Thread by @K_IngalaSmith

If I were to compile a list of ‘women don’t’ advice based on the femicide census:
- women, don’t have male partners
- women, don’t leave male partners
- women, don’t go on dates with men
- women, don’t talk to men at bus stops
- women, don’t have sons
-women, don’t have grandsons

- women, don’t give a glass of water to someone claiming thirst
- women, don’t let the gas-man, or someone claiming to want to check your meter in
- women, don’t take a taxi
- women, don’t help other women in danger
- women, don’t support your daughter who has an abusive partner

- Women, don’t say no to his advances
- women, don’t have male friends
- women, don’t have male flatmates
- women, don’t go into hospital
- women, don’t retire into a retirement home
- women, don’t take a younger lover
- women, don’t take an older lover
- women, don’t get sick

- women, don’t date a woman with a male ex
- women, don’t be a woman outdoors
- women, don’t be a teacher, police officer, prison worker
- women, don’t have no recourse to public funds
- women, don’t sell access to your body
- women, don’t be independent on holiday

The list goes on and on.

How much easier if we could just say ‘men, don’t abuse women.’

-women, don’t take the bus
-women, don’t have a knife in the house
-women, don’t have a hammer in the house
- women, don’t have heavy ornaments in the house
- women, don’t have electric cables
-women, don’t have dressing gown chords
- women, don’t have pillows

- Women, don’t be poor
-Women, don’t be wealthy
- Women, don’t care about your appearance
- Women, don’t not care about your appearance
- Women, don’t be attractive to other men
- Women don’t be unattractive to men
- Women, don’t go out to work
-Women, don’t not go out to work

Obviously, I could go on all day, but top of the list will always be, don’t have male partners; but remember, being a lesbian does not protect you from all forms of men’s violence.