Egypt imposes new sentences for #FGM while giving a lesser punishment for an "honor killing" of a woman. "If the act leads to death, the punishment shall not be not less than 15 years and not exceeding 20 years." @HiboWardere https://t.co/9RNnet...
Egypt — A man who murdered his sister in an "honor killing" by stabbing her in the neck has received only a five-year sentence. Article 237 of the Penal code allows men to kill their wives for adultery; punishments for women who kill men are more ...
There's no such thing as a witch, no such thing as a virgin or a slut, no such thing as TERF or cis. All of these words serve to single out for harassment and abuse women who disobey, who decide to define ourselves for ourselves. ...
In 2016 @HRC published a guide to "Safer Sex for Trans Bodies". There were 4 words; 3 applied only to men. One of the terms for men was "vagina". Women: "front hole" Many didn't seem to understand this was defining women's anatomy with the "back ...
A man confidently compares JK Rowling, and women who disagree with gender ideology about the nature of our own reality, to piles of discarded dirt. This movement allows for the celebration of blatant misogyny. https://t.co/YPyfyl...
RT @radfmnst: Si on concède que femme est une idée ds l'esprit d'un homme,on affirme que les femmes sont la propriété intellectuelle des hommes. Cela permet une appropriation complète,appropriat... de nos corps,et un contrôle de notre potentiel ...
If we concede that women are an idea in a man's head, then we assert that women are the intellectual property of men. It permits complete ownership of women — ownership of our bodies, but also control over our vital potential for self-determination; ...
"More evidence of sexual violence being used as a deliberate weapon of war is emerging from Ethiopia's northern Tigray region. Women are being gang-raped, drugged and held hostage, according to medical records and testimonies from survivors." ...
RT @salltweets: I don't think there is a rise in "transphobia". I think there is a rise in women advocating for women's sex-based rights. And the problem is, *that* is considered to be "transphobic". ...
The Wikipedia page for Emma Portner, ex-wife of Page, is under review for deletion from the site and no longer mentions her as a lesbian, but seemingly implies the relationship was heterosexual. https://t.co/RNXXjA...
A rallying cry for the feminist movement in Mexico is "rompe el pacto patriarchal" — a call for men, especially men with political and cultural power to "break the patriarchal pact" to protect each other from accountability for sexual assault and ...