#vrr

Wherein a male minimises death threats against women by calling it ‘blow back’ then proceeds to tell a women’s organisation that has been centering and serving the needs of traumatised women since 1973 that they can fix the issue of male-pattern violence and threats, by allowing males into the service.

How very familiar.

Even more astounding, ‘this is a predictable response’.

Yeah, we know that, it’s called male-pattern violence. That’s the very reason this space needs to remain women only.

Remind you of something??

‘Look, it’s really sad you made a poor decision but if your skirt wasn’t so short this wouldn’t have happened’

‘Look, it’s very sad that those women got shot but if some of you would just have sex with these men, then they wouldn’t do this’

‘It’s very sad, but fathers wouldn’t do this if you just allowed them to have unsupervised time with your children’

Are you seeing it yet?

Women having boundaries and saying no is, for some, an acceptable reason for some males to commit male-pattern violence against us.

1.) Should be able to have words to describe what defines them as a group (such as “autistic” for autistic people, “gay” for gay people, etc.), words that describe specific experiences of theirs, terms specific to their culture, etc.

2.) Should have the right to their own spaces, free of their oppressors, or even just specific to their own group (for example, an autistic group / space that’s specifically for autistic people, as opposed to all neurodivergent people)

3.) Should have the right to their own movement, that focuses solely on the struggles and oppression their group faces (without having to focus on everyone who has related issues, and without having to focus on saving our oppressors from their own system of subjugation)

And would you be appalled if...

1.) People from another group (whether they’re the oppressor group, or a different group oppressed on a similar basis) ...

Forcibly changed the meanings of all the words the aforementioned oppressed group had, appropriated their terms and every way they had to describe their own experiences and history 

Stole all their spaces, and prevented them from creating any new ones

Took over their movement, and silenced them on anything having to do with problems specific to their own oppression or experiences

Justified this by saying “we’re [name that originally described the oppressed group, that has now had the definition forcibly changed]” and “we have certain similarities to the struggles you face, so there’s no need for different words or spaces, but also shut up about anything you specifically experience because we don’t experience that"

2.) Anyone in that oppressed group who is angry about this, protests it, speaks out about it, or simply raises concerns about it, asks questions about it, or thinks critically about what’s going on, is met with ...

Vicious harassment and threats (to self, friends, family, etc.), extreme social isolation, having their resources cut off from them, being told to “kill themself” in various horrible ways, being mocked for their appearance, mental illness, sexuality, ANYTHING

Being beaten up

Being belittled and gaslighted about the trauma they experienced at the hands of their oppressors

Having insults and threats and blackmail be related to the specific oppression they experience

Taking away their source of income (anywhere from getting them fired from a job they haven’t worked at long but will still be difficult to replace, to destroying a career they spent their entire lives building)

Doxxing them, reporting them to a government that would have them killed or worse, etc.

Sexually harassing them, sending them horrific rape threats and fantasies, targeting their trauma and using it against them in the worst ways

Doing any or all of this to LITERAL CHILDREN