#Women's Issues

[gemandthescotts]

I have heard so many times this concept of men misinformed about a woman's body, I have been on the subreddit r/badwomensanatomy and I agree that medical misinformation about women's body is a very common issue especially in places like America, but I don't think people talk enough about how this misinformation effects women.

I went to a Catholic school and I remember talking to a girl about how I wore tampons and she made a face at me. She said that her parents told her tampons are only nessessary after you have had sex and that puting in a tampon could turn you on. This was the first time I had ever heard someone say stuff that I objectively knew was false. I explained to her not only the differences of menstrual products but also my experiences with them.

Ultimately she still felt uncomfortable with the idea of wearing tampons which is fine, but it sorta made me realize that there are people spreading around these ideas about women that just false. There are young girls and grown woman who don't know about their own bodies due to society's stigma against women.

It shouldn't be the job of a classmate to explain the pros and cons of various menstrual products. She was like 2 years older than me and she had so many misconceptions about her body. Yes I believe men should educate themselves about women's anatomy, but that stems more from a belief that education like this should be more freely available for everyone.

#feminism #women's issues #menstrual period #menstrual mention #misinformation #feminine journey #girls #trans men #tw periods #period #menstrual cycle #menstruation

[2bpoliticallycurious]

An important article written by three primary care physicians (Erika Bliss, Joan Fleischman and Michele Gomez) to dispel the disinformation about abortion that is being spread by anti-abortion groups.

Jewel is a student in her early 20s who lives in Texas. When her doctor confirmed she was pregnant, Jewel felt panicked. She knew it wasn’t the right time for her to have a child, and that abortion was illegal in her state.

Fortunately, Jewel had resources. After doing her research, she packed a bag and flew to New York City, where her sister lives. From there, the two women came to see one of us — Joan Fleischman, a family medicine doctor who has been providing abortions in her small practice in New York City for over 20 years.

Jewel, who asked to be identified by her middle name, told Dr. Fleischman about her experience in Texas. Medical staff members “were trying to push a happy pregnancy, while I was miserable and crying,” she said. Jewel sensed her doctor was afraid to even talk about other options because the doctor feared losing her license.

Dr. Fleischman performed an ultrasound, which dated the pregnancy between five and six weeks. She discussed Jewel’s options and, after confirming that Jewel wanted to end the pregnancy, completed a manual uterine aspiration procedure. This method uses a hand-held device and takes a few minutes to complete in a regular exam room.

Dr. Fleischman then conducted a routine tissue examination. This involves rinsing the tissue with water using a fine sieve. She identified decidual tissue, or uterine lining, as well as a gestational sac, the visible evidence of the pregnancy. At this stage of pregnancy, the embryo is not typically visible to the naked eye.

Afterward, she offered to show Jewel the early pregnancy tissue. Jewel told Dr. Fleischman that it wasn’t what she expected. “I thought you were going to bring in something that was shaped like a little fetus or something, and it was not that at all,” Jewel said.

Primary care clinicians like us who provide early abortions in their practices have long known that the pregnancy tissue we remove does not look like what most people expect. [...] It’s important to us to counter medical misinformation related to early pregnancy because about 80 percent of abortions in the United States occur at nine weeks or earlier. So much of the imagery that people see about abortion comes from abortion opponents who have spent decades spreading misleading fetal imagery to further their cause.

[See more below the cut.]

Last fall, as members of the MYA (My Abortion) Network, a clinician-led organization dedicated to educating people about abortion and expanding early abortion services into primary care settings, we launched a multimedia project to provide accurate information regarding early pregnancy tissue after abortion.

The Guardian published our first photos on Oct. 19; they went viral, appearing in media outlets and getting shared widely on social media.

Many people, even those who support abortion rights, did not believe the photos were accurate. Some insisted we had deliberately removed the embryos before taking the photos. The images weren’t consistent with those often seen in embryological textbooks, magnified on ultrasounds or used in anti-abortion propaganda; these enlarged images are not what you see with the naked eye after an abortion. A Stanford gynecologic pathologist has validated our photos, but many people could not believe the pictures were presented unaltered. [...] But showing these images is vital to counter misinformation, not only for patients but for our colleagues as well. Dr. Jeffrey Levine is a professor of family medicine and director of reproductive and gender health programs at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. [...] “When we examine the tissue after a procedure, everyone is consistently surprised. They expect to see an embryo, fetus or at least some body parts,” he told us, describing the students’ experience as “underwhelmed.”

But our primary daily work, of course, is with patients. And when our patients look at the tissue, it often makes them realize how much guilt or even shame they have internalized from society’s judgment in making this deeply personal decision.

