03E. Women's Rights: Language Issues, Free Speech, Censorship of Gender Critical Advocacy

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3E. Women's Rights: Language Issues, Free Speech, Censorship of Gender Critical Advocacy

No Conflict They Said
“... the impact on women of men using women-only spaces, including but not limited to: bathrooms, shelters, rape and domestic violence refuges, gyms, spas, sports, schools, accommodations, hospital wards, shortlists, prizes, quotas, political groups, prisons, clubs, events, festivals, dating apps, and language…”
https://www.noconflicttheysaid.org 

Stop Female Erasure
“Female erasure involves the removal of words that are specific to females and our biologically sexed bodies in language and in law. Around the world, the words female, mother, woman, and girls are being removed from news articles, advertisements,  public health campaigns and in laws that are directly related to our female bodies and their biological processes which directly impact the  privacy, safety, and rights of women and girls.”
https://www.stopfemaleerasure.com
https://twitter.com/StopXXErasure

 Wisdom begins with calling a thing by its proper name.
― Chinese proverb

 

Claudia Aorta.  "Biden's trans health secretary Dr Rachel Levine praises Alaska gender-affirming care clinic which wants word 'mother' replaced with phrase EGG PRODUCER.”  [2023]
https://archive.ph/404SJ

Megan Banner. “Halifax pro-noun name badge row sees mass closing of accounts in 'worst PR disaster in British history'.” [2022]
https://archive.ph/wip/kjVjp

Josephine Bartosch.  “Now you can be cancelled for criticising drag queens: The takeover of our universities is killing free speech.”  [2022]
https://archive.ph/wip/bb0iE

Andrew Doyle.  “The liberal case against pronouns: There’s nothing progressive about compelled speech.”  [2022]
https://archive.ph/v33H7

Tyler Durden.  "UK doctor sacked over trans pronoun dispute did not risk safety [of] patient, regulator rules.” [2023]
https://archive.ph/FugX8

Lauren Evans.  “Bill Shortens confirms scrapping of ‘birthing parent’ on government forms after mum sparks outrage on Twitter:  Minister for NDIS and Government Services Bill Shorten has confirmed the label ‘birthing parent’ will be removed from government forms after mum Sall Grover sparked outrage on Twitter. ”  [2023]
https://archive.ph/z7Upk

Fair Cop. "Transphobia as a security concern: The dangers of conflating political speech with violent insurrection."  [n.d.]
https://tinyurl.com/3fmwsfwh

Free Speech Union.  "FAQs on what to do if you are asked to declare your preferred pronouns at work." [2022]
https://archive.ph/wip/caToJ

Genevieve Gluck.  “AUSTRALIA: Police warn woman over comments about trans activist as eSafety Commissioner continues censorship rampage.” [2023]
https://archive.ph/rDq7m

_____.  "'Cis' Coined by ‘Pedosexual’ Physician."[2023]
https://archive.ph/wip/UHke6

_____. “Woman assaulted by trans-identified male told to refer to him as female in court.”  [2023]
https://archive.ph/Wpt9W

Alexander Hall.  “Pennsylvania Democrat calls on university to ‘cancel’ speakers who question transgender ideology: University of Pittsburgh chancellor Patrick Gallagher says he is 'obligated' to support free speech on campus.”  [2023]
https://archive.ph/o7WoV

Debbie Hayton.  “Why does Penny Mordaunt think ‘trans men are men’?” [2021]
https://archive.ph/bFODU

 

There is no swifter route to the corruption of thought than through the corruption of language.
― George Orwell

 

Barra Kerr, Fair Play for Women.  “Pronouns are rohypnol.”  [2019]
https://archive.ph/Isb9u

Claire Lehmann,  "Trans activists have no right to pervert the English language:
The sinkhole of vagueness Orwell described has now swallowed up the word ‘woman.’” [2023]
https://archive.ph/wip/W3oZ3

D.J. Lippy.  “Feminism and the far Left: Let Women Speak.” [2022]
https://archive.ph/UcTSZ

Rob Lownie.  “Kate Forbes: The public is fed up with censorship:  The SNP politician spoke out today about intolerance of differing views.” [2023] https://archive.ph/7cMe8

Mark Macaskill. “Primary pupils are being bullied and called transphobic for using wrong pronouns.” [2022]
https://archive.ph/BUoDm

James Madden.  "The Age sacks columnist Julie Szego amid gender furore.” [2023]   
https://archive.ph/BsAhY#selection-225.0-253.40

