A woman was heckled out of a feminist rally in Dublin because she held a sign which is reported to have said “biology is not bigotry.” The event took place outside the Dáil at the National Women’s Council of Ireland’s Women’s Day event, which was widely promoted by various NGOs and political parties. The event […]
The past ten days has seen an outpouring of shock and grief in regard to the senseless murder of a beautiful and talented young teacher, Ashling Murphy, as she went for a run in Tullamore. While her grief-stricken family sought privacy to mourn Ashling, the dominant voices in the media were largely accusatory against Irish men, […]
In the aftermath of senseless horror, we reach for easy answers, and ignore the harder truths
In the wake of the senseless and tragic killing of 23-year-old Offaly native Ashling Murphy, there has understandably been a viscerally emotional reaction from people the length and breadth of the country. Naturally, we all want to ensure that something this awful can never happen again, and most people (myself included) agree that new systems […]
Some mothers look upon their children as mistakes and burdens. Why?
“So, I have to conclude that it happened because I am a woman. Would this have happened if I had worn a suit, and a tie?”
Women have reacted furiously to one of the very first executive orders from President Joe Biden which they say is part of a trend to “erase women” by insisting that there is no biological reality to being a woman and that gender is simply fluid. The hashtag #BidenErasedWomen has been trending since the inauguration. One of Biden’s […]
Women have achieved equal numbers in the workforce over the past 50 years but research shows that, collectively, they are far from contented. What is missing from our work culture? The answer, suggests Peruvian academic María Pia Chirinos in a paper delivered at a recent conference of the London-based Home Renaissance Foundation, is relationships based on […]
The acclaimed author JK Rowling has defended her views on sex and gender identity after a manufactured backlash was hyped by media reporting and a social media attack campaign. Writing on her blog, Rowling says that for expressing her views “activists who clearly believe themselves to be good, kind and progressive people swarmed back into […]
Famed author JK Rowling has been attacked – and defended – for saying that ‘people who menstruate’ are women. Responding to an article headlined “Creating a more equal post-COVID-19 world for people who menstruate” MS Rowling said: “‘People who menstruate.’ I’m sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me out. […]
It is reported that a woman has been jailed for two years for coughing (‘Woman jailed after coughing at officers’, Sunday Telegraph, May 10, 2020). This punishment may seem a trifle harsh, especially when meted out to a woman; however, last April, 34-year-old Stacey Blackham ‘coughed and spat at police officers after threatening to infect […]
There are two phrases on the flag of the City of Detroit that I believe embody my life and the lives of all women around the world. These phrases are in Latin and when I learned of the translation, these two phrases shook me, down to my core. The first is, “There is always hope.” […]