Relief was how Jewel experienced seeing the pregnancy tissue. “I was really scared about all the horror stories and the trauma. The anxiety of coming here was worse than actually going through it,” she told Dr. Fleischman.

In many ways, medical care related to abortion has never been more straightforward. And we know abortion is an important part of primary care and could be widely available in mainstream practice settings — if the Dobbs decision hadn’t suddenly thrust many of our colleagues in states across the country into jeopardy.

Instead, we find ourselves in a country divided by politics rather than by patient need. Ensuring that our patients, colleagues and the general public have clear, objective information about abortion is critical for patients to get the care they deserve.

#reproductive rights #women's issues #what early pregnancy tissue really looks like #countering anti-abortion disinformation #us politics #the new york times #my edits

[marzipanandminutiae]

maybe I'm losing my mind, but does anyone else on the left ever feel like some people here think misogyny is either Solved Forever or Not Real Oppression?

(t*rfs get lost)

#misogyny #sexism #women's issues

[jjeinn-tae]

Oh good, I can edit this now. Hey guys, I am glad we're all upset about this. That's good, and we want to take action. But my signal-boosting of this was not well-thought out. Like you, I was frustrated with the ruling and direction our country has been going. I saw people on reddit trying to call for one, and was like "I have a bit of a platform, I to share it so it can work." then after a stressful shower, remembered blazing is a thing while I was dead tired.

But the thing about organized labor is that, well, it's organized. We have an idea on what we want, yes, but where is our message? Like at all, are we to make it ourselves? I had, but not by the time I'd made the post.

I'm happy that I've started a dialog on something needing to be done at least, but this whole thing was rather irresponsible, and I'm sorry about that.

Honestly, just look at this reblog to really have it put into better words than I can manage.

#civil rights #civil disobedience #general strike #roe vs. wade #ob/gyn & women's health medscape #women's issues #women's rights

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Edna Flannery Kelly was elected to the House seat of the deceased congressman from Brooklyn's 10th Congressional District in 1949. Seen here with her daughter the following day, November 9, 1949, she proves that even though she's a politician, she's also a woman, by preparing bacon and eggs in her kitchen.

Kelly served in the House for 19 years. She had expertise in foreign affairs and helped enact legislation to settle displaced people and refugees from Russia and Eastern Europe after World War II. She also helped to create the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and was active on women's and social issues. She drew attention to inequities in pay, credit, and tax laws, including what she considered inadequate deductions for child care. And she led the fight for the "equal pay for equal work" law, which was passed in 1963.

Photo: John Lindsay for the AP

#vintage New York #1940s #John Lindsay #Edna Flannery Kelly #female politicians #vintage Brooklyn #NYC politicians #women's issues #displaced persons #equal pay for equal work #congresswomen

[thenib]

Jen Sorensen.

#jen sorensen #women's issues #feminism

[west4bexposed]

The "West 4B" Movement Is A Scam

There is an extremely narcissistic woman who has named herself as the "creator" of the "West 4B" movement. She is notoriously manipulative and it only interested in developing a cult of personality around herself.

She does not care about women's issues or the 4B movement. This is a dangerous individual fracturing relationships between other women in order to achieve her own ends. She targets women whom she can leech something from, and proceeds to discard them afterward.

She seems to be directing all criticisms of her at a single mother named "Amara", several women have come forward about questionable and toxic behavior from her.

She will form superficial friendships between several women, only to gossip negatively about them to each other, driving wedges between them that she can exploit for her own purposes.

She alleges that this all began with the $1,000 purchase of an app, that Amara demanded money for. West 4B could not repay this, so Amara was upset and began to tell people about it. West 4B claims she urged Amara not to make the purchase, but she did so anyway.

However, she is constantly stirring controversy with transphobia, lesbophobia, harassment, abusiveness and manipulation.

#west 4b #west 4b movement #scam #fraud #fraudulent #feminism #activism #action #radical feminist safe #radical feminists do interact #radical feminism #trans exclusionary radical feminist #radical feminists do touch #women #women's rights #women's issues #antinatalism #abortion #4b movement

[transgender-png]

hate when someone refers to a guy being stubborn/hotheaded/hard to open up/other bad trait as "being a guy/a man thing".

i KNOW if a woman was being emotional or defensive or hell, even one of the things i mentioned before, and i said "it's because she's a woman" i would earn myself a one way ticket to Asshole Town and rightfully so! but someone saying the same thing about a man is apparently okay, because he's a man?

this is an issue i noticed long before i started transitioning, but i notice it a lot more now.

it's no wonder men act like douchebags when theyre taught from a very young age that that's how they're supposed to be. if you teach someone they're supposed to be aggressive and tough and emotionless because that's what it means to be their gender, of course they're going to grow up to act like that.

and if you read this post and think that because im standing up for an issue men face, that i cant also believe in women's rights and stand up for them, then i think you need to reassess your reading comprehension skills and how open-minded you really are, because the fact that women have issues that are caused mostly by men in our society and men have issues that are caused mostly by women in our society are two things that can, and do, coexist, and you should be including men in your feminism too. no one benefits and everyone is hurt under the patriarchy.

