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Amy Desir @akmd87
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I was troubled at @EmilyThornberry’s remark at a recent @Fabians event that ‘women have space to budge up for transwomen in our spaces’ in response to my question about @UKLabour allowing self-ID women on their AWS. It came after a great speech in which Thornberry (1)
spoke at length about the male domination of politics and female MPs fighting to be both seen and heard against a tidal wave of abuse. I was amazed that she contradicted herself like that. Women don’t have room to ‘budge up’. (2)
Women are under-represented across leadership positions in politics, business, public and social life. That’s WHY we have programs to attract and advance women. That’s WHY we have women-only spaces. Men must do the budging and make the space, not women. (3)
Incidentally, in the same talk, @EmilyThornberry said, “There is absolutely no point in having a right if we can’t enforce it, because people take the mickey.” I could cry that she didn’t make the link. (4)
Women have rights in the Equality Act that will be unenforceable if self-ID is made law. Here’s why: fairplayforwomen.com/legal-basics/ (5)
People, politicians KNOW this stuff. They really do. We MUST participate in the consultation and make our voices heard to stop this disjointed, blinkered thinking and point out the bleeding obvious. Buckle up #ManFriday, we’re in for one heck of a ride. (6)
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