Women's Voices

 

14 August 2021

 

Women's Voices

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The debate on privacy is essentially a question of whose privacy matters: women and children, or abusers. Sexual abusers are overwhelmingly male, yet the privacy debate tends not to consider the victims, whose privacy is more violated via abusive ...

August 14th @ 9:57 am |

Women's Voices

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RT @womensart1: “They said, “You are a savage and dangerous woman.” I am speaking the truth. And the truth is savage and dangerous.” - Nawal El Saadawi, Egyptian writer, activist, physician who was imprisoned for her feminist writing. Portrait by ...

August 14th @ 9:47 am |

Women's Voices

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When wondering what we can do to help women in Afghanistan, whose human rights are under attack from the Taliban, this organization was recommended. You can enter any donation amount you prefer on their site. https://t.co/Gc3yyr...

August 14th @ 9:34 am |

Women's Voices

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All around the world, women are being harassed and silenced for voicing their concerns about the impact of harmful gender policies and practices on women’s sex-based rights and the welfare of children. Sign this petition to support women in ...

August 14th @ 7:41 am |

Women's Voices

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Afghan women's rights activist Mariam Atahi told DW that she is afraid the Taliban "will come and kill me" if the Taliban launch an offensive on Kabul, Afghanistan's capital, "because for the last 20 years, I advocated for women's rights." ...

August 14th @ 7:31 am |

Women's Voices

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The term "frigid" was used by Freud to attach a psychological condition to women for not sufficiently enjoying intercourse with men. Implying that women have a mental disorder if they say "no" to a man is creepy — especially on the same day that an ...

August 14th @ 5:30 am |

Women's Voices

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RT @katherine_deves: “Women sports should not be a retirement plan or a dumping ground for male athletes who’ve aged out or failed in their sports.” I talk to @corybernardi on @SkyNewsAust for @SWS_australasia https://t.co/jOYrmx...

August 14th @ 4:36 am |

Women's Voices

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Young women and underage girls are boasting about "degradation kinks", including "CNC", or "rape play" on TikTok, where adults post BDSM tips and over a third of current users are minors. https://t.co/VXthb5...

August 14th @ 4:22 am |

Women's Voices

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Nearly a million Afghans have been displaced as they flee the Taliban; nearly 70% of the displaced are women and children. Reports have been received of the Taliban forcing women out of the public sphere, and forcibly marrying women and girls. ...

August 14th @ 4:09 am |

Women's Voices

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Pretty sure when Bo Burnham wrote "Welcome to the Internet" even he couldn't have predicted it would become an anthem for young women and underage girls to list out "degradation kinks", aka sexualized abuse, on social media https://t.co/sY5MqX...

August 14th @ 3:30 am |

Women's Voices

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This is Hailey Heartless, who was chosen to give the main speech at the March On Vancouver (women's march) in 2018. You can read the contents of the speech here: https://t.co/bghslz... https://t.co/hhoSvh...

August 14th @ 1:43 am |