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The history of the violence against women sector in Scotland

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Feb 9
4 min

The history of the violence against women sector in Scotland

The history of the women's movement in Scotland is an inspiring one, but it is easy to become disillusioned when as frontline workers you...

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Rape is not a woman’s crime, that is why women need single sex spaces.

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Nov 29, 2021
4 min

Rape is not a woman’s crime, that is why women need single sex spaces.

Rape is not a woman’s crime. This a statement that you could be forgiven for thinking is obvious. In Scot’s law rape can only be...

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10 ways to discuss women’s right to safety

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Oct 26, 2021
1 min

10 ways to discuss women’s right to safety

Grow skin at least 10 inches thick. Spend at least 1000 hours collating every piece of information you can find on single sex services,...

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Oct 19, 2021
9 min

It takes a village to protect a rapist

There’s a saying that’s generally cited as being an old African proverb – “It takes a village to raise a child”. It means that everyone...

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Sep 18, 2021
3 min

#HerWordsAreValid

What makes an opinion valid? Many Women in Scotland have been asking themselves that question since the First Minister dismissed as "not...

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Why we need a council ‘Zero License’ policy for sexual entertainment venues in Glasgow

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Aug 19, 2021
7 min

Why we need a council ‘Zero License’ policy for sexual entertainment venues in Glasgow

“People who loudly advocate that sex work is real work so it should be decriminalised or legalised completely, say it is the stigma of...

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Men have the options and make the choices

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Aug 18, 2021
4 min

Men have the options and make the choices

It is always painful the watch to slow demise of a once principled and liberating movement. We have had many examples over the past 20...

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Aug 14, 2021
3 min

The cuts are a feminist issue

Even before we have moved beyond the direct impacts of the pandemic, it appears that working class communities are paying the price for...

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frontlinefeminists

Jul 25, 2021
1 min

Know your enemies

There you sit, all covered in gold, Pretending to be brass. So uncomfortable with the privilege you have that you would steal the...

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frontlinefeminists

Jul 6, 2021
2 min

Women's Voices Matter

Frontline Feminists Scotland has become aware that some of those women in positions of power and responsibility to represent the needs of...

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Opting out of womanhood isn’t the answer

frontlinefeminists

Jun 26, 2021
5 min

Opting out of womanhood isn’t the answer

“How can someone be a woman without being born with the female anatomy? I am only a woman because I was born female. With organs...

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Will The Real Fawcett Society Please Stand Up?

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Jun 23, 2021
6 min

Will The Real Fawcett Society Please Stand Up?

Some advice for fence-sitters: hop on a plane to Kansas, find yourself a fierce cyclone to catapult you into a strange land. Collect some...

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Marion Millar’s predicament inspired me to speak up. And you should, too.

frontlinefeminists

Jun 9, 2021
8 min

Marion Millar’s predicament inspired me to speak up. And you should, too.

‘Transwomen are women’ has become the virtue signal of the last few years. On the surface, it sounds exactly as a lot of the people who...

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Jun 4, 2021
4 min

Invisible Misogyny

The wealth of legislation to protect women from violence, the increase in rights in the workplace and increased recognition of women’s...

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frontlinefeminists

May 23, 2021
2 min

We are!

We are mothers daughters sisters aunties grannies great grannies. God mothers, god daughters, goddesses. We are the wee wummin sitting...

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frontlinefeminists

Apr 30, 2021
1 min

Hey Jean!

Hey Jean yer mans a Bam!! Och he cannae help it he just gets frustrated sometimes. Hey Jean yer mans a Bam!! Och ah shouldnae wind him up...

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frontlinefeminists

Feb 23, 2021
3 min

#ISupportWomensAid

I am a survivor of living with domestic abuse as a child. Before I was born the impact of my fathers abuse was being meted out on my...

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frontlinefeminists

Feb 23, 2021
4 min

Women’s Voices Matter

Finding ways to encourage and support women to tell their stories is a thread that’s run through my life. Listening and learning from...

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