December 2nd 2024- Turkiye’s jihadis s have conquered part of Tel Rifaat (Shahba,Syria) Rojava’s (PYD) said on X the area is “witnessing massacres” by the Jihadis. The SDF is trying to evacuate up to 180K Kurdish refugees
In a surprise move on 3oth November a large force of Kurdish SDF from Rojava crossed SAA territory and entered Aleppo in support of Syrian State forces and to defend the Kurdish neigbourhoods in Aleppo and the Shehba/Tel Rifaat enclave.
The Jihadi HTS and other Turkish funded forces seized most of Aleppo city of 2 million by default as the unprepared State forces fled..
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Thousands of Kurds, previously displaced from Afrin, are stuck in their cars and on roads while trying to leave the Shahba area of Aleppo province as Turkey-backed militants ramp up their attacks in a bid to take the area from Kurdish forces..RUDAW
‘The 100,000 strongSyrian_Democratic_Forces, SDF revolutionary coalition, (which ironically is still backed by the United States after being adopted to defeat ISIS ) rushed thousands of heavily armed fighters from its areas of control in Rojava, through the government-held territory of Deir Haif, to briefly occupy Aleppo International Airport, then to the Kurdish-held district of Sheikh Maqsoud in the city and even to the desperately threatened enclave of Tel Rifaat/Shehba by the Turkish border .
On Sunday a General Mobilisation was declared in Rojava amid heavier Turkish backed attacks
The daring breakout from Rojava by the autonomous SDF Rojava multi-ethnic coalition of militias could even led to military reconciliation with Damascus as Assad forces fled.
Disaster in Tel Rifaat as Turkey lets Jihadis swarm into enclave- SDF fighting back and begins massive evacuation of refugee IDPs
december 2nd -20.00- ‘The Turkish jihadi mercenaries have “conquered” part of the enclave of Tel Rifaat (Syria).
Tel Rifaat is a town and small enclave in the Shehba district which was left as a dumping ground for destitute refugees after Turkey’s invasion, ethnic cleansing and resettlement with its Islamic proxies of the nearby Afrin area.
Tel Rifaat is isolated and right beside the Turkish Invasion HQ in Azaz. /see map. It is defended precariously under shelling by the local YPG/J-SDF and has various IDF refugee camps like Shebha still holding up to 180 thousand Kurds from NATO/ Turkey’s invasion and ethnic cleansing of nearby Afrin, totally abandoned by the responsible international West.
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region 2/12/24- The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Monday said it is working with “relevant parties” in Syria to safely evacuate the people of the strategic town of Tal Rifaat in northern Aleppo province to northeast Syria (Rojava) amid intense attacks by Turkish-backed militants.“Our forces have bravely defended our people in Aleppo, Tal Rifaat, and the Shahba region. We are coordinating with all relevant parties in Syria to ensure the safety of our people and facilitate their evacuation from Tal Rifaat and Shahba to our secure regions in northeastern Syria,” said a statement from Mazloum Abdi, commander-in-chief of the SDF.While the Kurdish-led force is still in control of the Sheikh Maqsood and Ashrafiyeh neighborhoods in Aleppo city, its attempts to establish a corridor connecting Rojava with Aleppo and Tal Rifaat were “disrupted” by Turkish-backed militants, according to Abdi.- RUDAW
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Having looted and destroyed Afrin the Islamic militia’s have agitated for years for permission to attack the Kurdish refugees in Shehba/Tel Rifaat.
Thousands of women refugees joined a demonstration in Tel Rifaat town of the Shehba Canton on Sunday 10th Nov 2019 in protest at the Turkish state’s invasion and genocidal practices in northern Syria. 40% of the population of Efrin (Afrin) now survive in this semi no-man’s land, defended by the multi-ethnic SDF of AANES, after expulsion by the Turkish invasion, plantation and Turkification of their homes and properties
Finally on 28th Nov 2024 the Syrian State forces on the border fled. Next day Kurdish SDF forces arrived to attempt a defense of the refugees and begin evacuation. But the order had already been given.
