Some people are confused.Some were misinformed.Some are using half-truths to guilt others into giving up spaces that were built for survival. So let’
Some people are confused.
Some were misinformed.
Some are using half-truths to guilt others into giving up spaces that were built for survival.
So let’s slow down, breathe, and make this plain—for anyone who truly wants to understand.
✊🏾 What Was Jim Crow?
Jim Crow laws were a system of racial segregation and oppression.
They were designed to keep Black people—especially Black women and children—unprotected, exposed, and dehumanized.
They said: You can’t sit here.
You can’t eat here.
You don’t belong in this room, this school, this job, this voting booth.
They were about power, control, and easy access to Black suffering.
🚪 What Are Sex-Based Boundaries?
Sex-based boundaries are protections created by and for women and girls.
They are built to offer safety from the real, ongoing, half-heartedly and inadequately addressed threat of male violence.
That includes:
Women’s shelters
Women’s restrooms
Women’s support groups
Female-only hospital wards, prisons, locker rooms, and more
These spaces are not about hate.
They are about healing.
They are responses to trauma, not acts of exclusion.
💡 Why the Two Are Not the Same
Let’s break it down clearly:
| Jim Crow Was… | Sex-Based Boundaries Are… |
|---|---|
| Based on race | Based on biological sex |
| Meant to oppress | Meant to protect |
| Denied people dignity | Offer people dignity |
| Forced vulnerability | Create needed safety |
Jim Crow INTENTIONALLY exposed Black women and girls to harm because it did not see us as human beings.
Sex-based boundaries help prevent that same harm from happening again.
🧠 If You’re Still Unsure, Ask Yourself:
Who created the boundary?
Was it built to control—or to heal?
Who is being protected—and who is demanding access?
Because here’s the truth:
When a group creates a door to keep themselves safe, that is not oppression. That is survival.
📣 For the Record:
Wanting a women-only shelter is not “separatist.”
Asking for safety is not “hateful.”
Saying “no” to uninvited access is not “backward.”
It is wise. It is earned. And it is necessary.
If you’ve been confused by the messaging out there, we understand.
That confusion was not accidental—it was manufactured. It is intentional. Fog is hard to see through.
But clarity is power.
And you deserve to know the difference.
💥 The Truth Is:
Jim Crow invited people to violate the bodies of Black women and girls.
Sex-based boundaries protect us from that very legacy.
So no—we can’t conflate the two.
And it’s not a radical idea to say:
Black women and girls have a right to be safe. Full stop.
That safety often requires a boundary. A door. A wall. A password. A lock. A women-only sign.
And that’s the real world we live in.
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