This weekend groups of women will meet in Wellington and Auckland to discuss a topic one would assume would be welcome in 2023: women’s rights. As has always been the case in the feminist movement, the groups will be disproportionately made up of mothers and lesbians; the kind of women who tend to be more outspoken because they either lack the motivation to shut up or a fiercely worried about the future for their children. Neither group is one that would be associated with violence and hate. In fact, crime statistics indicate that they are among the least likely to be violent.
So how is that this week there has been a complete frenzy in the media about this event? Why is the Prime Minister being asked to comment on it? Why was Immigration NZ petitioned to revoke the visa of Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull?
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