They told you it was clever.Told you it was edgy.Told you it was revolutionary. But let’s talk about what it really is when you hand over your righ
They told you it was clever.
Told you it was edgy.
Told you it was revolutionary.
But let’s talk about what it really is when you hand over your rights, your language, your spaces, your protections, your boundaries—
only to watch those same rights slide right back into the hands of men.
Where they’ve always been.
Where they were never meant to stay.
That’s not progress.
That’s a rerun.
Because somehow, in all the talk of freedom, of inclusion, of evolution—we skipped over the part where you matter.
The part where women and girls are still fighting to breathe, to speak, to be safe, to be heard.
And now we’re being told that being erased is somehow noble.
That giving up everything we’ve fought for is how we “grow.”
That standing up for ourselves is selfish, outdated, unkind.
Make it make sense.
You don’t owe the world your silence.
You don’t owe men a return to their throne.
You don’t owe anyone your erasure.
Remember: every right women have today was won through struggle. Blood. Pain. Courage.
It was not gifted. It was earned.
And it is not clever, cute, or compassionate to throw those rights away—
especially when all you’re really doing is putting them right back into the hands that once crushed them.
Think on This:
How does relinquishing your hard-won rights to men—who have historically oppressed and exploited women—result in greater power for you?
If true liberation means autonomy, why does it now require you to be silent, compliant, and self-erasing?
Can you name a single point in history where women gained lasting freedom by giving their rights away?
Why are we being told that it’s progressive to blur the lines of womanhood, when the consequence is always fewer rights, fewer resources, and less recognition—for women?
Who benefits when women are no longer allowed to define what a woman is?
Why is it called “inclusion” when it only ever seems to include men—in women’s spaces, titles, awards, and protections?
If men are still the gatekeepers of what womanhood is allowed to be, how is that anything other than patriarchy in a new costume?
Why are women shamed for setting boundaries, while men are praised for breaking them?
If giving away your voice, your language, your category, and your protections is supposed to be empowering—why do you feel so uneasy doing it?
Why is a woman considered “kind” when she disappears, but “hateful” when she defends herself?
When did “being nice” become more important than being free?
Who taught you that standing up for your own sex is exclusionary—but that centering men is justice?
If power is being redistributed, why is it always redistributed back to men?
Why are we told that protecting women’s spaces is violence, but entering them uninvited is not?
Is liberation real if you can only access it by pretending you have no history, no trauma, no body, and no right to name your experience?
