(This matters because it's a #historical outrage.)

Have you ever heard of an Icosathlon? It's a double #decathlon. 20 events.

And just like the decathlon is exclusively open to men.

The Icosathlon was open to #women for two years (until 2021) & then eliminated - women were again barred from competing!

The 2021 #winner made her own #Icosathlon open to All this year, but its results remain "unofficial".

Imagine barring someone for their #gender in 2023...

#misogyny #sport #genderequality

"“We’re looking back at the #MeToo movement now in the rearview mirror and everyone’s always asking, ‘Are things better? Are things worse?'” said producer Kathleen Lingo, who works for the Times. “It’s really hard to have a blanket assessment, but just the fact that the women who felt a sense of promise at that moment now don’t feel it anymore — I think is quite stark.”"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2023/09/11/louis-ck-sorry-not-sorry/

#Women #Sexism #Misogyny #Entertainment #USA #News

@rbreich

Stripping women of their rights leaves them vulnerable to abuse by men.

In Afghanistan, religious-based laws have made it impossible for a woman to survive on her own....

“The Taliban have created the perfect situation for men seeking revenge [against women]”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/03/04/afghanistan-taliban-women-marriage-divorce/

Thread of article: https://newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/109965752069270952

How far will the #GOP go in stripping women of their freedom?

#Afghanistan #Taliban #Religion #Conservatives #Misogyny
#Women #WomensRights #USA #News

A Tory MP wants a minister for men. How about one for white people, heterosexuals and the upper classes? | Martha Gill | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/09/we-dont-need-a-minister-for-men-we-need-guys-to-fill-female-roles

#MinisterForMen
#Tories
#Fletcher
#DominantGroup
#Misogyny
#MenInTraditionallyWomensJobs

@CarolineMalaCorbin

Referring to the US Constitution, but probably applicable to Florida constitution:

“abortion is not mentioned in the Constitution, and is not “deeply rooted” in our “history and tradition.”

True enough. The Constitution has nothing to say about women’s reproductive health
…
the original document does not mention women at all.”
https://theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/05/supreme-court-roe-handmaids-tale-abortion-margaret-atwood/629833/

#Women #WomensRights #Abortion #USA #Constitution #Politics #Misogyny

Woman accused of faking symptoms of debilitating illness dies aged 33 | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/ehlers-danlos-syndrome-stephanie-aston-death-b2405284.html

#EDS
#EhlersDanlosSyndromes
#Misdiagnosis
#MisdiagnosedAsMentalIllness
#NIH
#Endometriosis
#Misogyny

The dispute is playing out amid broader upheaval in Spanish #soccer, w/the firing on Tues of the #women’s national soccer coach, #JorgeVilda, whom players had criticized for his domineering management style, & the filing of a #criminal complaint against #LuisRubiales, the head of the #Spain’s soccer fed, by #JenniferHermoso, a player on the national women’s team whom he forcibly kissed during a public celebration of the team’s #WorldCup final victory….

#EqualPay #Misogyny #MaleSupremacy

#Female #soccer players in #Spain are going on #strike as the club season begins, a #union representative said on Thurs, as a dispute over conduct by the head of the country’s soccer federation widened into a fight w/their clubs over pay.

Early this month, the #women’s players’ union announced that if working conditions did not improve…, the women would not play….

#EqualPay #Misogyny #MaleSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/07/world/europe/spain-women-soccer-strike.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

"The #UN special rapporteur on #HumanRights in #Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, said in a June report that the #Taliban might be responsible for #GenderApartheid. This term should stick.

Notably, South Africa’s representative to the U.N.’s Human Rights Council urged the international community to treat gender apartheid “much like it did in support of South Africa’s struggle against racial apartheid.”"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/05/afghanistan-women-taliban-gender-apartheid/

#Religion #Sexism #Misogyny #Women #WomensRights #News

Interesting video; also interesting that one of the known potential uses for Viagra was alleviating menstrual pains--but to this day no one is interested in finding out why and helping people who suffer every month for years.

Wonder why that is.

