🧵Apotemnophilia In the 90s, Dr. Robert Smith, a surgeon at Falkirk Royal Infirmary, performed leg amputations on two men. Both men were perfectly healthy but suffering from apotemnophilia, a psychiatric condition involving the desire to have healthy limbs amputated./1

Appalled and horrified by every aspect of this crime. As one of the daughters of the perpetrator and victim said, this case demonstrates once more just how “well-integrated” predators and perpetrators of violence against women are in our societies. These were not marginalized

Free Afghan Women 🇦🇫 In response to the Taliban's ban on women's voices, this Afghan woman from Pashtun ethnicity from Afghanistan sings a poem for her and all Afghan women freedom and their basic rights.

"the allegations were only exposed by chance when he was caught filming up women’s skirts in a supermarket." Consider the dangerous men we could stop, if police took upskirting, stalking and indecent exposure seriously. Wayne Couzens, for one. theguardian.com/world/article/…

“We are women. We are locked in cells with males. Listen to our cry from behind these walls and help us!” Inspired by the pleas of female inmates in California, women around the state are placing hundreds of stickers to raise awareness of the upcoming rape trial of Tremaine

Thank you Reem Alsalem for your persistent defence of women and girls and our sex-based rights and protections ❤️ 🔗 Read Reem Alsalem UNSR Violence Against Women and Girls's statement on the decision of the Federal Court of Australia in #TicklevGiggle: ohchr.org/sites/default/… #AusPol #IStandWithSallGrover Sall Grover

When around 50 authors, illustrators and librarians denounced me and my book ( without having read it) the SoA refused to act. They have never acknowledged their failure to do so and the part their key committee members played in this. I’ve asked for an apology & they refused.

I'm still seeking an apology from SoA for their failure to support me, resulting in the loss of my career ( see appeal letter) Until then, their statement "Freedom of expression is a fundamental human right, and a central tenet of an author’s work and livelihood." appears hollow.

A history of femicide of elite female athletes in Kenya. • Agnes Tirop-stabbed/clobbered to death 2021 •Edna Muthoni-Throat slit by machete 2021 • Damaris Muthee Mutua- Strangled 2022 • Rebecca Cheptegei- Torched Sep 2024. All by their male partners. None have been jailed.

Andrew Gold I'm not going to steel man it, but I can explain it. Most trans-identified men are autogynephilic. Autogynephilia is a paraphilia, and paraphilias often co-occur. Therefore, a man who has autogynephilia is significantly more likely to have a coexisting paraphilia such as sadism,

Peter Tatchell says, Schools need to teach "young" people, how to have good sex...? Seriously, wtf is wrong with him...

BREAKING. Here we go again. Petrillo, the 51 year old father of two has just qualified for the semi finals in the WOMEN’s 200m. Another disabled woman has just lost out on the chance to advance.

"She wants to work out at a womens-only gym where she will feel comfortable..." Unlike all the *actual* women who use the gym and don't want Lurch here anywhere near them or their showers and changing rooms.

Jane, Empress of the Known Universe (not GP)🏳️‍🌈 I could never feel comfortable if intruding on people who do not want me around, who are afraid of me or feel discomfort because of me. If he were a decent man, neither could he. This and all other such cases go to show that what they're really craving is forcing women to comply.

Jane, Empress of the Known Universe (not GP)🏳️‍🌈 The end goal is always access to women’s spaces. Always. Any & all sensible suggestions that don’t achieve that get denounced as an infringement of their ‘rights.’

Jane, Empress of the Known Universe (not GP)🏳️‍🌈 Uncomfortable with men, males. I don't care about how he identifies. These men will force women and girls out of these spaces because they are in them. How many of us would confront him? I bet not many as it's not in our interest to do so, most lose it online.

Jane, Empress of the Known Universe (not GP)🏳️‍🌈 He doesn't look like he's interested in working out at all. If he was, he'd go to a nixed or men's gym, like he should.