This a good question that someone will write their PhD on one day, when collective sense that words don't erase sex, has been regained. The answers are interesting <waves to future PhD student who finds this thread>https://twitter.com/TheJWQ/status/1155152322433093632 …
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Replying to @MForstater
My hypothesis: densely populated, small island enabling real life interactions with a fairly centralised legislative/political system providing focus (vs. large country with federal system) and relative unimportance of 'culture wars' in UK (despite attempts to import).
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Replying to @TybilAlper
Sounds right. Needs two sets of hypotheses - why did some countries like US, UK, Canada get the madness, and others like France not
@ladyduckpojok, and then why was the UK the place where women fought back? A 2x2 matrix of countries
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Replying to @MForstater @ladyduckpojok
I think women have fought back in those other countries. I've been greatly inspired by
@ehungerford and@FinTechEsq 2011 letter to the UN. There are structural reasons why fighting back can be more effective/more difficult.https://sexnotgender.com/gender-identity-legislation-and-the-erosion-of-sex-based-legal-protections-for-females/ …2 replies 2 retweets 5 likes -
Replying to @TybilAlper @ladyduckpojok and
Yes I agree (and didn't mean to say they are not....). But yes the question about what are the reasons the fight back has gained momentum in the UK....
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Replying to @MForstater @TybilAlper and
Women's political history - channeling Suffragettes & Suffragists?
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Channelling or finding the same evolutionary niches in the political landscape again
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