1/ The death of a black man in Minneapolis in May has sparked protests all over developed countries. He died in public. There were witnesses, so it attracted mass attention. Thousands, including celebrities and politicians, have added BLM to their Twitter profile.
Meanwhile...

2/ women and girls all over the world are dying in private, unobserved, at the hands of violent men and some other women. It's seldom photographed or videod at the time, only when the bodies are found. Rape is happening too, unrecorded, unpunished, sometimes as a preliminary to

3/ murder.
Where's the WLM hashtag? Where are the protests? There've been some in India, after high profile attacks, but most of the rapes and murders attract little attention.
And when there are protests, fewer men join in.
African-American women suffer https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/12/29/791734411/what-headlines-and-protests-get-wrong-about-rape-in-india

4/ violence and discrimination too, but mostly away from the cameras.
Almost all of this violence is perpetrated by men. They go to war, attack each other, attack women and children, and behave like savages.
Where's the outrage, the disgust, the public calls for change? And do

5/ all the men who've joined the BLM movement behave well towards the women in their lives?
Women can have a strong influence on their sons, but only in those communities where the sexes aren't segregated. Without positive role models, the same old attitudes persist.
Feminism, to

6/ me, means an awareness of patriarchal values, of the subjugation of women, which has gone on for centuries, and calls for an end to it. You don't need to have read feminist books or to do a course. You don't need to join an organisation, though there's strength in numbers.

7/ So when I read the word 'feminist' used as though we're some sort of sect of misandrists and extremists, I'm irritated. Why would anyone approve of sexual violence? Why would you think it's OK to subjugate half of the population because of our sex? A majority of women may not

8/ call themselves, or will even say, "I'm not a feminist, but..." when criticising male privilege, but made aware of their own or other women and girls' disadvantages, could be described as feminists too, because they recognise the unfairness.
It's not just women who identify as

9/ feminists who are opposed to men encroaching on our same-sex spaces and sports, and claiming our positions and achievements. I suspect that most recognise that it's unfair, but being called a TERF, a slur, is intimidating. It's one more injustice to add to a long list.

10/ So where are the protests? Where's the anger? It needn't be expressed as the suffragettes did, with vandalism and violence. It should be addressed coolly, calmly, with determination, and reason.
Women's lives matter, and recognising that would be good for both sexes.
#WLM