RE: Legitimate women's rights issues
October 27, 2015 at 9:44 pm
(This post was last modified: October 27, 2015 at 10:33 pm by paulpablo.)
(October 26, 2015 at 10:43 pm)BrokenQuill92 Wrote: Coercive sterilization of disabled women.
Misogynoir in media.
The slut shaming and victim blaming of women in cases of rape/sexual assault.
Fetishization of WoC.
Online stalking.
The disrespect for female authority.
I think you're mistaking rights for things that you personally think would be nice if people stopped doing them.
For example if you think having a fetish for women of colour is an issue of female rights I'm logically going to assume (correct me if I'm wrong) that non white women should have a right to not be the subject of a sexual fetish.
But this would contradict current legal rights humans already have, freedom of thought (I have the right to think about and be in the mood to have sex with a black woman purely because she's black), freedom of speech (I have the right to tell people that I'm in the mood to have sex with a Chinese woman purely because she's Chinese as long as it doesn't break any laws of public disturbance or decency.)
I think the slut shaming and victim blaming in a rape trial on the other hand is a problem of women's rights, everyone has the right to a fair trial, and to wear the clothing they want to wear to a certain extent.
On the other hand if members of the public think the girl was to blame because of the clothes she was wearing they have a right to voice that opinion and I'm guessing that would be what's referred to as slut shaming.
Your first example, yes that is a woman's rights issue completely.
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