Alex Massie.  “Joanna Cherry’s trans debacle displays creeping censorship in Scotland:  The MP is entitled to more support from her fellow politicians.” [2023]
https://archive.ph/OZkzV

Maypelsyrup.  “Why saying ‘uterus havers’ and ‘cervix owners’ is medically dangerous for women, especially the most vulnerable women.” [2021]
https://archive.ph/hlJVi

Mumsnet.  "Anti-pronouns letter to companies."  [2021]
https://archive.ph/wip/c2XAQ

Meghan Murphy.  “Gender preference has no place on a birth certificate.” [2018]
https://archive.ph/dOY7j

_____. ‘TERF’ isn’t just a slur, it’s hate speech: The term ‘TERF is not just used to smear and deride, but to incite violence.” [2017]   
https://archive.ph/WYayP

National Catholic Register.  "AP adopts LGBTQ ideology in new guidance to journalists covering transgender issues:  The AP additionally devotes an entire section in the revised style guide to transgender sports.”
https://archive.ph/wip/wjwNP

Tyler O’Neil.   "ORWELLIAN: Associated Press forbids even discussing transgenderism as an ideology."  [2023]
https://archive.ph/g41M1#selection-1457.0-1460.0

_____.  “University's transgender pronoun policy may have violated the First Amendment, court tules.”  [2021]
https://archive.ph/KRgAA

Sarah Phillimore.  “If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken…” [2021]
https://archive.ph/hZ91j

Gerald Posner.  “If George Orwell wrote a style guide:  It would be the AP’s 'Transgender Coverage Topical Guide.’”  [2023]
https://archive.ph/nW47q

The Publica Staff.  “Australian government instructs news outlet to delete article that offended trans activist.”  [2023]
https://archive.ph/wip/krBcE

Daniel Sanderson.  “Scottish police defy Nicola Sturgeon over trans self-ID law.” [2023]
https://archive.ph/LQp6P

Sex Matters. “Lib Dems revise transphobia definition.” [2022]
https://archive.ph/wip/pH6dK

Joe Silverstein. “Cambridge Dictionary changes definition of ‘man’ and ‘woman.’” [2022]
https://archive.ph/rb2Pm

Craig Simpson.  "Fears for free speech after journalists’ union refuses to defend gender-critical members: National Union of Journalists accused of being ‘hijacked’ by censors after it rejected calls to support those covering the trans debate." [2023]
https://archive.ph/KDWJk#selection-2793.4-2797.139

Joan Smith.  "How offensive is Edinburgh Festival?: If new legislation passes, actors could be criminalised for hurting an audience member's feelings. [2020] 
https://archive.ph/6HJf1
          Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021
          https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2021/14/introduction/enacted

Kathleen Stock. “The importance of referring to human sex in language.” [2022]
https://archive.ph/wip/7Epzl

Rebecca Thorn.  “'They allow us to name something we know is wrong': The new words defining sexual abuse.”  [2022]
https://archive.ph/wip/7Epzl

 

I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.  
― Rebecca West

Douglas Murray.  “On gender pronouns.”  [2022]  VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0tMT76EgNk

The Publica Staff.  “Australian government instructs news outlet to delete article that offended trans activist.”  [2023]
https://archive.ph/wip/krBcE

Craig Simpson.  "Fears for free speech after journalists’ union refuses to defend gender-critical members: National Union of Journalists accused of being ‘hijacked’ by censors after it rejected calls to support those covering the trans debate." [2023]

Sky News Australia.  “'There's no such thing as a cis woman': Inclusive language 'erasing' women's rights.”  [2022]  VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ycjF2CrRLY


Why have women passion, intellect, moral activity... and a place in society where no one of these three can be exercised?
― Florence Nightingale 



Carol J. Adams.  The sexual politics of meat: A feminist-vegetarian critical theory. [2015] BOOK
          (Author article)  Carol J. Adams.  "The sexual politics of meat: wings,
          thighs and breast: menu choices or an individual who matters so
          little that her body parts can be consumed for someone
          else's enjoyment?"  
          https://archive.ph/frPOn 

 Men often react to women's words--speaking and writing--as if they were acts of violence; sometimes men react to women's words with violence. So, we lower our voices. Women whisper. Women apologize. Women shut up. Women trivialize what we know. Women shrink. Women pull back. Most women have experienced enough dominance from men--control, violence, insult, contempt--that no threat seems empty.
— Andrea Dworkin
 

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