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Why do we think motherhood should be about sacrifice in some way – that every mother should be a martyr? I don’t want to be a martyr – I just want to be a good mum and a good MP.

— Stella Creasy

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Notes from Wikiquote

In the context of Creasy's campaign for maternity cover for female MPs.

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Watching this I am concerned that the prime minister thinks homeless means "doesn't have a country pile at the moment".

"[D]on't feed the trolls" misses the point: if someone is obsessing about you to the point they are seeking out those around you, ignoring them won't disrupt their behaviour before it causes more damage.

We now need the data to know the extent of what is happening, and what we are hearing from police who are doing it is that it transforms the way they deal with violence against women, because it makes the link between misogyny and violence.

What the police have said, literally, is: "If we recorded it, we will have to do something about it." And you think, yes, that’s absolutely the point.

Do I think some women were born with penises? Yes [...] But they are now women and I respect that.

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