Mick Hartley

The BBC this morning – Are women getting angrier?

An annual poll by Gallup suggests that women, on average worldwide, have been getting angrier over the past 10 years. Why might this be?

Something of a mystery, it seems.

Scroll down and we're directed to the BBC 100 Women 2022 list. Top of the list, of course, is a Palestinian Human Rights campaigner, but we'll pass on that because, lower down, we find two, um, men. Trans women, that is. They are Erika Hilton, an LGBTQ+ campaigner and politician from Brazil, and Efrat Tilma, an LGBTQ+ campaigner and volunteer with the Israeli Police. So two places in the BBC's list of top women of the year are men, and two women who might otherwise have been celebrated are not being celebrated.

Erika Hilton featured in a Reduxx article back in June:

A Brazilian feminist is reportedly facing up to 25 years in prison after being charged for calling a trans-identified male politician a “man” in a case she says she hopes will wake the world up about the impact of gender ideology on women’s rights.

Isabela Cêpa, also known by her social media handle FEMINISA, is a feminist influencer well-known in Brazil for her advocacy on the issues of sexual and domestic violence. She spoke exclusively to Reduxx on what she describes as “unconstitutional” criminal charges that have been formally lodged against her by the State on behalf of a trans-identified male politician – Erika Hilton of the Socialism and Liberty Party.

Hilton was elected to São Paolo’s municipal government in November of 2020, winning his seat by a landslide that gave him the title of the most voted-for ‘woman’ in Brazil.

At the time of his victory, Hilton was celebrated in international media as being a “symbolic triumph” for transgender people. Hilton was amongst the top 10 most-voted for candidates in all of Brazil, and was touted as the “only woman” to make the list.

It was the widespread announcement of his victory that first put him on Cêpa’s radar.

“At the time I didn’t even know who this person was. I just saw a headline on an Instagram page celebrating that ‘the most voted woman in São Paulo is a transwoman,'” she says, recounting how her ordeal began, “Then, I shared a video with my followers saying I was disappointed to hear that the most voted-for woman in São Paulo – later found out that it was in the entire country – was a man.”

Cêpa says she left her home to go shopping, and when she had returned, a veritable firestorm of outrage had broken out, one which quickly spiraled out of control….

Last year, Hilton announced he would be suing 50 people for “transphobic” remarks, but as of right now Cêpa says she is the only one who has been formally targeted. In reports made across Brazilian media last year, Hilton appeared to be using the threat of suing feminists as a re-election strategy, rallying his supporters around the idea he will sue them after having them criminally convicted, and give the settlement money to other trans-identified people.

Cêpa says she hopes her ordeal will show how women are losing basic constitutional rights to validate the feelings of males.

“This case is not about a hate crime, but about a difference in political views. No one can impose upon a woman a belief that her sex is irrelevant.”

A male trans politician who's campaigning to silence any woman who dares to say he's a man is one of the BBC's 100 top women of they year.

So why are women getting angrier? Yep, it's a mystery….