I don’t often do threads, but I had a thought today. So here goes. The reason why we have single sex rape crisis centres for women is that we need spaces away from the men who have harmed us. We need to escape rapists, oppressors, violent men.
Some transwomen claim that “cis” women oppress them. How? One way they claim they are oppressed is by “cis” women demanding single sex spaces. Spaces that transwomen cannot be in. Do you see a problem yet? Let me explain one.
Raped women do not demand access to men’s spaces, to golf clubs, old boys networks, or hereditary peerages. They do not want to go anywhere near the men’s bar. They want spaces well away from men, to recover, to regroup, to heal.
Women who have actually been harmed want to get away from those who have harmed them. A few aggressive transwomen want to be IN spaces with the very women they claim harm them. The things that have been tweeted out from those spaces by those TW? Well, don’t get me started.
The dude with an erection and his tongue sticking out, taking selfies in a women’s shelter and posting them on social media. How many women have you ever seen post a sexualised picture of herself from a rape crisis centre? It is a mockery.
Any CEO of a rape crisis centre who posts out that women need to “reframe” their trauma? They've clearly never walked a single mile in a traumatised woman's shoes. As the wife of a trauma victim I've learned British understatedness&I’ll say this much: it makes me very annoyed.
So, to those transwomen who claim that “cis” women are traumatising them, I invite you, please, to leave. Leave us alone. We won’t follow you to traumatise you at all. These are our spaces, and you can get out. Please and #NoThankYou
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