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Doesn't matter if it's big or small anything you're looking forward to matters

I had one inserted 10 odd years ago, and the ladies(!) who did it had zero sympathy and wouldn't even give me Tylenol. I had to take it out 2 days later. Never again.

This is a 2 minute reel explaining consent using preparing tea. Great resource to share with others!

Women still do the bulk of household chores, management, raising kids and the mental load of it all. When cohabiting, how have you shared them, and how did it effect you?

How do you guys decide on what size clothing to buy when you're shopping online.

There are a few online-only stores I'd like to try, but they don't have free returns.

From a UN Development Programme statement:

In 62 countries, consensual same-sex sexual relations between adults in private are criminalized, with 12 of these countries even imposing the death penalty for such relations.

The 2025 edition of the Rainbow Map has been released:

https://rainbowmap.ilga-europe.org/

Here were some key findings:

• Conversion practices are only banned in 10 countries.
• 6 is the number of countries where LGBTI people do not have any protection from discrimination.
• Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Iceland, Montenegro, Serbia and Spain are the only countries that have full coverage of SOGIESC in their anti-discrimination legislations.
• Hate crime and hate speech on the grounds of sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics are prohibited in Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Iceland, Malta, and some regions in Spain and the UK.
• Marriage equality for same-sex couples is only available in 22 countries.
• 18 is the number of countries without any legal protection of same-sex partnerships.
• Trans parenthood is fully recognised only in 8 countries.
• Only Germany, Greece, Iceland, Malta, Portugal and Spain prohibit unnecessary surgical or medical interventions on intersex children.
• 11 countries still don’t have any legal or administrative procedure for legal gender recognition.
• In addition, Bulgaria, Hungary and Russia have laws that make legal gender recognition completely impossible.
• Only in 12 countries, trans people can have legal gender recognition based on self-determination.
• Freedom of assembly and association for LGBTI communities are restricted or under attack in at least 14 countries.
• Sexual orientation and gender identity are qualification criteria for seeking asylum in 27 countries. Intersex asylum seekers are protected in the law only in 6 countries.

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wanted to boost this comment by this community's founder and lead moderator:

WomensStuff is 100% committed to LGBT inclusion. We are women only, and trans+ women and non binary are totally welcome here. Homophobia, transphobia, biphobia and gender critical is not. 🏳️‍🌈🌈🏳️‍🌈

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/29789039

Theresa Garnett (1888 - 1966)

Thu May 17, 1888

Theresa Garnett, born on this day in 1888, was a militant British suffragette whose acts of feminist rebellion included assaulting Winston Churchill with a whip, shouting "Take that in the name of the insulted women of England!"

Garnett was born in Leeds on May 17th, 1888. In 1907, she joined the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) after being inspired by a speech given by the feminist and later co-founder of the Australian Communist Party Adela Pankhurst.

The WSPU fought for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom and was noted for its use of direct action. Its members heckled politicians, held demonstrations and marches, broke the law to force arrests, broke windows in prominent buildings, set fire to post boxes, committed night-time arson of unoccupied houses and churches, and, when imprisoned, went on hunger strike and endured physically traumatizing force-feeding.

Garnett participated in several of these actions as a young adult, chaining herself in 1909, along with four other activists, to a statue in Parliament in protest of a law meant to prohibit disorderly conduct while Parliament was in session.

On November 14th, 1909, Garnett assaulted Winston Churchill, who instituted policies of force feeding suffragettes in prison, with a whip, striking him several times while shouting "Take that in the name of the insulted women of England!"

• Date: 1888-05-17
• Learn More: en.wikipedia.org, spartacus-educational.com.
• Tags: #Labor, #Feminism, #Birthdays, #Protests.
• Source: www.apeoplescalendar.org

We often find it hard to allow ourselves good things, or think we're not worthy of them. But we do deserve them!

Instead of thinking of reasons we don't deserve things, lets think differently. Why do you deserve good things?

Most of us have celebs that make our skin crawl and we suspect will end up being accused of terrible things. What are yours?

It's Friday! This week's game is simple. Reply making a comment about the person below you, the user that replies saying if its true then makes the next statement.

So for example... Person1: the person below me likes cheese! Person2: yes I do it's delicious! The person below me has a pet iguana

Either reply to existing comments or do your own

That you're willing to share? I have made damn near every pancake recipe I could find in the internet and none of them were really fantastic. I don't know what's missing. They just seem... blah?

I'm looking for a fantastic, basic as hell pancake recipe. If you have one. And you're willing to share.

I will repay the entire internet in like... a week when I make the strawberry/watermelon jam-filled cupcakes.

Our D&D campaign is wrapping up after 2 years or so and my character who is a 2 1/2 foot tall Faerie is going to be given some award for service at Queen Titania's court. She needs a dress! I've been using a vtubing set up to play in character for the last 6 months or so and I would love some feedback about what works and what doesn't with this dress. It's very basic at the moment, I have not done any texture work really, it's just a flat colour with a black border. There's no notions or decorations or anything. And I need the model ready for Tuesday so I can't do anything SUPER crazy, but I could spend a couple of days adding some stuff. I'd like to add something to wrap around the shoulders and arms and I have an idea for that, think like a boa but instead of fuzzy it would be a lacy bit of fabric that would drape around and reach the floor after falling off each wrist.

Does the colour work? Should I use a different colour for the accent other than black? Help!

We've all changed a lot since that age... what would young you think of you?

Helped your child solve an issue with friends? Found a way round a work issue? Crafted? Women are creative in all sorts of ways tell us below!

It happens to us all! What's a time it happened to you?

There's a few out there I only know UK ones. Anyone know others?

Hollie Guard is a brilliant app. You input a trusted person's phone number and if you're in trouble shake your phone hard. It sends a text with your location on it to your emergency contact.

Text register to 999 so you can text them if you need help but can't talk.

What 3 words is an app that has mapped every part of the UK and given it 3 words. Even if you're in the middle of a field it's got specific words for the bit of field you're in!

Also not an app but I love the Internet boyfriend skit you can play if you feel unsafe in an uber

Anyone got more?

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The recommendations I’ve seen have varied wildly from 6 weeks to 6 months. The obvious answer is “once it’s healed enough”, but I am not sure how to judge that. I got my lobes pierced about a month ago, and I’m eager to upgrade from the simple silver studs! But I also don’t want to risk damaging the healing process and making the piercing angry.

Any advice is appreciated 😊

It can be a great day, but it can be awful. How is it for you?