Women outnumbering men Historically had no benefit for women in overcoming patriarchy. So why would women outnumbering TIMs mean that the rights of women would be safe?
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Replying to @strump3t
We vote and shit. And have great cultural influence.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
We have never had a vote on this particular issue. Changes are being made without legislation or real discussion so the fact we can vote is meaningless. We have cultural influence only when deemed appropriate. That isn't freedom or power.
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Replying to @strump3t
The zeitgeist has changed, yes. Women are part of that.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Things change all of the time. Not always for the better. Particularly for women.
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Replying to @strump3t
Things have changed very much for the better for women. You might have to accept that we don't all agree with you about trans identity.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Better for some women and none of it is set in stone forever. We will never have universal agreement on many topics but when ideas can have such sweeping repercussions I expect people to defend them robustly with reasoned arguments.
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Replying to @strump3t
Yes, I was talking about the West where women have all the rights men do and a couple more in many places.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Legal rights do not always translate into equality as laws don't magically change people. What rights do women have that men don't and in which places?
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Replying to @strump3t
No, men and women still face gender-related expectations but we have the right to ignore them and I do tend to do this. The right to genital integrity and the right not to be drafted to war are right women have and men don't in many places.
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Of course, we still need to campaign to make criminal sentences fairer on men and we need to check that the wage gap and education gap are caused by different choices and interests & think about unequal suicide & homelessness and continue to oppose gender-related violence.
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