for graphic nudity and sexualizing teenagers, features an MTF teen described by media as a lesbian. A recent episode depicts the administration of hormones as a bonding experience. This is the projection ...

January 23rd @ 2:34 am |

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Women are defined, under patriarchy, as resources to exploit; all major institutions normalize the extraction of 'commodities' from female flesh by men. "High proportions agreed that having a transplanted vagina would improve their sexual ...

January 23rd @ 1:39 am |

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Transgender inmates in Georgia are claiming that denying them access to bras, panties, and breast implants is a form of psychological torture. In reality, incarcerating women with rapists is torture and a violation of the Geneva Convention. ...

January 23rd @ 12:11 am |