“Your silence will not protect you.”— Audre Lorde, The Cancer JournalsAudre Lorde’s powerful words remind us that silence in the face of injustice, ha
Audre Lorde’s powerful words remind us that silence in the face of injustice, harm, or oppression only allows these forces to grow. Speaking up, even when it’s difficult or unpopular, is an act of self-preservation and resistance.
While many women are cast as “hateful bigots” for refusing to be polite doormats; we know that silence is not a survivable option. Men and boys who violate the boundaries of women and girls are not allies. That may be difficult or scary to say but necessary nonetheless. Where there is no respect, there can be no alliance.
As Survivor Maya Angelou reminded us through her eloquent and powerful words there is an emotional toll that all of society pays for silence.
Speaking truth allows us to heal.
Speaking truth allows us to empower others.
Even when those truths are difficult to voice, hear, accept, or understand.
In recent years, working to be kind to women and children, has had additional roadblocks. It has been more difficult to discuss common-sense boundaries, child and women’s safety, or even female health.
As Genevieve Gluck, founder of ReduxxMag, reminds us it has been nearly impossible to speak some truths without being inaccurately accused of being “hateful”.
Everyone ought to have an opportunity to have safety and wellness, including those who suffer from lesser-understood states of mental unwellness. We can support these people as we do others; with morally centered expert treatment, compassion, and strong boundaries to protect everyone involved.
The entire purpose of the linguistic sleight-of-hand involved in the term “gender dysphoria” is to normalize and depathologize male sexual fetishism.
“Transgender” turns every single major paraphilia in diagnostic literature into a protected identity. pic.twitter.com/QgXN2lGPtP
— Genevieve Gluck (@WomenReadWomen) September 3, 2024
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