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Summary

Following Donald Trump’s election victory, women are experiencing a surge in misogynistic harassment online, with phrases like “your body, my choice” trending as men taunt women about reproductive rights.

The phrase, co-opted from feminist slogans, reflects heightened hostility, with reports of threats on platforms like TikTok and X/Twitter.

This backlash arises as Trump’s administration, alongside VP-elect JD Vance, raises concerns about potential federal restrictions on abortion.

Even without a federal ban, existing state laws have already limited access to reproductive care, contraception, and increased maternal health risks.

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[–] zaph@sh.itjust.works 33 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I've seen it already too. Was playing overwatch and the enemy tank was talking shit to our tank and he responded with "I'm glad trump won so someone will rape mercy." Was quite jarring tbh

[–] Joeffect@lemmy.world 27 points 6 days ago (1 children)

And I hope you reported it

[–] zaph@sh.itjust.works 18 points 6 days ago

Yeah whole team did

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[–] BluesF@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Is anyone surprised?

[–] De_Narm@lemmy.world 144 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Fits in nicely with the recent article about conservative men having trouble dating. Maybe don't antagonize women?

[–] Im_old@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago

Sounds like somebody hasn't heard of flirting technique "neggingmaxxing". /s

I completely just made that up

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 125 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

These people are so filled with fucking hate.

Like, seriously, no small wonder nobody actually wants to fuck you.

Yet conservative women always are so confused why their partners are such shitheads who don't treat them respectfully.

[–] ATDA@lemmy.world 94 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Fuck my own mom said Kamala slept her way to the top today. We're done for awhile.

I don't even know yet how to parse the sheer lack of moral focus from the woman that raised me. Like it really fucks me up.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 47 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Same here. My Mom refused to vote for Trump but was unhappy about her vote for Harris because

  • Harris slept her way to the top
  • is not black
  • was violently Antichristmas one year, then all festive the next.

I don’t know where to even begin, but fact checking one of her claims said that it was one persons Facebook post who never responded when asked for sources or evidence

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Her father is black Jamaican. What did your mom mean by 'not black'? Was your mom being a racist because Kamala's mother is Indian?

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That was the craziest part. Supposedly there was a leaked report from 23andme showing she was genetically not black.

[–] leadore@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Supposedly there was a leaked report from 23andme showing she was genetically not black.

Whenever some stupid shit comes out of trump's mouth his minions go put out propaganda to make him be "right". They have bot armies to amplify their posts to spread themand make people believe it (plus his followers already want to believe it so their job is easy). Musk has made this very easy to do on Xitter.

So this is just another example. When he said she wasn't black and got made fun of, they rushed to put out propaganda on social media that there was a 23andme test showing she wasn't Black and "see? he was right!" and amplified it to spread it even more. They do that with everything, like after the debate they put out pictures of grills with meat cooking on them that they said were cats and everyone just believes it.

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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (2 children)

"You can't be two minorities! That's not fair!" - Wine moms, probably

[–] Joeffect@lemmy.world 18 points 6 days ago

If you're mixed race, it's not unheard-of to be outcast from both groups... As fucked up as that is...

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[–] AngryRobot@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

I've seen that sentiment and that she slept her way to the top. It's all just projection, racism and misogyny. Every trump vote was a vote for hate.

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[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 27 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Woah, so let's just assume what she said is true. So in your mom's world the only way for a women to get to that level is to sleep her way to the top. That is pretty fucked up.

What is even more fucked up is living in that world she blames the women for it!? I can't even.

Even a precursory look at her record would show that is not even remotely true, but I digress. After all, we have a first lady (of the night) right now that actually did sleep her way to the top.

So I guess she has some reason to believe it happens. I just don't understand the hate. It is okay for this women to do it but not her, even if that is not what she did.

Perhaps the root of it is your mother is just racist. I think this really hits home for me as well. Growing up I believed my mother loved everyone being a self-proclaimed Jesus freak. Now that she is older she suddenly hates gays and loves Trump. It is hard to reconcile.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 20 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

My dad went on a rant how Puerto Ricans are all lazy and just grift off the system to live off benefits. His only grandkids are born to a Puerto Rican, who passed the bar becoming a lawyer. (Prior to having kids with my only sibling)

Throw in that "no black people can raise kids", and it was enough for me to cut contact.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 18 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Won't let Puerto Rico become a state to advocate for their economic rights. Complains they don't do enough for themselves. We did the exact same thing to the Native Americans. It reeks of a slow burn genocide to be honest.

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[–] ATDA@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Yes she also uses the "she turned black" line as is if that shields Trump from his overt racism from that debacle. As if just accepting everything he says is fine means it's fine...

In real life she never acted like that. The more I think about it the more weirded out I get. I guess I didn't see it through my own numbness being it's just more common here.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 66 points 1 week ago (1 children)

America elected an Incel-in-Chief, so that's not really surprising.

