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Eimear's avatar

Excellent article.. How desperately sad for Emma. Amazing work on Julie and Harriet’s part.

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Marj's avatar

A good article, thank you. You two were, and remain, badass.

What a tragic waste of a life. Just contemplating all the lost potential of women's lives is overwhelming.

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Meeetooo's avatar

STOP JUSTIFYING YOURSELF BY NATURE, HAVING A BRAIN. Women encourage machismo and phallocentrism to their detriment and put themselves in a humiliated position. And secondly, denying the existence of other sexual orientations is also a story about the sick pride of fans of phallocentrism.

All the impudence and violence of men is based on this.

They are allowed to insult women's essence and sexuality, demonstrate exaggerated superiority, and women must accept this? This is disgusting.

WHEN MACHISTAS SHOUT AT LESBIANS “You need a real dick and a man” or when women say that they need a dick for their health, I always don’t understand WHY? I don't need it. And all these statements are so offensive. Moreover, hetero women could talk about all this differently, not so humiliatingly, dependently and nauseatingly.

But on the other hand, I saw so many victims of sexual violence among hetero women who needed absolutely nothing.

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Meeetooo's avatar

FIRST, if a man had said all this, many would have respected it. SECONDLY (namely, second place), if a hetero woman said this, then this could also cause loyalty. But from the mouth of a lesbian feminist... A phallocentric society tends to devalue facts and misinterpret.

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Ian Mordant's avatar

I wonder what the record is in other rich countries? Ian

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Alison Proctor's avatar

I remember being outside the court when Emma was released. A group of us from Welsh Women’s Aid hired a minibus for the day. Thank you to you Julie and all the other women for all the amazing work you did (and still do).

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