A genuinely chilling story, and an even more disturbing psychological outcome. Are you taking note of this very serious and very real effect, Sturgeon and your ideologically pandering cronies? No, of course you are not.
This is the logical outcome of your 'policies', and you should all be held to account. For each rape or attack inflicted on a woman who then feels unable to report it, or afraid to seek help for it, from the very services that have need set up to do so, let's add another 10 years onto your prison sentence. IT IS YOUR FAULT! This cannot be allowed to go unopposed.
What a disgusting and unprincipled environment for women there is developing in Scotland. Utter shame on the authorities that have not only allowed this shocking and disgustingly dangerous state of affairs, but are actively encouraging and seemingly promoting it.
She happens to be a friend of mine and that brings home to me the message of the state of fear that this poor woman feels now, after the brutal attack.
Shame on the Scottish authorities, government enablers and Sturgeon's gender and self ID enforcers and her ideological acolytes. For absolute shame on you all.
Some great comments in here. I generally don't 'like' things because I'd end up having to like too many things, but I really appreciate the insights you all bring. And it's very easy to forget things like this from GetAwayFromHerYouBitch "And Wadhwa's partner was until a few months ago the CEO of a business that is mopping up contracts for services that have been lost by women-only organisations. £££ and narcissism. It's a heady combination."
Thanks for posting. It’s easy to get caught up in Twitter fights but by god this is who we are fighting for. I’m so sorry this happened, and sorry she felt she couldn’t access the support and service she is entitled to. Raging doesn’t even cover it.
Nov 3, 2021Liked by Graham Linehan, mole at the counter
I find it strange that people do not see the Rachel Dolezal connection. Her being president of the NAACP chapter of Spokane, Washington, was incredibly inappropriate. I remember watching the documentary about her on Netflix and I remember one scene in particular where a black woman confronts her (kindly) and says to her that she loves her style, but that doesn’t make her black. Basically you can’t identify into blackness. Being black from birth affects the way your life unfolds in a profound depending on where you live, similarly, Being a woman profoundly affects how your unfolds. The genetic differences between a black person and a white person and a male and a female are far smaller. The genes that make a person black simply involve melanin production. The genes that make you a man or a woman have a profound effect on your physiology.
If black Americans can rightly object to a white woman pretending to be black by changing her appearance and serving as the chapter president of the NAACP, why can’t women object to a man masquerading as a woman running a rape crisis shelter?
Thank you for posting this story. It is enraging. I want to send my warmest wishes to her.
My local homeless hostel, run by St Mungo's, is a Stonewall champion, and allows GRC AND non-GRC-holding males access to its Womens Hostel, as a matter of policy. It knows about the Equality Act; knows it can exclude men, but it chooses not to. When challenged on this, after the Mail broke the story of Mark/Melissa Addis, a man convicted of domestic abuse, who harassed women there, it used its membership of Stonewall as part of its argument. St Mungo's said they they were proud to be trans-inclusive and were 'a top LGBT employer'...As if women who've ended up homeless give a shiny shit how happy Stonewall Membership makes those who are meant to be putting THEM first feel...
No one is going to forget Mridil Wadhwa, at least no one who cares about the rights of women. It seems almost inconceivable that this is a real life situation, it's like scary fiction.
If Wadhwa was a woman touting some ideology as a way of judging and punishing highly vulnerable women she was supposed to be providing a service to, on religious grounds, for example, she wouldn't be considered suitable, she'd rightly be removed. And one fit to be in the positions they hold would be supporting her.
But Wadhwa isn't a woman, he is a misogynistic man who is not only judging, and enforcing the judgement of vulnerable women, he is potentially causing them further harm. And he's doing it with the consent and approval of people who could get rid of him. But instead they're yielding to the exponents of a toxic gender ideology.
How is this being allowed to happen? No one is trying to conceal what's going or hushing up the people responsible. They are saying this isn't just tolerable, it's right, it's meritorious. But I don't think it's madness, it's the result of the most chauvanist, exploitative and repugnant men getting what they want. They're not going to stop until they're made to stop.
Unimportant, irrelevant but hey, if you do get the courage to speak up and need counsel, a little guilt tripping and indoctrination won’t hurt, right ?
This leaves me with a feeling that this is actually a weird perversion, under the guise of guidance and healing.
The account above is heartbreaking- no one should feel unsafe accessing a crisis center or calling the police due to fear of being characterized as a bigot, having no guarantees about being able to work with someone who is the same sex, and worse, concern that your views, if expressed could be viewed as criminal. I really hope that in the meantime, that the woman who wrote the account above has found the support necessary to seek legal redress against the man who inflicted serious physical and emotional injuries in her.
It is my hope that the SNP will be forced to reckon with their appalling policies at the ballot box. These policies are inherently misogynistic, and do not protect women.
Absolutely disgusting and actually quite surreal that this is happening in 2021, as if the last century's advances in safeguarding women have been dropped.
This man talking about 'reframing the trauma' of rape victims who don't pretend to agree with his batshit fantasy, is cult 101. It's bullying, controlling, utterly lacking in basic human decency and probably sociopathic. But as ever with this subject, we'll only read it here and the mainstream media will ignore it - hence Nicola Sturgeon is able to display her inclusivity and tolerance by standing next to Mr Stunning & Brave.
Absolutely appalling that a woman feels like this when she should be cared for and protected. We are losing what we fought hard for, just to appease a handful of entitled male fetishists!!! So angry!!!!
A genuinely chilling story, and an even more disturbing psychological outcome. Are you taking note of this very serious and very real effect, Sturgeon and your ideologically pandering cronies? No, of course you are not.