#rant #trans #women's issues #men's issues #feminism #feminism is for everyone #destroy the patriarchy #the patriarchy hurts everyone

[painandmovies]

The argument that if Taylor Swift/Greta Gerwig/any rich white woman can face sexism and discrimination it means any middle class to poor woman (white and especially of color) can face this sexism and discrimination, so you should be in support of their agenda is stupid and I'll tell you why. No one is saying women of all races and classes don't face discrimination. Of course they do. But there is a fundamental difference in the capabilty between these women and others: safety. A system in place for physical and emotional safety. Taylor Swift and Greta Gerwig and whoever else have a system of safety in place. If they walk the streets of LA, they have bodyguards and protection in place. They have better access to resources for mental health and overall emotional wellbeing. That's not saying bad or unexpected things can't happen and definitely not saying that people don't have feelings. But when I see the things that people deem as issues, it highlights a large contrast in the issues of those in power vs. issues of people with no outlet, no platform, and no voice. Because in the long run the outrage of these things does not help or engage with the fundamental injustices of the world. The outrage over these "issues" that involve privileged celebs in the long run really don't incite change at all or trickle down to the larger population the way people think it does. The Barbie movie getting snubbed does not contribute to injustices and an overall look to feminism. Can it draw attention to a male-dominated culture and space? Absolutely (and it should). But the Barbie movie not receiving nominations for it's female producers and actor is not the same as say a woman in the workplace paid scraps for her hard and far greater labor than 1 or more of her male co-workers. Their world will still go on, not in the way of someone who struggles financially due to these issues with no justice. Because they still have the money and resources to make movies. Looking at the state of our world-if you even just look at the people in Palestine vs the women in Hollywood who just got to attend the Grammys, where they didn't say anything about the horror people are facing, and some and others will later attend the Oscars, you are reminded of the fundamental difference between people with privledge and people with no freedom. They even have financial safety in place. But even if we're not comparing the 2 extreme opposites of Hollywood and Palestine, there still is a vast difference between those people and us when it comes to the right to that safety. Even if you look at Lizzo (bad example given what's happened, but I'm using her as a specific example as someone with 2 forms of discrimination against her), there is privilege there. Do black women in the public eye generally face more scrutiny? Yes. But it is the luxury of that lifestyle that separates from where they were (talking about minorities specifically, but for any woman whatever race) to when they become famous. So, when I see people say that essentially we're all screwed if even a rich, white, and successful woman can get hated and endure what they deem as mistreatment, it makes me upset, because all these statements do is put in place a continuous worldview where white women in power are prioritized above lesser in power women of lower classes and minorities the same way it's always been, and that doesn't incite change. All it does is keep these women in power, who can't even call support for Palestine when they have the luxury to celebrate their music and movies (which in the scope of what I'm talking about add nothing of value to a wider problem and topic). So, these causes for concern from a large section of the public are really minor in the overall look of underprivileged people, grand injustices that don't even make news a lot of the time, and the state of our world/economy (which are never considered priority). And these people that are causing concern for their "being wronged," multiple "snubs," movies, and music can't even say ceasefire when they trend for far more minor things.

#also the word mistreatment is so skewed ppl don't know what it is based on what they throw a fit abt over celebs that will never know them #taylor swift #barbie #greta gerwig #margot robbie #free palestine #free gaza #white feminism #feminism #women's issues #barbie movie #swifties #anti taylor swift #anti greta gerwig

[liskantope]

In an online discussion (that actually took place last year), I just saw someone bring up elections in South Korea and how a lot of the political rhetoric was openly sexist and expressing astonishment at women being given rights. And someone else responded, "Are you sure you're not talking about the US?"

To me, this is exactly the now very predictable type of offhand comment that conveys a certain attitude from the progressive Left indicative of one of the main object-level issues I have with that subculture: the determination to make all criticism about social injustice apply to the US and try to divert from recognizing how much more severe social oppression is in many other countries, particularly non-Western countries (for the obvious reason that any criticism of their social values is branded racist).

Disclaimer: I don't actually know the first thing about the political issues of last year's South Korean elections, although I think it's not unreasonable to guess that there's a good part of the population there that's more conservative with regard to women's rights than the vast majority of the US.

