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BlackieKat's avatar

Dear UN Women UK.

I hope you read this because I want to know why you cannot find one single female to represent women. After all we are everywhere and make up approx. half the population? Why do you KEEP looking in the male population for pretend "woman"? These men can never represent women. Not just because they are not a woman but because they did not grow up as one. They can never know what it is like to grow from a child into a second-class object (yes, we are more often objectified or seem as a body part than a whole person and certainly as being lesser than men), in a society. A vulnerable one at that, that is invariably blamed for male transgressions against them and is expected to make room for, nay often make way for, male views and needs. These men can never know what it is like, as even while they claim to be women they still feel entitled to insist that women make room for not just their needs and views, but their bodies too. Enough! There are lots of women out there. If these men are women in your view (hint: they're not), then an actual female from birth should be good enough to represent them too? Choose again and this time appoint someone that was born female, grew up and matured as a female and knows what it is like to exist as a female. There are over 30 million of us to choose from in the UK.

Sincerely, A very angry woman who is tired of this shit.

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The Sue With the Goats's avatar

To quote JKR, "I'm so sick of this s---".

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