CNN host confronts top UN Women official over agency's cowardice, refusal to condemn Hamas for attacks on Israeli women



A top United Nations women's rights official declined on Tuesday to condemn Hamas for its use of sexual violence in its barbaric Oct. 7 attack.

In an interview on CNN, network host Bianna Golodryga confronted U.N. Women deputy executive director Sarah Hendriks over U.N. Women — the U.N. agency responsible for advocating for women and girls — choosing not to condemn Hamas for how terrorists targeted women for rape and murder in its attack on Israel last month.

Hendriks claimed her agency is "deeply alarmed at the disturbing reports of gender-based and sexual violence on Oct. 7," adding that "gender-based violence as a weapon of war is totally reprehensible" and any such allegations should be "fully investigated with the utmost priority."

Yet nowhere in her statement did she condemn Hamas, and Golodryga called her out for it.

"Is there a reason, though, that you can't specifically call out Hamas and the mounting evidence now over seven weeks that Israeli investigators have collected, that we’ve shown our viewers about the atrocities they committed, specifically on Oct. 7?" Golodryga asked. "Because I think that’s the crux of the issue here. It's not just condemning sexual violence against women and in any war in general, it's specifically what occurred on Oct. 7 perpetrated by Hamas."

But Hendriks refused.

The U.N. Women official claimed her agency "supports impartial, independent investigations into any serious allegations of gender-based or sexual violence" before spending the next minute explaining how the U.N. investigates such allegations.

At no point did Hendriks condemn Hamas for its atrocities against Jewish women in Israel, nor did she explain why U.N. Women has been silent. Instead, she talked about the atrocities as mere allegations not worthy of being discussed as fact.

Meanwhile, U.N. Women has been outspoken about how the war — which Hamas started — has impacted women and girls in Gaza, relying on the casualty figures provided by Hamas. The U.N.'s failure to condemn Hamas outright for its attacks on women has led to bipartisan outrage among U.S. lawmakers.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres tried to quiet the criticism on Wednesday but did not condemn Hamas and spoke about Hamas' atrocities as allegations, not facts.

"There are numerous accounts of sexual violence during the abhorrent acts of terror by Hamas on 7 October that must be vigorously investigated and prosecuted. Gender-based violence must be condemned. Anytime. Anywhere," Guterres said.

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UN Women claims 'trans lesbians are lesbians too'



The UN Women account on X declared that "trans lesbians are lesbians too," apparently conveying the idea that men who identify as women can identify as lesbians.

"Remember, trans lesbians are lesbians too. Let's uplift and honour EVERY expression of love and identity! Happy International #LesbianDay!" the UN Women X account tweeted.

GOP Rep. Chip Roy of Texas responded to the post by writing, "Reminder: a 'continuing resolution' fully funds this & the rest of the anti-American, anti-family, anti-Israel, open borders, 'world' government nonsense."

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Some people called for cutting funding to the U.N.

"Defund the UN and end U.S. membership," one person wrote.

"This is not a parody. Any money we donate to the @UN should be stopped immediately," another individual opined.

"The United Nations has been captured to such a level and disgraced itself now to such a level that no one should care what the United Nations has to say again. It is time to untangle our nations from this rotten organization... and all the other ones just like it," someone else wrote.

In another post, the UN Women account declared, "Lesbians have always existed – in all countries and cultures – and today we're celebrating them in all their amazing diversity. Let's remind ourselves there's no one way to be a lesbian or express womanhood!"

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According to the UN Women X account, "UN Women is the United Nations entity for gender equality and women's empowerment."

Both of the lesbian-related UN Women posts tagged the UN Free & Equal X account. "UN Free & Equal is a @UN @UNHumanRights initiative for lesbian, gay, bi, trans and intersex equality #LGBTIQ+" the account states.

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UN Women doesn't think women can achieve in a man's world

Why does UN Women think that men need to change in order for women to fully realize themselves their own abilities, and their own contributions?

UN Women's Twitter account wants you to know that a 'manterruption' is a 'patriarchal act' linked to man's inherent sense of 'entitlement'



U.N. Women, a United Nations entity dedicated to furthering gender equality and empowering women, did the important work of tweeting the definition of a new word this week: "Manterruption."

"Let's interrupt the gender bias instead of the women who are speaking," the agency said in the tweet, likely referencing liberal media claims that Vice President Mike Pence exercised male privilege when interrupting Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris (Calif.) in Wednesday's vice presidential debate.

But the agency wants women to know that they don't have to live under this type of conversational oppression any longer.

"We can all help stop the cycle of manterruption by recognizing it, calling it out, and stopping an interrupter in his (or her) tracks," it added before offering its definition of the word.

"Manterruption," the agency said, is firstly, "the unnecessary interruption of a woman by a man" and secondarily, "a patriarchal act that is linked to a man's sense of epistemic entitlement that makes it very natural to speak over others, and to hold the floor for longer than is proper."

Let's interrupt the gender bias instead of the women who are speaking.We can all help stop the cycle of manterrup… https://t.co/0BSYr2IPhc
— UN Women (@UN Women)1602171303.0

To craft its definition of the new word, U.N. Women borrowed from journalist Jessica Bennett who offered the first definition when writing in Time Magazine in 2015. In that same article, Bennett also defined the term "bropropriating" to describe workplace situations when men "[take] a woman's idea and [take] credit for it."

The second definition comes from writer Kate Manne, who explained during an interview with the New York Times last month that interrupting goes hand-in-hand with "mansplaining."

"It's linked to the sense of entitlement to be the knower and the one who issues explanations," she wrote. "That sense of epistemic entitlement makes it very natural to speak over others, and to hold the floor for longer than is proper. It also makes men more willing to assume the floor."

Following the vice presidential debate, the Daily Wire's Matt Walsh noted that several liberal media personalities had accused Pence of sexism and "mansplaining" during the event as a way to protect their preferred candidate.

Pence dominated Kamala so thoroughly and convincingly that the media's only available tactic is to accuse him of be… https://t.co/273NUzTt0d
— Matt Walsh (@Matt Walsh)1602127404.0

Given the backlash against Pence from some, U.N. Women apparently thought in necessary to put a name to Pence's sexist behavior.

Daily Wire editor emeritus ben Shapiro responded to U.N. Women, tweeting, "Maybe you should focus, to begin, on preventing atrocities against women across the world rather than ridiculous crap like 'manterruption.'"