I can be charitable and more or less sympathize with why the second person chose to comment, "Are you sure you're not talking about the US?" I can understand motivations for these comments in individual instances when they occur. But I find the fact that someone pipes up with something like this so predictably right at the start of discourse criticizing a non-Western country to be indicative of a very real and deliberate blind spot on the Left.

#social justice #women's issues #south korea #americocentrism

[merelygifted]

French lawmakers passed a bill to enshrine the right to an abortion in the constitution, a historic move prompted by concerns over the rollback of abortion laws in the U.S.

#France #WELL DONE!!! #Women #Women's Issues #WOMEN'S LIVES MATTER #Human Rights #Liberties #Feminism #Women's Health #abortion #Reproductive Rights #Reproductive Justice

[courtforshort15]

Something that always sticks out to me in Season 1 of Daredevil is how shocked Foggy is that Karen carries mace on her

And like

Why wouldn't she? She lives in a large city that seems to be pretty unsafe when you consider all the shit that's going on in Daredevil

Hell, I live in a super quiet and generally safe suburb and I still carry mace. Most of my female friends carry it, too. It's not that abnormal.

I love Foggy so much, but am sometimes just shocked that some people just don't get it

They don't get why women feel unsafe in certain parts of the town they live in, don't get why women feel unsafe walking by themselves at night, don't get why women feel unsafe when they get catcalled

Idk why, but this scene always hits me weird

Am I the only one?

EDIT: Wrote a brief fic about Foggy getting called out about this - Privilege

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#daredevil #matt murdock #foggy nelson #karen page #women's issues

[themousefromfantasyland]

Trigger Warning: Discussion of sexual assault and women' issues by a cisgender gay man.

European Middle Ages as described by Chivalric romances and Franco-German fairy tales is one of the safest places for women in myth and folklore.

I will not deceive you saying these tales were feminist or something like that. They still portray a patriarchal feudalistic society where women were still treated like property and there still significant violence.

But women in these stories have semi-decent positions of power, they play significant roles, and rape and sexual assault are at least aknowleged as being bad in-universe.

Compare that to epics and sagas where women have little to no presence, Greek Myths where sexual assault seem to be the norm, or Arabian Nights tales where femicide seems to be the norm.

@ariel-seagull-wings @princesssarisa @mask131

#fairy tales #folklore #mythology #chivalry #chivalric romance #women's issues

[gozdziak]

Happy International Women’s Day!

#international women's day #women #women's issues #working women #celebration

[seriousbusinessforhumans]

That twirl is beautiful.

#Iran #Malala Yousafzai #hijab #clothing restrictions #rebels #feminism #international women's issues #women's issues #modern Iran #2022 #2020s #Bishi #compulsory hijab #international politics

[trixiedjinn]

Hi lil queers in my phone

Just a reminder -

Many of the struggles faced by trans men, are struggles that affect men broadly. Trans men suffer from transphobia in a similar way to how a black man has his proximity to manhood limited and affected by his blackness, or another kind of queer man has his proximity to manhood limited and affected by his proximity to queerness (and of course all the combinations that can occur between other intrinsic identities).

Recategorizing trans men as separate from cis men beyond sex distinctions, is by definition, transphobic.

Being a man is not inherently evil; there is no "bad gender. Stop spouting radfem shit. (gender period is destructive anyway I digress)

Dealing with these issues does not mean recategorizing trans Men as separate from cis Men. It means actually accounting for men's struggles under patriarchy. Stop ceding ground to TERFs, we are not in a war against the evil gender, we are in a fight with systems made to divide us arbitrarily and ensure the stability of an abusive hierarchy and our financial productivity

White supremacist, Patriarchal, Capitalism.

Not, "Men." As far as I'm concerned men don't exist anymore than women, but y'all have got to stop trying to make being the underdog our broad identity. Self confidence and comfort with decisive language cannot be a trait unique to the aesthetic of our oppressors. Stop recoiling anytime you meet someone with a strong personality, tbh it's giving toddler. I wanna win this fight, not die because y'all are terrified of people who can handle conflict.

Categorizing trans women as separate from cis women beyond sex distinctions is transphobic.

Trans men are not meaningfully different from cis men.

Don't be a transphobe.

Stop looking for loopholes to uphold the gender binary(Patriarchy).

Stop looking for easy ways to maintain your old perspectives and re contextualize your thinking. We should be past this shit by now.

And don't twist this into weird incel nonsense either, nobody's entitled to sex, and sex isn't an aspect of love. We don't do Amatonormativity here, fuck off.

#gender #queer #lesbian #gay #bisexual #pansexual #trans #trans men #transphobia #conflict resolution #politics #feminism #sexuality #mens issues #women's issues #amatonormativity