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Moira Donegan
@MoiraDonegan
Opinion columnist covering gender and politics @guardianUS; writer in residence @clayman_inst; host @inbedrightpod. Real piece of work.
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Nov 27, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Aside from being factually untrue (girls face much more sexual violence even if you factor in things like underreporting), and aside from misnaming the perpetrators of boys’ abuse (not “house girls” but largely grown men) it’s perverse to cite sexual victimization as a privilege. The goal of antirape feminism is not, despite popular misconception, to transform women and girls’ experiences of endemic sexual force into some sort of enviable moral authority that can be wielded as a weapon. The goal is to end the endemic sexual force.
May 10, 2023 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
For a core of his supporters, Trump’s habit of sexual assault is affirmatively appealing—evidence of his masculine virility and aspirational prerogatives. Like his gold toilet, it’s a part of his mystique, an element of the kind of man his fans would like to be. Feminists like to say that sexual assault is “not about sex, but about power.” But it might be more precise to say that for men, sexual assault is about the performance of status—a status that other men often envy.
May 9, 2023 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Jury punts on the rape charge, but finds that Trump sexually abused Carroll, and awards her $2 million. Jury also sides with Carroll on the defamation claim.
May 3, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Organized mass rape, paid for by American tax dollars. nytimes.com/2023/05/02/wor… The things that American soldiers do overseas—both under orders and of their own volition—have always been a third rail in American politics. For feminists in particular, American war rape has been a taboo. That’s neither justifiable nor sustainable.
Mar 28, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Idaho opens what will be a broad and ongoing attack on women and girls’ right to travel by creating a new felony crime, “abortion trafficking.” Under the law, anyone who helps a minor travel to obtain an abortion out of state will be sentenced to two to five years in prison. Lots of state abortion bans target third parties who help abortion patients access care with imprisonment and fines. That’s also true of anti-choice litigation, like this suit out of Texas: npr.org/2023/03/13/116…)