Feminism Fights Back
My @TheScotsman column. I have written about women’s rights often, but as Scotland prepares to vote, I think there are some truths that need repeating. #SexMatters https://t.co/543AZCSdBg
— Susan Dalgety (@DalgetySusan) April 24, 2021
Words matter, words have power and in this column for The Scotsman Susan says some things that need to be said about biological sex and the ability of men to declare themselves to be women.
"Only two days ago, the Scottish Greens co-leader, Patrick Harvie, suggested on BBC Radio Scotland that women who believe sex matters are akin to racists. This man could be a government minister in a few weeks’ time, if the SNP needs to form a coalition with his party.
"And it now seems the most powerful woman in Scotland has turned her back on women. In a video for ‘Out for Scotland’ released earlier this week, Nicola Sturgeon announced that her “chosen pronouns are she and her."Stating your pronouns is the 2021 equivalent of wearing a campaign badge. It is a message to trans activists that you are on their side. It says you accept that a man with a beard and a penis is a woman if he says his pronouns are she and her."