1/12
The other day, I was asking my grandmother about her childhood. That got me thinking - what will MY future grandchildren say when I tell them about my childhood? Thread about how I imagine this will go:
#SexMatters #SexNotGender #LetWomenSpeak #RespectMySex
The other day, I was asking my grandmother about her childhood. That got me thinking - what will MY future grandchildren say when I tell them about my childhood? Thread about how I imagine this will go:
#SexMatters #SexNotGender #LetWomenSpeak #RespectMySex
2/12
Future Grandchild (FG): What was life like when you were young?
Me: Well… misogyny was celebrated, stereotypes encouraged & healthy kids embarked on lifelong medical nightmares.
FG: What? Did that actually happen?
Me: Oh, believe me, it did.
#WomenWontWheest #misogyny
Future Grandchild (FG): What was life like when you were young?
Me: Well… misogyny was celebrated, stereotypes encouraged & healthy kids embarked on lifelong medical nightmares.
FG: What? Did that actually happen?
Me: Oh, believe me, it did.
#WomenWontWheest #misogyny
3/12
FG: How?
Me: There were these men who wore dresses, liked pink and did other stereotypical feminine things. They decided they were ACTUALLY women.
FG: You’re joking!
Me: I’m not!
#WeWillBeHeard
FG: How?
Me: There were these men who wore dresses, liked pink and did other stereotypical feminine things. They decided they were ACTUALLY women.
FG: You’re joking!
Me: I’m not!
#WeWillBeHeard
4/12
FG: But everyone still knew they were men, right? I mean, wearing a dress doesn’t make you a woman.
FG: But everyone still knew they were men, right? I mean, wearing a dress doesn’t make you a woman.
5/12
Me: Actually, you HAD to treat them as women otherwise you were branded a horrible, hateful bigot.
If you said anything to do with supporting biology, people screamed “bigot” in your face.
FG: But doesn’t being a bigot mean being intolerant of other people’s beliefs?
Me: Actually, you HAD to treat them as women otherwise you were branded a horrible, hateful bigot.
If you said anything to do with supporting biology, people screamed “bigot” in your face.
FG: But doesn’t being a bigot mean being intolerant of other people’s beliefs?
6/12
Me: Yup. The people who were calmly voicing our opinions were bigots, but the ones screaming abuse at anyone who disagreed with them, were stunning & brave.
FG: Stop exaggerating! There’s no WAY things were that bad!
Me: I’m not exaggerating at all!
#BiologyIsNotBigotry
Me: Yup. The people who were calmly voicing our opinions were bigots, but the ones screaming abuse at anyone who disagreed with them, were stunning & brave.
FG: Stop exaggerating! There’s no WAY things were that bad!
Me: I’m not exaggerating at all!
#BiologyIsNotBigotry
7/12
FG: Tell me about something normal! What was school like?
Me: Oh boy. School.
FG: What was so bad about school?
#GenderWoo #GenderWooWoo #TransCult #WhatIsAWoman #AdultHumanFemale #WomensRightsAreHumanRights #Women #WomensRightsNetwork #WomensRights #Stereotypes
FG: Tell me about something normal! What was school like?
Me: Oh boy. School.
FG: What was so bad about school?
#GenderWoo #GenderWooWoo #TransCult #WhatIsAWoman #AdultHumanFemale #WomensRightsAreHumanRights #Women #WomensRightsNetwork #WomensRights #Stereotypes
8/12
Me: Well there was one time when my SCIENCE teacher tried to indoctrinate me into a biology denying cult.
FG: Seriously?
#KPSS #KeepPrisonsSingleSex #SaveWomensSport #SaveWomensSports #IStandWithAllisonBailey #IStandWithJKRowling #IStandWithKatherineDeves #Biology
Me: Well there was one time when my SCIENCE teacher tried to indoctrinate me into a biology denying cult.
FG: Seriously?
#KPSS #KeepPrisonsSingleSex #SaveWomensSport #SaveWomensSports #IStandWithAllisonBailey #IStandWithJKRowling #IStandWithKatherineDeves #Biology
9/12
Me: Seriously! She told me that your reproductive system has nothing to do with whether you're a boy or a girl. This was my science teacher.
FG: Grandma, did this actually happen?
#SingleSexSpaces #SexBasedRights #EveryoneKnowsWhoTheWomenAre #SexNotStereotypes #Girls
Me: Seriously! She told me that your reproductive system has nothing to do with whether you're a boy or a girl. This was my science teacher.
FG: Grandma, did this actually happen?
#SingleSexSpaces #SexBasedRights #EveryoneKnowsWhoTheWomenAre #SexNotStereotypes #Girls
10/12
Me: Yes! Another time, one of my teachers told me that some girls have penises!
FG: Was your teacher joking?
Me: No! And a ridiculous number of people said the same thing.
#RightSideOfHistory #FreeSpeechForWomen #FreeSpeech #StandingForWomen #Suffragette #StandingForXX
Me: Yes! Another time, one of my teachers told me that some girls have penises!
FG: Was your teacher joking?
Me: No! And a ridiculous number of people said the same thing.
#RightSideOfHistory #FreeSpeechForWomen #FreeSpeech #StandingForWomen #Suffragette #StandingForXX
11/12
Me: You wouldn’t believe the amount of newspaper articles about someone exposing “her penis”!
FG: No way. That’s just ridiculous!
Me: I’m so glad sanity has returned!
FG: Did you just make this up to shock me?
Me: Nope!
#SexNotGender #Safeguarding #NoToSelfID
Me: You wouldn’t believe the amount of newspaper articles about someone exposing “her penis”!
FG: No way. That’s just ridiculous!
Me: I’m so glad sanity has returned!
FG: Did you just make this up to shock me?
Me: Nope!
#SexNotGender #Safeguarding #NoToSelfID
12/12
FG: And I suppose that men were congratulated for beating women in sport competitions!
Me: Well done! You’re finally starting to realise what life was like back then.
FG: Oh. That didn’t actually happen, did it?!?! I was joking!
Me: Life WAS a bit of a joke back then.
FG: And I suppose that men were congratulated for beating women in sport competitions!
Me: Well done! You’re finally starting to realise what life was like back then.
FG: Oh. That didn’t actually happen, did it?!?! I was joking!
Me: Life WAS a bit of a joke back then.
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