#Misogyny #MisogynyInScience

https://youtu.be/lwZepbc6DU4?si=TtkoO4Qp-HP1N3WG

"DeSantis, though he’s trained and educated even at Yale and got a law degree, he’s rooted in racism and meanness. He has decided that this is his way to office: distraction, division, deflection, focusing on culture wars so that he cannot be labeled as a failed governor. That’s what he really is — not a presidential candidate, he’s a failed governor."

~ William J. Barber II

#DeSantis #Florida #CultureWars #racism #misogyny #homophobia
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https://www.democracynow.org/2023/9/5/rev_william_barber_jacksonville_florida_shooting

Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: The Stolen Tabi Mary Janes Saga Takes a Darkly Stupid Turn https://jezebel.com/stolen-tabis-viral-tiktok-1850804357?utm_source=regular #Jezebel #feminismandsexuality #sexualityandsociety #maisonmargiela #feministtheory #slutshaming #maryjanes #tabimary #bullying #misogyny #spotify #tiktok #tiktok #joshua #lex

#TheKavernacle
#ConservativeMen are BRAGGING about How Much they HATE #WOMEN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIbDtSPl2yc

#farright #misogyny #patriarchy

RSS ideologue Krishna Gopal claims curbs on women ‘had to be imposed’ because of Islamic invasions

According to Gopal, Ram and Krishna were married after reaching a certain age but due to Islamic invaders, child marriage started. He said before Islamic invasions, there was no tradition of ‘sati’ in India.

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/social-evils-subjugated-women-islamic-invasions-rss-ideologue-8922764/

#delhi #DelhiUniversity #RSS #KrishnaGopal #ChildMarriage #sati #patriarchy #misogyny #sexism #hindutva #WomensRights #HumanRights #brahminism #india

"Hermoso, in that moment, was demeaned and downgraded by Rubiales, denied her triumph, stripped of her status, and shown not as the victorious athlete that she was, but as a woman, subject to men’s violence and whims. It was supposed to be the high point of her career; instead, he made it the moment when she was internationally humiliated, subjected to a sexual assault broadcast around the world."

#Rubiales #MaleChauvinism #misogyny #Spain #gender
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Moira Donegan parses for us what Luis Rubiales chose to do to Jenni Hermoso in her moment of glory — the first Women's World Cup she had won, the first ever for Spain:

"And then Luis Rubiales, a Spanish soccer official, decided to make the moment about him. He grabbed Hermoso, in front of television cameras and thousands of onlookers, and forced his mouth on hers."

#Rubiales #MaleChauvinism #misogyny #Spain #gender
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/03/jenni-hermoso-luis-rubiales-male-chauvinism

So... Do you remember where we called out a commentator on our Instagram for making really sexist remarks about @realsexycyborg?

Well apparently a while back he emailed us and WHOOO BOY!

This is a GREAT example on what NOT to be like in the hacker community.

Holy shit!

(We are unable to provide closed captions for this image. Eill provide at a later date.)

#feminism #misogyny #patriarchy #fediwomen #womenofmastodon #sexist #sexism

I predicted the pregnancy police in states trying to ban abortion. It's getting closer to becoming a reality with inspection stations on major highways, and likely airports. It will be a bureaucratic nightmare.
#Choice #Misogyny #Texas #Fascists Taliban

"It was not clear if some of the proposed ordinance’s most ardent proponents in Llano understood what it would do, with several mischaracterizing the measure during interviews...

Pressed on the contradiction between his statement and the language of the proposal, Bishop acknowledged that what he originally said “may not be totally accurate.”

Still, he said, he continues to support the ordinance"
#GiftArticle
https://wapo.st/3L6AGWn

#Women #Freedom #WomensRights #Misogyny #USPol #USA #News

"While these restrictions appear to violate the US Constitution — which protects a person’s right to #travel — they are extremely difficult to challenge in court, said Mary Ziegler, a #law professor... who focuses on abortion. Because the laws can be enforced by any private citizen, #abortion rights groups have no clear #government official to sue in a case seeking to block the law."
#GiftArticle
https://wapo.st/3L6AGWn

#Women #Freedom #WomensRights #WomensFreedom #Misogyny #USPol #USA #News