Women have been saying for years that there is a growing backlash against gender equality, and every time the conversation comes up we’re told we’re imagining it.
Now the United Nations is saying it.
According to a UN report, nearly 1 in 4 countries reported setbacks in women’s rights and gender equality. Hundreds of millions of women and girls are living in conflict zones, violence against women remains widespread, and UN officials are warning about a growing backlash against women’s rights worldwide.
The part that stands out to me isn’t even the statistics. It’s that women have been raising concerns about misogyny, online hostility toward women, violence, and attacks on reproductive rights for years, only to be dismissed as overreacting.
If the UN Secretary-General is warning about the “mainstreaming of misogyny,” maybe it’s time to stop pretending these concerns came out of nowhere.
Do you think women’s rights are genuinely facing setbacks, or do you think organizations like the UN are exaggerating the problem?
The Star of David was used by the Nazis to identify Jewish people, while the pink triangle was used to mark those persecuted for being homosexual. At the time, homosexuality was criminalised in Germany, and many of the Allied countries that liberated the concentration camps including Great Britain also had laws that criminalised gay people. As a result, some survivors who were freed from Nazi camps continued to face discrimination, prosecution, and imprisonment after the war. The pink triangle was later reclaimed by the LGBT community as a symbol of remembrance, resistance, and pride, particularly in recognition of those who suffered persecution because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
this particular detail made my chest hurt when i watched it because urinary incontinence is a relatively common symptom of ptsd particularly in rape survivors. the whole theatre i was in laughed so loud but i felt like crying watching this scene.
Is it just me or is it still wild that we have heard nothing about the fkn hate crime that happened in philly 2 days ago? 15+ guys smashed up a bar and maced/beat the people inside. The place is still closed and boarded up and nobody is talked about it
Trump: “There is no democracy in Cuba; we will take it over.”
Meanwhile, in the United States, police are firing 37mm rounds at close range at a young woman protesting against ICE.
Republicans want to send ICE another $70 billion. With that money, we could:
- Pay for two years of free childcare for over 1 million kids
- Extend the ACA premium tax credits by at least a year
- Cancel 1/3 of Americans' medical debt
Abolish ICE. Invest in working Americans.