We need to name it. The media—mainstream and social—isn't just failing to protect women.It's teaching us to be quiet.To question ourselves. To shrink
We need to name it.
The media—mainstream and social—isn’t just failing to protect women.
It’s teaching us to be quiet.
To question ourselves. To shrink.
To smile through what we know is wrong.
Even women in media have joined this campaign of silence.
They don’t need to use slurs.
They just shake their heads.
They finger-wag.
They write think pieces that scold—not the systems causing harm, but the women sounding the alarm.
🗣️ Women Who Ask Questions Are Shamed. Again.
When women raise concerns about males in female sports—es
pecially contact sports—we aren’t talking about hate.
We are talking about risk.
We are talking about the safety of our bodies.
We are talking about the fairness of competition, the right to speak, the right to question.
But the response?
“You’re a bigot.”
“You’re hateful.”
“Be quiet, or you’ll hurt someone’s feelings.”
Who’s hurting?
Because women and girls—especially Black women and girls—are being hit, crushed, silenced, erased, mocked, misrepresented, threatened, and ignored.
🚫 The Real Danger Is Being Ignored
Let’s be honest:
Contact sports are dangerous. That’s why they have weight classes, sex-based divisions, and medical safety protocols.
But now, when women ask:
“Is this safe?”
“Can we have an honest conversation?”
“What are the long-term risks to girls and women?”
…they’re met not with answers, but with shame.
Some of the loudest silence comes from other wo
men in media—those who should know better.
Those who claim feminism, justice, inclusion—until a Black woman speaks up.
Until a working-class mom raises her hand.
Until a female athlete says, “Something feels off.”
Then?
Suddenly they go ghost.
Or worse—they join in the shaming.
🖤 Who Speaks for the Safety of Girls?
Too often, Black women are told to stay silent.
To stop making waves.
To “be prayed for.”
To be grateful we were invited at all.
But we are not guests in our own liberation.
We don’t need permission to speak about the safety of girls.
And we will not apologize for caring about the physical, emotional, and spiritual safety of future generations.
🧭 If You’re In Media—This Is Your Crossroads
If you cannot or will not speak when women are mocked, injured, and slurred for raising legitimate safety concerns…
You are not neutral.
You are upholding harm.
You always have the option to keep silent if the topic is out of your lane.
But you do not have the right to silence others on behalf of power.
Especially not when it comes to our safety, our daughters, and our right to exist without fear.
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Share if you feel safe and ready—your voice might be the lifeline someone else needs.
And if you do share, remember to cite the messenger. Words carry legacy.
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