This is the logical outcome of your 'policies', and you should all be held to account. For each rape or attack inflicted on a woman who then feels unable to report it, or afraid to seek help for it, from the very services that have need set up to do so, let's add another 10 years onto your prison sentence. IT IS YOUR FAULT! This cannot be allowed to go unopposed.
What a disgusting and unprincipled environment for women there is developing in Scotland. Utter shame on the authorities that have not only allowed this shocking and disgustingly dangerous state of affairs, but are actively encouraging and seemingly promoting it.
She happens to be a friend of mine and that brings home to me the message of the state of fear that this poor woman feels now, after the brutal attack.
Shame on the Scottish authorities, government enablers and Sturgeon's gender and self ID enforcers and her ideological acolytes. For absolute shame on you all.
Some great comments in here. I generally don't 'like' things because I'd end up having to like too many things, but I really appreciate the insights you all bring. And it's very easy to forget things like this from GetAwayFromHerYouBitch "And Wadhwa's partner was until a few months ago the CEO of a business that is mopping up contracts for services that have been lost by women-only organisations. £££ and narcissism. It's a heady combination."
Might start posting comments on the blog so non-subvscribers can see what they're missing!
Thanks for posting. It’s easy to get caught up in Twitter fights but by god this is who we are fighting for. I’m so sorry this happened, and sorry she felt she couldn’t access the support and service she is entitled to. Raging doesn’t even cover it.
I find it strange that people do not see the Rachel Dolezal connection. Her being president of the NAACP chapter of Spokane, Washington, was incredibly inappropriate. I remember watching the documentary about her on Netflix and I remember one scene in particular where a black woman confronts her (kindly) and says to her that she loves her style, but that doesn’t make her black. Basically you can’t identify into blackness. Being black from birth affects the way your life unfolds in a profound depending on where you live, similarly, Being a woman profoundly affects how your unfolds. The genetic differences between a black person and a white person and a male and a female are far smaller. The genes that make a person black simply involve melanin production. The genes that make you a man or a woman have a profound effect on your physiology.
If black Americans can rightly object to a white woman pretending to be black by changing her appearance and serving as the chapter president of the NAACP, why can’t women object to a man masquerading as a woman running a rape crisis shelter?
Sturgeon's SNP is the reason he's in this position. Thank god Posie was there for her.
Thank you for posting this story. It is enraging. I want to send my warmest wishes to her.
My local homeless hostel, run by St Mungo's, is a Stonewall champion, and allows GRC AND non-GRC-holding males access to its Womens Hostel, as a matter of policy. It knows about the Equality Act; knows it can exclude men, but it chooses not to. When challenged on this, after the Mail broke the story of Mark/Melissa Addis, a man convicted of domestic abuse, who harassed women there, it used its membership of Stonewall as part of its argument. St Mungo's said they they were proud to be trans-inclusive and were 'a top LGBT employer'...As if women who've ended up homeless give a shiny shit how happy Stonewall Membership makes those who are meant to be putting THEM first feel...
See:https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6894599/When-man-called-Mark-locked-threatening-kill-mother-child.html
One day the BBC and the Guardian will report these events. But today is not that day
No one is going to forget Mridil Wadhwa, at least no one who cares about the rights of women. It seems almost inconceivable that this is a real life situation, it's like scary fiction.
If Wadhwa was a woman touting some ideology as a way of judging and punishing highly vulnerable women she was supposed to be providing a service to, on religious grounds, for example, she wouldn't be considered suitable, she'd rightly be removed. And one fit to be in the positions they hold would be supporting her.
But Wadhwa isn't a woman, he is a misogynistic man who is not only judging, and enforcing the judgement of vulnerable women, he is potentially causing them further harm. And he's doing it with the consent and approval of people who could get rid of him. But instead they're yielding to the exponents of a toxic gender ideology.
How is this being allowed to happen? No one is trying to conceal what's going or hushing up the people responsible. They are saying this isn't just tolerable, it's right, it's meritorious. But I don't think it's madness, it's the result of the most chauvanist, exploitative and repugnant men getting what they want. They're not going to stop until they're made to stop.
Pushing back women, in crisis, further back.
Unimportant, irrelevant but hey, if you do get the courage to speak up and need counsel, a little guilt tripping and indoctrination won’t hurt, right ?
This leaves me with a feeling that this is actually a weird perversion, under the guise of guidance and healing.
Nasty, and quite sickening!
The account above is heartbreaking- no one should feel unsafe accessing a crisis center or calling the police due to fear of being characterized as a bigot, having no guarantees about being able to work with someone who is the same sex, and worse, concern that your views, if expressed could be viewed as criminal. I really hope that in the meantime, that the woman who wrote the account above has found the support necessary to seek legal redress against the man who inflicted serious physical and emotional injuries in her.
It is my hope that the SNP will be forced to reckon with their appalling policies at the ballot box. These policies are inherently misogynistic, and do not protect women.
Absolutely disgusting and actually quite surreal that this is happening in 2021, as if the last century's advances in safeguarding women have been dropped.
This man talking about 'reframing the trauma' of rape victims who don't pretend to agree with his batshit fantasy, is cult 101. It's bullying, controlling, utterly lacking in basic human decency and probably sociopathic. But as ever with this subject, we'll only read it here and the mainstream media will ignore it - hence Nicola Sturgeon is able to display her inclusivity and tolerance by standing next to Mr Stunning & Brave.
Absolutely appalling that a woman feels like this when she should be cared for and protected. We are losing what we fought hard for, just to appease a handful of entitled male fetishists!!! So angry!!!!
I know someone who won't use the Ed RCC either. Who should it be reported to?
I am seething but being enraged isn't enough and changes nothing.
How do we get Wadhwa removed?
So sorry to hear this. It made me want to cry. Thank goodness for Posie and everyone else fighting this.
Christ!
That’s terrifying. And totally - but totally - predictable.