Hey @LibDems @TheGreenParty @UKLabour! Some tips.

"Woman" means what it has always meant. When women couldn& #39;t vote or own property, when their husbands could legally rape them, there was no mystery.
When we marry off, cut the clitoris and labia of a child force them to give birth against their will, we know what a woman is.

When we need a surrogate or egg donor, when we don& #39;t hire someone or we pay them less because they might become a mother, we know what a woman is.
When men call strangers "sl*t" and "wh*re" and ask them to suck their d*cks, they know what a woman is.

When violence is not taken seriously by the police and a crime is not prosecuted, we know the victim is a woman.
When ppl are asked to be modest and cover their sinful body, or when their body is exposed for men& #39;s lust, we know this body is a woman& #39;s body.

When society discriminates, hurts, mutilates, insults, silences and exploit, we know what a woman is.
But when men want to be us, colonise our hard fought for spaces and rights, suddenly it& #39;s a big mystery, an unknown.

Yet, they know full well from whom they want capitulation, silence and submission. Patriarchy always finds a way to know who is a woman.
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