On Sunday 1st December 2024, 20.00 hours we receive the first news that Tel Rifaat has been occupied by the Jihadis, amid serious fears for the safety of tens of thousands of Kurdish families via the fascist imperialist Turkish/NATO genocidal regime.
2022.. ASSORTED TURKISH PAID JIHADIS ARRIVED, HOPING TO ATTACK TEL RIFAAT
Previous attempt to invade Tel Rifaat in 2022. On the left Turkish kids confront Jihadis awaiting attack permission on the border. On right 58 meter long mass mural painting organised by revolutionary women in Shahba Camp.
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SDF reinforcements aim to hold back the jihadi/Al Qaeda offensive until the Damascus/Russian/ Irani counter offensive arrives.
video of huge Kurdish Rescue Convoy which crossed Syria to Aleppo
The aim of the Kurdish expedition is to protect the 2 Kurdish districts in Aleppo city from massacre by the Jihadi terrorists, as well as the people of the Tel Rifaat enclave, where
While the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its Russian support withdrew from the entire front, Kurdish forces maintain it where they have a presence.
Not only that, but the SDF has created a corridor that has allowed them to contact the two Kurdish neighbourhoods of Aleppo.
The Kurds also occupied the Aleppo International Airport, which State forced had also fled from, possibly along with Russian troops.
The current situation is developing on several fronts:
Syria, Russia and Iran have already rushed to confront the Turkish and US (and probably Israeli) funded HTS/Al Qaeda warlord’s breakout from the Idlib statelet. The Rojava multi-ethnic SDF forces have also broken out and are confronting the Jihadis in Aleppo city and Tel Rifaat
Rebel factions successfully seized control of most of the city of Aleppo, Syria, on November 30, 2024, after intense clashes and fierce battles with Assad regime forces. (Photo by Rami Alsayed/NurPhoto) (Photo by Rami Alsayed / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)
The interplay of external forces mirrors broader trends of rivalry among major powers, increasing the likelihood of a large-scale conflict
In recent days, northern Syria has witnessed intense fighting, marking the most violent clashes since March 2020, when a ceasefire was brokered with the involvement of Russia and Turkey.
On the morning of November 27, anti-government groups launched an offensive in the Aleppo and Idlib provinces. According to reports, the operation involves Islamist factions, including Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a group banned in Russia, as well as armed opposition forces such as the US and Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army.
Infiltrators celebrate in Aleppo City as Clashes continue between government forces and the ex Al Qaeda armed group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in the provinces of Aleppo and Idlib, Syria, November 29, 2024
By the morning of November 28, opposition forces declared the capture of about a dozen settlements, including strategically significant areas such as Urm al-Sughra, Anjara, and Al-Houta, located west of Aleppo..
Additionally, they claimed to have seized the 46th Brigade Base, the largest military base of the Syrian army. Rebel sources reported capturing five tanks, an infantry fighting vehicle, and a stockpile of missiles.
On the same day, insurgents conducted a precision strike on a helicopter at the An-Nayrab airbase. Reports from Anadolu and CNN indicated that key positions, including Kafr Basma, Urum al-Kubra, and several strategic highlands, fell under rebel control.
On November 28, the group Al-Fateh al-Mubin announced the capture of Khan al-Assal, located just 7 kilometers from Aleppo, along with ten tanks.
The rebels claimed that panic and declining morale were spreading among President Bashar Assad’s forces.
Meanwhile, the offensive also advanced south and east of Idlib, a rebel stronghold since 2015. The rebels reported taking Dadikh and Kafr Batikh, and dozens of villages near the vital M5 highway.
Over the course of three days, militants reportedly captured at least 70 settlements, spanning approximately 400 square kilometers across both provinces.
