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Highlights from debate on #IDEVAW2020 debates yesterday.
"I am a woman—an adult human female—and my life, like the lives of many women, has been shaped by the fear and reality of male violence against women." @JohannLamont https://www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/debate-making-scotland-equally-safe-marking-the-annual-international-day-for-the-elimination-of-violence-against-women-november-26-2020?clip_start=16:28:37&clip_end=16:29:42
"I am a woman—an adult human female—and my life, like the lives of many women, has been shaped by the fear and reality of male violence against women." @JohannLamont https://www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/debate-making-scotland-equally-safe-marking-the-annual-international-day-for-the-elimination-of-violence-against-women-november-26-2020?clip_start=16:28:37&clip_end=16:29:42
"The 20-year-old me, like many other sisters, refused to stay in my lane and persisted in demanding that the rights of women be addressed. For what it is worth, this 63-year-old
me has no intention of getting back in the lane either" https://twitter.com/scottishlabour/status/1332026522979495941?s=20
me has no intention of getting back in the lane either" https://twitter.com/scottishlabour/status/1332026522979495941?s=20
In fact, watch all of her speech!
"Today is a time for reflection, remembrance,
resolution and, yes, rage." https://www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/debate-making-scotland-equally-safe-marking-the-annual-international-day-for-the-elimination-of-violence-against-women-november-26-2020?clip_start=16:28:34&clip_end=16:33:01
"Today is a time for reflection, remembrance,
resolution and, yes, rage." https://www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/debate-making-scotland-equally-safe-marking-the-annual-international-day-for-the-elimination-of-violence-against-women-november-26-2020?clip_start=16:28:34&clip_end=16:33:01
"..the term “gender-based violence” is euphemistic... I make no apologies for restating that we should call it what it is: male violence against women. We should do that no matter how squeamish it makes some men feel." @JoanMcAlpine https://www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/debate-making-scotland-equally-safe-marking-the-annual-international-day-for-the-elimination-of-violence-against-women-november-26-2020?clip_start=16:16:41&clip_end=16:16:59
"No other protected group is killed at that rate or on that scale.Therefore, it is surely time that we acknowledge it for what it is: a hate crime." https://www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/debate-making-scotland-equally-safe-marking-the-annual-international-day-for-the-elimination-of-violence-against-women-november-26-2020?clip_start=16:17:24&clip_end=16:18:16
In fact, watch all of Joan as well! https://www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/debate-making-scotland-equally-safe-marking-the-annual-international-day-for-the-elimination-of-violence-against-women-november-26-2020?clip_start=16:16:08&clip_end=16:20:52
"Death by strangulation is murder; it is not a sex game gone wrong"
"I also believe that the continued commodification of
women’s bodies and the glamorisation of prostitution is a backward step in this battle." @GillianMSP https://www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/debate-making-scotland-equally-safe-marking-the-annual-international-day-for-the-elimination-of-violence-against-women-november-26-2020?clip_start=16:26:23&clip_end=16:27:56
"I also believe that the continued commodification of
women’s bodies and the glamorisation of prostitution is a backward step in this battle." @GillianMSP https://www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/debate-making-scotland-equally-safe-marking-the-annual-international-day-for-the-elimination-of-violence-against-women-november-26-2020?clip_start=16:26:23&clip_end=16:27:56
"Scotland is not equally safe...women still face...workplace sexual harassment, pregnancy discrimination, domestic abuse, female genital mutilation, so-called honour crimes, sexual assault, rape, trafficking, stalking & prostitution." @RBFMaguire https://www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/debate-making-scotland-equally-safe-marking-the-annual-international-day-for-the-elimination-of-violence-against-women-november-26-2020?clip_start=16:37:55&clip_end=16:38:56
"as long as female bodies are objectified, commodified and
reduced to something to be bought and sold, used and traded, we will not have equality and we will not have justice. Prostitution is violence." @RBFMaguire https://www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/debate-making-scotland-equally-safe-marking-the-annual-international-day-for-the-elimination-of-violence-against-women-november-26-2020?clip_start=16:38:56&clip_end=16:39:57
reduced to something to be bought and sold, used and traded, we will not have equality and we will not have justice. Prostitution is violence." @RBFMaguire https://www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/debate-making-scotland-equally-safe-marking-the-annual-international-day-for-the-elimination-of-violence-against-women-november-26-2020?clip_start=16:38:56&clip_end=16:39:57
