Stephanie Rodgers

The women-of-#nzpol roundup is brought to you in the interests of amplifying women’s voices in the political debate and also because:

Well, 2016 is definitely not going to be the year we stop blaming young women for being sexually assaulted. The Herald kicked things off with this column – and yes, it’s by a woman, which doesn’t make it any less sexist – which says in part:

I have a huge concern for the way in which young women behave in relationship to alcohol. While I am one of the first to stand up and say that women have the right to be safe (and have in fact spent many years working in that area), with rights come responsibilities.

The women of NZ Twitter were less that impressed.

https://twitter.com/Dovil/status/689321570368524288

https://twitter.com/Pseudony_Ms/status/689332847979528193

https://twitter.com/GrumpyYetAmusin/status/689332313436504065

https://twitter.com/LI_politico/status/689327663442296833

https://twitter.com/LI_politico/status/689331664091086848

https://twitter.com/VishOnAMish/status/689329611910463494

https://twitter.com/Dovil/status/689325653326315520

https://twitter.com/DawgBelly/status/689324030931828736

https://twitter.com/beingahouse/status/689328062391975936

https://twitter.com/ColeyTangerina/status/689336794890932224

https://twitter.com/kristinhallNZ/status/689324223358078976

(Click through for the whole series of tweets from @pikelet)

https://twitter.com/bootstheory/status/689330545096916992

https://twitter.com/bootstheory/status/689330893865893888

https://twitter.com/bootstheory/status/689331581861756928

And a response from the amazing Emily:

https://twitter.com/DearMama_/status/689372107386421248

Because this is one of those issues which so readily gets dismissed as “oversensitive women who can’t handle criticism”, a few words from the Men’s Auxiliary.

https://twitter.com/farmgeek/status/689335420782379008

https://twitter.com/MC_Odd/status/689329109969719296

https://twitter.com/gtiso/status/689326152188469248