3F. Women's Rights: Language Issues, Free Speech, Censorship of Gender Critical Advocacy. Pronouns
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
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Wisdom begins with calling a thing by its proper name.
― Chinese proverb
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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
Kara Dansky. “Another legal win in the US.” [2023]
https://archive.ph/wip/Ftr2J
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
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There is no swifter route to the corruption of thought than through the corruption of language.
― George Orwell
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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
Geraldine Scott. "Ban children changing pronouns at school, Tory MP Miriam Cates says.” [UK][2023]
https://archive.ph/1AIQA
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
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I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.
― Rebecca West
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Douglas Murray. “On gender pronouns.” [2022] VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0tMT76EgNk
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
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Why have women passion, intellect, moral activity... and a place in society where no one of these three can be exercised?
― Florence Nightingale
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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