By the evening of November 29, participants in the operation declared the capture of Aleppo, Syria’s second-largest city.
should you delete twitter and get bluesky? (or just get a bluesky in general)? here’s what i’ve found:
yes. my answer was no before bc the former CEO of twitter who also sucked, jack dorsey, was on the board, but he left as of may 2024, and things have gotten a lot better. also a lot of japanese and korean artists have joined
don’t delete your twitter. lock your account, use a service to delete all your tweets, delete the app off of your phone, and keep your account/handle so you can’t be impersonated.
get a bluesky with the same handle, even if you won’t use it, also so you won’t be impersonated.
get the sky follower bridge extension for chrome or firefox. you can find everyone you follow on twitter AND everyone you blocked so you don’t have to start fresh: https://skyfollowerbridge.com/
learn how to use its moderation tools (labelers, block lists, NSFW settings) so you can immediately cut out the grifters, fascists, t*rfs, AI freaks, have the NSFW content you want to see if you so choose, and moderate for triggers. here’s a helpful thread with a lot of tools.
the bluesky phone app is pretty good, but there is also tweetdeck for bluesky, called https://deck.blue/ on desktop, if you miss tweetdeck.
As a Bluesky elder (derogatory) (no you will not find me), it’s important that you all know several other things about Bluesky.
We collectively bullied Jack Dorsey off the site because he was upset that we wanted moderation tools to limit racism, transphobia, etc. Now the moderation tools are powerful and we use them extensively. There have been bumps along the way, but… lol. lmao, even
The site has long been run by strange transgender people over 30. The user base expands, but they are the heart of it. More websites, organizations, systems of government, and other things of that nature should be organized thusly.
The first and most famous meme on the site was a sexy picture of Alf whose hog everybody wanted to see. When people say Alf Hog, this is what they’re referring to. Multiple sitting congressional representatives are explicitly aware of Alf Hog.
Posts are called skeets. You will learn to accept this.
These four devilish anti-fascists were arrested in May after heroically preventing the authorities from transporting a busload of asylum seekers to a prison barge.
Yesterday, all charges against them were dropped! Thus ends the second trial of the 50+ arrestees from the action and so far it’s anti-fascists 2 authorities 0!
May 2024: the good people of Peckham, south London, using their bodies to physically prevent a busload of asylum seekers from being transported to a prison barge.
No reasonable person would characterize another person’s desperate attempt to flee dangerous conditions and find safe refuge a crime. Logically then, UK authorities can’t be considered to be reasonable.
Because this past spring they decided to round up a busload of asylum seekers in Peckham, south London to cart them off to a prison barge!
Luckily, the asylum seekers’ friends and neighbours were not having it and as soon as the bus was full and ready to head to prison, dozens of them physically surrounded the bus, preventing it from going anywhere.
This led to a tense stand-off with police but in the end, the asylum seekers were released and able to return to their homes and the bus drove off empty.
Leave it to the Met, however, to add a sour note to what should have been a good-news story by fabricating charges and arresting 44 of the people who defended their friends and neighbours.
The Defence Fund stepped in to help pay for legal defence of our comrades, and so far the results have been excellent!
The first five defendants had all charges dropped against them minutes after their trial began, when prosecutors failed to submit any evidence to support the charges they were arrested on!
Syria, Russia and Iran have already rushed to confront the Turkish and US (and probably Israeli) funded HTS/Al Qaeda warlord’s breakout from the Idlib statelet, which has now seized most of Aleppo city…
Infiltrators celebrate in Aleppo City as Clashes continue between government forces and the ex Al Qaeda armed group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in the provinces of Aleppo and Idlib, Syria, November 29, 2024
The interplay of external forces mirrors broader trends of rivalry among major powers, increasing the likelihood of a large-scale conflict
In recent days, northern Syria has witnessed intense fighting, marking the most violent clashes since March 2020, when a ceasefire was brokered with the involvement of Russia and Turkey.
On the morning of November 27, anti-government groups launched an offensive in the Aleppo and Idlib provinces. According to reports, the operation involves Islamist factions, including Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a group banned in Russia, as well as armed opposition forces such as the US and Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army.
