1. When I was a girl I was sold a lie, I was told the women's movement had achieved rights and equality for us, it was essentially done. I was told that through education I could achieve anything, be free to be me. Yet, I noticed the world didn't fit this story #IStandWithJKR

2. that it was dangerous to go out at night on my own as a girl but the boys could go and do as they pleased. That if I kissed boys I would be condemned where as they would be praised by their mates. That girls should be careful how they dressed so #IStandWithJKR

3. as not to be thought easy, but that porn & topless photos were empowering. That what happened to boys was anyone else's fault but their own but what happened to girl's was always a girl's fault. Then I thought, a-ha I have found the loop-hole, I got more educated &

4. more qualified than my male peers- my PhD ranked better than theirs, now I will have equal respect. No. For example, when myself & my male peer sent identical emails to a head of institution, I got thanked for my views & brushed aside while he got invited in for a discussion

5. I had spent years listening to the sexist jokes and comments, the males in question reassured the women present it didn't apply to us as we were one of the boys, and if we complained we wouldn't be invited to these jovial networking events. #IStandWithJKR

6. (I can't list all of the everyday sexism that has occurred, this thread would be too long). But something changed, #metoo happened and we started challenging the epidemic levels of sexual assault at our university. Then #IStandWithJKR

7. as quickly as we were able to speak we were silenced, it became 'transphobic'. We were told that to speak about sex discrimination & female bodies was 'transphobic'. Our feminist group which encouraged women to talk about sexism was banned from campus. #IStandWithJKR

8. The discussion around rape & sexual assault was reframed as to how hateful and exclusive it was. It was alleged that to talk about rape was to deliberately exclude trans by emphasizing female bodies. #IStandWithJKR

9. That young female academics were not getting contracts renewed if anyone found out they were pregnant - nope, can't talk about that as it is 'transphobic' #IStandWithJKR

10. That expected duties & hours were designed with young, single men in mind & didn't take into account the common care responsibilities women had- nope 'transphobic' #IStandWithJKR

11. That pay and career progression seemed to still favour males over females - nope 'transphobic' #IStandWithJKR

12. Every person who says 'transwomen are women' or similar mantras is arguing that women's oppression is natural, that we face discrimination because of what we are wearing, that it is women's fault.
#IStandWithJKRowling #IStandWithJKR