Wow Milli, you really have me worried now! I no longer wear lipstick, have never worn wigs, only wear dresses maybe twice a year. No one has ever commented on my "soft voice, head tilt, tinkling laughter" so I am concerned about how I'm seen by others, because of course this is the most important thing in a crafted identity, isn't it? I have had several pregnancies and breastfed for about a decade, so hope this is enough to validate my claim to womanhood, despite the above criteria not being met.
Sarcasm aside, thanks for another great read. That you even have to ask the question of your title, shows just how badly women's hard-won rights are being eroded by men and their handmaidens. No amount of storytelling allows mammals to change sex, even "a little bit". https://lucyleader.substack.com/p/stories-we-tell-ourselves
I can’t deny... the text about knowing where you live is creepy. Frankly, that it has historically men who have populated the world of obstetrics is why birth and the maternity services are in such a state in the first place...
Excellent Milli. He should not have been given this job because he is not a suitable person for it, for all the reasons you so clearly lay out.
Having said that, nobody seems to care too much for calm, rational women explaining our objections reasonably and with multiple examples. It won't make any difference to those who are busy promoting any and every challenge to our boundaries because the whole point is the boundary erosion.
I'm not sure at what point enough will be enough, but those pushing this stuff can't say they didn't know. They know all right, they repeatedly make that clear. They just don't care.
“Men have been explaining things to me since the early 1980’s”. Can I have that on a T-shirt?! Hear hear, Milli, thanks for writing this.
Haha it's a bit big for a pin badge right?! But maybe we could squeeze it on ;-) xx
Wow Milli, you really have me worried now! I no longer wear lipstick, have never worn wigs, only wear dresses maybe twice a year. No one has ever commented on my "soft voice, head tilt, tinkling laughter" so I am concerned about how I'm seen by others, because of course this is the most important thing in a crafted identity, isn't it? I have had several pregnancies and breastfed for about a decade, so hope this is enough to validate my claim to womanhood, despite the above criteria not being met.
Sarcasm aside, thanks for another great read. That you even have to ask the question of your title, shows just how badly women's hard-won rights are being eroded by men and their handmaidens. No amount of storytelling allows mammals to change sex, even "a little bit". https://lucyleader.substack.com/p/stories-we-tell-ourselves
Amazing how people have swallowed a lie so willingly, and abandoned science and facts in a heartbeat.
I can’t deny... the text about knowing where you live is creepy. Frankly, that it has historically men who have populated the world of obstetrics is why birth and the maternity services are in such a state in the first place...
I did wonder about talking about male midwives etc but it was slightly beyond the remit of the piece. Obliquely relevant though! x
As always male arrogance persists, regardless!!
it's breathtaking isn't it.
Excellent Milli. He should not have been given this job because he is not a suitable person for it, for all the reasons you so clearly lay out.
Having said that, nobody seems to care too much for calm, rational women explaining our objections reasonably and with multiple examples. It won't make any difference to those who are busy promoting any and every challenge to our boundaries because the whole point is the boundary erosion.
I'm not sure at what point enough will be enough, but those pushing this stuff can't say they didn't know. They know all right, they repeatedly make that clear. They just don't care.
well we have to keep objecting because otherwise lord knows what will happen! xx