By the morning of November 28, opposition forces declared the capture of about a dozen settlements, including strategically significant areas such as Urm al-Sughra, Anjara, and Al-Houta, located west of Aleppo..
Additionally, they claimed to have seized the 46th Brigade Base, the largest military base of the Syrian army. Rebel sources reported capturing five tanks, an infantry fighting vehicle, and a stockpile of missiles.
On the same day, insurgents conducted a precision strike on a helicopter at the An-Nayrab airbase. Reports from Anadolu and CNN indicated that key positions, including Kafr Basma, Urum al-Kubra, and several strategic highlands, fell under rebel control.
On November 28, the group Al-Fateh al-Mubin announced the capture of Khan al-Assal, located just 7 kilometers from Aleppo, along with ten tanks.
The rebels claimed that panic and declining morale were spreading among President Bashar Assad’s forces.
Meanwhile, the offensive also advanced south and east of Idlib, a rebel stronghold since 2015. The rebels reported taking Dadikh and Kafr Batikh, and dozens of villages near the vital M5 highway.
Over the course of three days, militants reportedly captured at least 70 settlements, spanning approximately 400 square kilometers across both provinces.
By the evening of November 29, participants in the operation declared the capture of Aleppo, Syria’s second-largest city.
In a surprise move on 3oth November a large force of Kurdish SDF from Rojava crossed SAA territory and entered Aleppo in support of Syrian State forces and to defend the Kurdish neigbourhoods in Aleppo, as the Jihadi HTS and other Turkish funded forces reach the city center.
The daring move by the autonomous SDF Rojava Multi-Ethnic coalition of militias could even lead to military reconciliation with Damascus and an end to defense reliance on the small and threatened US forces. The move is also surprising because Turkey and its NATO partner the US sponsor the Islamic Idlib forces now attacking Aleppo, resisted by the SDF which is also partly sponsored by the US to fight ISIS.
A large force of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) reached on November 30 the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, joining the remaining forces of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) as militants led by al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).
Aleppo Falls: Syrian Army ‘Retreats’ For Counteroffensive … YouTube · Times Of India
The jihadi extremists stormed the western parts of the city and managed to reach its center late on November 29, just two days after launching a large-scale offensive against the SAA.Militants led by al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) widened their control within the northern Syrian city of Aleppo late on November 29, a few hours after storming it as a part of a large-scale offensive against the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), codenamed Operation Deterrence of Aggression.
screenshot– Rojava Rescue Convoy
Video evidence indicate that the militants have reached Citadel of Aleppo in the heart of the city after capturing many districts in the west, including al-Hamidiyah, al-Kallaseh, al-Firdaws, al-Hamidiyah, and Saif al-Dawlah, in addition to the University of Aleppo.
The Syrian_Democratic_Forces, 100,000 strong SDF revolutionary coalition, (which ironically is backed by the United States) has rushed thousands of heavily armed fighters from its areas of control in the eastern Aleppo governorate, through the government-held territory of Deir Haif, to Aleppo International Airport then to the Kurdish-held district of Sheikh Maqsoud in the city and to the town of Tel Rifaat in the northern countryside of the governorate.
Tel Rifaat is a small enclave right near the Turkish Invasion HQ in Azaz. It is controlled precariously under shelling by the YPG/SDF and has various refugees camps like Shahba/Shebha still holding tens of thousands of Kurdish refugees from NATO/ Turkey’s invasion and ethnic cleansing of nearby Afrin, abandoned by the international West. Erdogan has repeatedly boasted he will ‘conquer’ Tel Rifaat with his Islamic mercenaries..Tonight the SDF has arrived in force to defend the refugees.(see also.. NATO okays Turkish genocide of 170K trapped Afrin refugees in Tell Rifaat/Shebha enclave– July 2022)
Thousands of people joined a demonstration in Tel Rifaat town of the Shehba Canton on Sunday 10th Nov 2019 in protest at the Turkish state’s invasion and genocidal practices in northern Syria. 40% of the population of Efrin (Afrin) now survive in a semi no-man’s land, defended by the multi-ethnic SDF of AANES, after expulsion by the Turkish invasion, plantation and Turkification of their homes and properties
It is unclear yet if the force arrived to help the SAA launch a counter-attack, or to evacuate and protect Kurdish refugees and remaining Kurdish fighters from the city and its northern countryside.