[–] fukhueson@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The alternative was apparently not inspiring enough to vote for (/s). You know, someone who isn't that.

(I voted gladly for Harris)

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes, because Americans are idiots who think that they have to vote for someone they like rather than STOP A FASCIST DICTATOR.

Jesus Christ.

Enjoy never having your vote count again.

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago (2 children)

People at my spouse’s workplace were high-fiving each other on Wednesday. This country is just a goddamn middle school.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I've wanted to cry since Wednesday morning but it's just not coming out. I'm just too numb. If I was around people like that though, I might have been able to find somewhere to go cry.

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

FS, I'm so sorry, I'm not trying to be an absolute dick here though it will sound like it.

I saw this coming miles away, hence sending my family to Europe.

I desperately hoped I was wrong (and Kamala taking over made me dare to dream), but I knew the worst bits of my country too well.

I really fucking wish I had a better plan right now, this is like the end scene of Empire, but with so much less hope. :(

Am I crazy, or did we feel less helpless the first time around?

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[–] tourist@lemmy.world 50 points 1 week ago

why do people spend so much time being awful

I didn't think there was a most pathetic way to out yourself as a rapist

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 44 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Y'all can thank 53% of white women for that btw.

[–] nolannice@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (3 children)

As a 50 year old white woman, I am just afraid that a man will beat me in high school track. That's the real misogyny.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

The only political ad I experienced this year was one saying the Democratic Senate candidate would let boys play in girl's sports. It was horribly transphobic, even ending in a joke about genitalia, but I can't help but think it had an effect on the outcome amongst all the women who aren't smart enough to pair their phone to their car and think NPR uses big words.

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[–] Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 35 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

For a lot of trump supporters, this is why they voted for him. He gave them a licence to be racist and sexist and bigoted, etc.

Al the things trump is, they are. And him being in office legitemises them. It makes them feel "heard" instead of "opressesed."

Granted (of course) hate speech and any form of misogyny or predjudice (all of the above) should be illegal. It should be "oppressed." But from their perspective, they aren't allowed to be what they are, and trump makes them feel like they can.

Its a devastating realisation that i came to whilst watching those trump rally videos where the comedians go and interview the attendees with the aim being ro let them mock themselves by being caught out in a web of contradiction.

When the interviewers say biden did x y z terrible things and the trump simps say "yeah because biden is terrible and an awful person and should be in jail" but then they pull the rug and say, "sorry, i read the wrong but, that was trump who did those things"

When faced with the fact that trump is the one who did all the awful things they suddely switch over like they are bipolar and say, oh well trump is perfect so i dont care that he did those things. Or trump had a reason that made it ok. Or oh, i did t know he did that, but im still gonna vote for him.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 35 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Said a different way:

"In Trump's America, rapists get to choose their baby's mama"

If that's horrific to you too, sorry. See you at the support meeting later where we will be taking money to help people and companies relo to CO or NY where rights are temporarily enshrined regionally where even reinstating "Chevron" should preserve them for a while.

If people who've terminated a pregnancy in NYC go to FL, or even get on a long domestic flight, are they at risk of arrest when they enter or pass through the confederate states?

[–] atomicorange@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Hat pins about to come back into fashion.

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anybody ever notice how republicans talk about all the hope and positivity at trump rallies?

Curious right?

The answer is simple, it's the only place they feel those two emotions, they literally do not experience it anywhere else, it's a cult.

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 25 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Getting an abortion up to 13 weeks is totally possible using the following method.

https://primal.net/e/note1f8yfps35lnzcmu9f8thhvpkprlag70gemhn6krv9l0e5w55tjv7sr06lr3

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[–] AnxiousOtter@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago

I am so surprised. Who could have possibly foreseen that the party of grab em by the pussy, whether women like it or not, and project 2025 would be hostile and antagonistic towards women.

Absolutely shocked and flabbergasted.

[–] zzx@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

I play counter strike with my partner. She usually gets plenty of hate, but the days after the election have been way worse.

[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 17 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Some other post had a comment (to paraphrase) for women the best choice to at least somewhat stay safer is: don't have sex with men, don't date men, don't have babies with men, don't get married. It was called the B4 movement.

As a man who sees how bad it is going to be for women in the USA for 4 years or longer, I can't disagree with the person. Though sexual assaults will go up as shitty rapists think they can't get away with what their president got away with.

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[–] ryan213@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 week ago

Dumb fucks being themselves: I just don't know why women don't like me.

[–] LANIK2000@lemmy.world 17 points 6 days ago

Honestly, avoiding sex seems like a good strategy. Even as a man, I'd fucking hate impregnating someone just to have them die in my arms in a fucking parking lot. Fuck MAGA! You people are the death of America!

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