Thank you. Blessings on your gran for putting her foot down; I love her. My mother fought against it, but I was secreted away by my father's mother, as I would never find a husband otherwise. This is not something that can be understood by a man. They argue about circumcision of the almighty penis, and I always reply: until boy babies have the heads of their removed to appeal aesthetically and sexually to women, there will be no comparison.

Derailing with whataboutism, and co-opting others' struggles to defend foolishness or assert ideologies not acceptable on their own merits seems to be the new modus operandi of the western public. It is so frustrating, and as you say, it removes the weight and meaning from words. This, of course is another of their tactics, this changing of word meanings.

solidarity, my sister. <3