The bold move was clearly coordinated with the Syrian government. It remains unclear if the U.S.-led coalition played any role in the agreement
While HTS and its allies did not advance much inside Aleppo on 28th Nov the ex Al Qaeda terrorists and others from the Turkish proxies Syrian National Army Jihadi groups (SNA) made many gains in the northern Aleppo countryside in the morning, capturing the towns of Tadef, Toman, Abu Taltal, al-Shumawiya, Anadan, Hareitan, Kafr Hamra, and Hayyan.
The assault in the northern Aleppo countryside was launched by HTS from the Greater Idlib enclave, as well as from SNA mercenaries settled in Turkish invaded and occupied areas in northern Aleppo, (Afrin and Al Bab).
At least 155 militants of HTS and 28 other Turkey-backed factions and some 79 Syrian troops had been killed since the start of the offensive in Aleppo and neighboring Idlib on November 27to 29th, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a London-based pro-opposition monitoring group.
SouthFront: Analysis and Intelligence SOUTHFRONT.PRESS– map now out of date!
Yesterday the situation around Aleppo was as follows:
most SAA units had fled, either out of cowardice or bribery (remember Iraq, Libya?).
At least a third of the civilian population had also fled.
HTS was in a kind of shambles and didn’t know what to do with the city,
The remaining forces loyal to Assad were also freaking out, just like HTS.
Today: most of the city has already fallen, nine years after the Damascus government expelled the rebels with huge destruction and loss of life– an estimated 31,000 people were killed in Aleppo during the conflict.[28]
DAA receives thousands of returnees from Aleppo, following Aleppo clashes.. The co-chair of the Drivers Union, Waddah Al-Jarijeb, said earlier: “The Drivers Union sent 60 buses from Raqqa, Al-Sahl and Al-Mansoura in the western countryside of Raqqa to Aleppo to transport students and families from fleeing the city of Aleppo to Raqqa.”
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – The Kurdish-majority neighborhood of Sheikh Maqsoud in Syria’s Aleppo is bracing for a possible attack by rebels who have gained significant territory in a surprise offensive against the Syrian army.
The People’s Protection Units (YPG/SDF), which controls the neighborhood, published a video early Saturday morning that it said shows “civilians… preparing to defend their neighborhood in the event of an attack.”
The footage, in which the faces of people have been blurred, shows men and women, some dressed in civilian clothes, readying rifles and setting up makeshift checkpoints in the streets.
“We love peace, democracy and solution,” an unidentified man says in the video, adding that the young and the old are ready to defend their neighborhood.
“SDF controls two towns near Aleppo”, says SOHR.… ERBIL (Kurdistan24) – The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have declared control over two Shiite town in the outskirts of Aleppo.The SDF takeover of Nublus (includes Internatiomal Airport) and Zahra towns comes at a time when majority of Aleppo city has fallen into the hands of Syrian Opposition Forces, chief among them Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and its allies.
Sheikh Maqsood has been attacked by jihadist fighters numerous times during the country’s civil war. The latest possible threat has come from rebel forces led by the jihadist Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) who launched a surprise offensive launched on Wednesday, seizing territory from government troops for the first time in years.
They entered the city of Aleppo on Friday afternoon after taking several villages in the surrounding countryside. The forces have reached the edge of Ashrafiyeh, another Kurdish-majority neighborhood that is held by the YPG and borders Sheikh Maqsoud, according to pro-HTS media.
In 2016, Amnesty International said that Islamist rebel attacks on the neighbourhood that year constituted war crimes. More than 83 civilians were killed in the attacks.
