In this po-faced tinkering with the legacy of dead heroines,the endemic male violence women face today is so easily forgottenThe Scottish Tories and the ragingly brocialist club that is the Labour party possess called for a readjustment of the suffragettes’ legacy, with pardons for women convicted of arson and vandalism. What a whitewash. What a cover-up. What a cheap and easy lag, and conferring a gloss of feministic sanctity over any political leader who makes this happen,while requiring minimum effort and ignoring the many challenges that women still face in our fight for emancipation from abuse, violation, and harassment,discrimination and exploitation today. Related: Labour pledges posthumous pardons for suffragettes Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk