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Preferred pronouns should not be used by feminists as a reward for perceived moderation. Doing so says to #transwidows “we disagree with genderism over all, but we’ll call *your* ex a woman if he acts nicely to us”.
And women who are able to tweet under their real name (often because they are making a living from this so it’s in their interests to do so), should not look down on those of us who have to be anonymous here, for our own safety/ livelihood
Because then this becomes a class issue where those with the financial and physical security to be able to take the risk are seen as automatically superior to those of us who cannot.
But to succeed, feminism has to be an egalitarian movement, otherwise we are replacing one hierarchy with another.
We ordinary women from mumsnet have achieved just as much in this as the women who often identify as our leaders.
We ordinary women from mumsnet have achieved just as much in this as the women who often identify as our leaders.
Even the most prominent of us can sometimes be wrong, and addressing the substance of what the uppity lessers are saying will create far more progress than pulling rank.
Criticising women who are forced into online anonymity by patriarchy is victim blaming.
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