Farhad Shami, spokesperson for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a United States-backed force spearheaded by the YPG, said on Friday that they are closely following the developments and that their arch-enemy Turkey is behind the offensive.
“The developments in northwestern Syria are highly sensitive. We are closely monitoring the developments with utmost attention. Regardless of the circumstances, our unwavering national and moral priority remains the defense of our people and our regions. Accordingly, we will intervene if necessary to protect them,” he said in a post on X.
Rami Abdulrahman, head of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), told Rudaw on Friday that if the rebels do attack the YPG in Sheikh Maqsood, “there will be violent clashes.” However, he believes HTS does not want a confrontation with Kurdish forces.
Other Kurdish areas in Aleppo are Tal Rifaat to the northwest and Shahba to the north. Both are home to hundreds of thousands of Kurds displaced from other parts of the country, most of whom fled attacks by Turkey and its Syrian proxies.
Both areas are under the control of the YPG and there are also regime forces. Local sources told Rudaw on Saturday that the Syrian army has begun withdrawing from Shahba.
Rudaw English asked a senior Rojava official about the possibility of a Turkish attack on Tal Rifaat.
“Everything is possible now. Tal Rifaat is under threat,” said the official, who did not want to be named due to the sensitivity of the matter.
Iran and Russia, staunch supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, have expressed their support for their ally. Moscow said its airstrikes killed over 200 rebels in 24 hours.
Both Iran and Russia, however, are in very different positions from the last time they helped Assad push the Islamist extremists out of Aleppo in 2016.
Russia is at war in Ukraine and Iran’s network of proxies, including Lebanese Hezbollah, has been weakened by Israel.
Turkey, which backs various Syrian rebel groups, has threatened in the past to carry out an offensive to remove Kurdish fighters from Tal Rifaat. It said it is closely following the situation and urged the warring parties not to cause “larger instabilities.”
Ankara also accused Kurdish forces in Tal Rifaat and nearby Manbij of “trying to take advantage of the current state of instability.”
As of Saturday, the clashes in Aleppo have claimed the lives of 277 people, including 24 civilians, according to SOHR.
ERBIL — The Kurdish People’s Defense Units (YPG/SDF) forces in Syrian Kurdistan have reportedly entered Aleppo airport, the eastern Aleppo suburbs of Nablus and Zahra, and neighborhoods around Aleppo following the withdrawal of the Syrian national army.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has stated that Kurdish forces took control of the checkpoints between al-Shahba and Aleppo, as well as the checkpoints in the Ashrafiya neighborhood, after the withdrawal of Syrian forces and the Fourth Division of its army.
Due to the violence in the area, families have been displaced from Tel Rifaat and northern Aleppo to the Kurdish-majority Sheikh Maqsood neighborhood, according to BasNews sources in Aleppo.
Kurdish forces also advanced toward the towns of Tal Hafar, Tal Aran, Tal Hasel, and other villages in the eastern countryside of Aleppo, after Syrian forces withdrew toward Maskana in the eastern countryside of Aleppo.
ASSORTED TURKISH PAID JIHADIS ARRIVE, HOPING TO ATTACK TAL RIFAAT, IN 2022
Furthermore, Russian troops withdrew from the Tel Rafaat military checkpoint and Menkh military airport on Thursday, coinciding with the arrival of large forces of armed groups calling themselves the Syrian opposition, SNA, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, intent on looting killing and raping the Kurdish Afrin refugees in El Shahba camp, PHOTO BELOW.
Turkey has mobilised its proxy SNA terrorists to take over the Afrin Kurdish refugees still camped in El Shahba/Tel Rifaat since Erdogan invaded, ethnically cleansed and settled the jihadists in their Afrin home
Meanwhile, the Syrian Defense Ministry has acknowledged its defeat in Aleppo and said its forces have withdrawn from the city to reorganize and counterattack what they called the “terrorist” groups.
“A large number of terrorists in Aleppo and several fronts of clashes have led our armed forces to carry out a re-establishment operation,” the Syrian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Sunday.
