We can't believe the callous reception we got when we met with @U.S. Senator John Fetterman's aide, Jason A. Smith, to discuss women's rights. This man was the definition of a progressive misogynist. He dismissed women's concerns about men claiming womanhood to get access to women's prisons—an extremely well-documented phenomenon, leading to incarcerated women being raped and assaulted across the country—chuckled at our very real fear of sexual violence, and didn't know what a single-sex space was. A rape survivor left the meeting in tears. Meanwhile, he couldn't even say the word 'rape.' Below is our call to action. Does @U.S. Senator John Fetterman endorse this behavior? Does he support women? Or, like the aide said, does he want liberal women to start voting Republican, since they can't count on him for a smidge of support during a major human rights crisis? Because right now, it sounds like losing half the vote sounds pretty good to Fetterman. Bonus: use this thread to list your "favorite" male inmate in a women's prison. Extra credit if he suddenly discovered he was "female" after being incarcerated. Let's see how many it takes for them to figure out women aren't cherry-picking, nor are we lying about the risk of sexual assault from obviously violent predators. @WoLF @DIAGdemocrats @PA4SexBasedRights [@lgballiance_usa]( ) [@wdi_usa]( )
We really, desperately wanted to like @npub1grm9...hxyl. We love bold women. But she won’t even meet with @WoLF or the grassroots women’s group her constituent runs to talk about women’s rights. Denying women’s material reality is a losing position.