Women only spaces are an example of attempted female supremacy
Women only spaces exist in so many different ways. For example there are women only train cars and lets not forgot the absolute bigoted prejudice over trans women using female toilets. There are numerous reddit sub reddits where posting as a man will have you instantly banned, i.e. the extremely toxic and misandrist 4b movement. Women will often say they need these spaces to feel safe for example women only gyms.
There are three main problems with having female only spaces.
Firstly having segregated areas breaks down social cohesion. It stops interaction between men and women and allows for prejudices to build. If your points of contact between yourself and a group of people are limited then you lack experience with that group and so your mind fills in missing data which are usually incorrect and often nothing more than prejudiced stereotypes. Often, as you can see with most online female only spaces, you end up with toxic, misandrist and harmful echo chambers.
Secondly women only spaces are misandric because they are telling women that men can not be trusted. This is a subtle dog whistle. It leads to fear of crime which can be far more dangerous than a crime itself. Criminologists have studied this phenomena and it's associated draw backs for decades. One problem is that induces a low level anxiety as people walk around their enviroment scared of becoming a victim of crime which is out of proportion with the risk. For example women, going on a night out, have a low level fear of something terrible happening from a man despite all data showing the woman is more at risk travelling on the road to, and from, the venue rather than anything any man will do. Yet women campaign for female only spaces but not that they should avoid driving.
Thirdly, if you permit gender segregated spaces then you need to allow women to be exlcuded from some men only areas like London private members clubs. This is unfair, leads to oppresion and exclusion. It means that a truly egalatarian society can never be achieved.
The overall problem with women only spaces is that there is no difference between this and segregation laws of Apartheid in South Africa or seperation between whites and coloureds in the south of the USA. In fact it's much worst because right now a woman only space is legally allowed and permitted whereas a men only space is legislated against. This leads to a position where one gender is allowed access to any area in the world whereas another is limited and held back purely on gender. In this way, Feminism reveals it's true face as not being about equal rights but about female superiority.
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