It added that the purpose of the reorganization is to strengthen the lines of defense, protect the lives of civilians and soldiers, and prepare for a counterattack.
Furthermore, armed groups of the so-called opposition front reached the outskirts of the town of Maarat al-Numan in northwestern Syria, 33 km south of Idlib, and took control of the entire town.
The little boy made blaster gun noises, for no reason except that they were inside him and needed to come out. I winced, the mum winced, and the dad turned round and smiled at him. ‘What are you doing? Come here.’ He pulled the child closer and ruffled his mouse-blond hair.[Page.107, A Flat Place, Noreen Masud.…]
To men, a little boy holding a toy gun is just a little boy holding a toy gun, yet to women, it’s a symbol of a lifetime of fear.
This is because attitudes towards violence, whether perceived or real, differ depending on whose perspective it is being viewed from, hence why women feel the need to cross the road when they see a man walking behind them, whereas men think nothing of it, continuing on their way as if their lives aren’t at risk (because they’re not). It’s girls and women who are at risk, and the perpetrators, overwhelmingly, are men…
Toxic masculinity has created a national emergency, with the figures to back it up.
The latest statistics from the National Police Chiefs’ Council analysis (2024) reveal that two million women a year are estimated to be the victims of male violence, with one woman being killed by a man every three days on average.
Spanish Women’s 8th March General Strike against Patriarchy!
The analysis goes on to report that crimes including stalking, harassment, sexual assault, and domestic violence affect one in twelve women in England and Wales, with the number of recorded offences having grown by 37% in the past five years (they now run at 3,000 offences a day, adding up to 20% of all police-recorded crimes/more than one million offences a year). And, worryingly, the perpetrators are getting younger.
Data shows the fastest-growing groups of domestic abuse offenders are teenage boys aged 16 to 19.
There are a multitude of factors that play a role in violence against girls and women, particularly amongst a younger demographic, with issues of widespread misogyny being at the forefront.
Depictions of women in the media, for example, including porn which has very little, if any safeguarding measures in place to prevent young people from viewing its content, has put a skewed image in people’s minds regarding consent and what it means to be in a healthy relationship.
BDSM, which is a very specific sexual preference (note the word preference. It is not the norm) has been put forth as the ‘mainstream’ on sites like Pornhub. And when porn is the first experience that many people have with sex, this means that boys are growing up thinking that strangulation, for example, is a necessary element of sex that all women want.
What’s more, when girls watch porn too (yes, women do watch porn, despite the stereotypes), and they are also seeing such content that portrays what is undoubtedly abuse, if it’s not consensual, as the ‘norm’, they are at risk of putting themselves in dangerous situations, believing that this is ‘just what is expected’ of them.
So, what can we do about it
It’s not enough to have porn sites asking people to confirm if they are 18 or above with the click of a button. We’ve all been kids once, and we all know that curiosity gets the better of us and a ‘yes or no’ isn’t going to stop children from accessing harmful material.
To protect women’s lives then, we must safeguard the minds of our children, reminding them, several times daily, that oppression towards women is never acceptable.
It’s not acceptable (ever) that women must live with snipers poised against their chests solely for being born the so-called ‘lesser’ sex.
When a national emergency requires a national effort to rectify, we need an overhaul to the system to ensure that boys are protected from having their minds corrupted, and girls and women are protected from having their bodies violated.
It baffles me how, in the past, and still today in many countries around the world, women have been* (*are) treated as ‘subordinates’, whilst men are treated as the ‘superiors’, when women, quite literally, made every single man on the planet.
It baffles me how, the very same men that we birthed, have the audacity to tell us that; ‘we’re only good enough for the kitchen’, and that, ‘we’re only here to look pretty and serve men’/ that ‘the world wasn’t made for women’, when women quite literally made the whole world.
I just don’t get how men have the cheek to tell us that, when, without us they wouldn’t even be here.
I just don’t get it.
Completely nonsensical.
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