"The coercive powers of the state would be mobilized to curtail the rights of those who dare to deviate and entrench a tiered system of participation defined by hierarchies of race, gender, religion, wealth, and ancestry. A segregationist policy would restore white male dominance in elite institutions as well as across all spheres of American life."

#Trump #immigrants #WhiteSupremacy #racism #ChristianNationalism #patriarchy #heterosexism #women #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination
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"Researchers using Google Trends search data in a 2020 study found a link between male insecurity and support for Trump. They identified areas with high levels of web searches for erectile dysfunction, penis size, penis enlargement, hair loss, hair plugs, testosterone, and Viagra."

~ Mark Jacob

#Trump #MAGA #misogyny #women #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #gender #masculinity
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The males of MAGA manspread their insecurity

Trump & Co. bring down the country to lift their fragile egos

^{Mark Jacob (Stop the Presses)}

Something extraordinary is happening in #Iran:

#Women are really really not giving a fuck anymore

What started as protests over the murder of #MahsaAmini by religious morality #police in 2022 for not wearing her headscarf simmered and now is snowballing. Women and girls are not wearing the mandatory #hijab at ever increasing rates

apnews.com/article/iran-hijab-…

#WomensRights #religion

#BREAKING #NEWS: BIG day for #women in #SouthAfrica! After an online campaign and today’s countrywide protest “lie down”, South Africa has announced it’s classifying violence against women a national disaster. In a country where women are murdered at five times the global average, the government is finally going to put real resources behind fighting gender based violence. 💜

#WomenShutdown #WomenforChange #femicide
#GBV

bbc.com/news/articles/cn979g30…

South Africa declares gender violence a national disaster after protests

Fifteen women are killed every day in a country with one of the highest rates of gender violence in the world.

^{Khanyisile Ngcobo (BBC News)}

ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.

Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
propublica.org/article/texas-a…

#News #Women #Health #Abortion #Pregnancy #Texas #Law #USPolitics

“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.

Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.

^{andrea.wise@propublica.org (ProPublica)}

In 48 other states, new moms have access to Medicaid for up to one year after they give birth. Not in Wisconsin.

There, the limit remains two months. And it’s only because of one man: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
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#News #Wisconsin #Women #Health #Medicaid #Pregnancy #Law #USPolitics

He Vowed to “Protect the Unborn.” Now He’s Blocking a Bill to Expand Medicaid for Wisconsin’s New Moms.

Splitting with anti-abortion members of his own party, Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has refused to join 48 other states in ensuring that vulnerable women have access to potentially lifesaving care for up to a year after giving birth.

^{cengiz.yar@propublica.org (ProPublica)}

#Women earn about 20% less than men for work of equal value, and retire with an average of 25% less than men.

They hold only 27% of parliamentary seats and 30% of management roles.

In 61 out of 131 countries, women have legal restrictions that prevent them from doing the same jobs as men.

Globally, nearly 1 in 5 young women (19%) aged 20–24 were married or in a union before turning 18.

Over 230 million girls and women globally have undergone genital mutilation

#WomensRights