Brave. Brave is a word I hate to use to describe the women who wrote the essays contained within this brilliant book, but that’s what they really, truly are. Brave, selfless and brilliant. Their courage in taking on the Scottish government and the vicious misogyny that ripped through the trans ideology movement, in order protect women in the face of the most heinous bullying and cult like behaviour, is remarkable. These essays are eloquent, urgent, fair, clear and passionate, written by courageous women who have laid everything on the line to protect the identity, safety and rights of women. Some months ago a certain male Scottish actor referred to those - let’s face it, women - who question gender ideaology in the face of its assault on protecting female only spaces, services and sports as being on ‘the wrong side of history.’ He expressed this crudely and with a disdain that laid bare how toxic so many aspects of the trans ideology movement have become. Reading this incredible book, I concluded how utterly wrong he and his bandwagon jumpers are. Not least because these essays are written with compassion to all those who question their identity and sexuality, whilst being firm in its message that sex is immutable. These women are the natural successors of the Suffragette movement. They are remarkable. True heroines. They can write too. Oh, my, can they write! In short, this is an exceptional, vital and groundbreaking book.

Fantastic read! The brave women who are today’s Suffragettes 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

This book is well worth reading. An absolutely shocking tale of institutional misogyny across the arts and government. Luckily these women were very brave and showed a huge amount of grit in seeing through their court case, often at great cost to their personal and professional lives. A very inspiring tale.

I can only thank the National Library of Scotland for its crass and bigoted decision to remove this book from its exhibition. While I had been aware of the issue of self ID and potential consequences for women’s’ rights, I was curious to hear from the front line. This book has had a profound impact on me and it is little wonder it is flying off the shelves. As well as the incredible courage of the women (and a few men) involved and extreme consequences for some, it further confirms beyond doubt my own conclusion of the bankruptcy of of political thinking and delivery in Scotland and particularly the complete failure of Sturgeon and Swinney and their Stalinist cohorts. A compulsory lesson for all politicians on listening, the merits of debate and how to apologise when having clearly demonstrated they are obsessively misguided, would be good. A sincere thank you to the contributors from an enlightened and largely disenfranchised male Scot.

I now understand what is at risk. A revealing read. Modern day suffragettes subjected to escalating physical violence and intimidation by cowardly men in masks made me question what country and century this is. No debate, no discussion declaration by males and females claiming to be public representatives, academics, philosophers and influencers was hard to read. It is not how democracy flourishes. It is not how freedom of speech works. Well done to all fighting on behalf of female equality, and female gender recognition.

Excellent book with heartfelt, honest descriptions of the experience of brave women, challenging a dangerous precedent the Scottish government wishes to pursue which undermines the safety of women and children in Scotland. Times we are unfortunately still living through.

This should be made part of the school curriculum and be in every library. Such an important collection of experiences of ordinary women and their battle to regain the hard won rights women in previous generations fought very hard for and shows the complete disregard a government took for one side of the issue of single sex spaces because they want to look “progressive,” being captured by a dangerous ideology and not willing to admit they are wrong.

I feel this is an important book. It happens to be well written, but that's not the point. The point is, that having worked to get equal rights for women since the 1960's (and yes I was there), we still haven't reached that point in the majority of circumstances yet where we've really achieved it. Reading this book is a complete eyeopener about how we could even now be going backwards again to a time when women's rights just don't count. Trans 'women' (biological males with or without surgery) want to assert their right to our single sex spaces, even rape crisis centres and women's refuges from domestic abuse let alone changing rooms, for heavens sake! Seriously? Thank God the Supreme Court has actually come out and declared a woman is a biological reality, though it turns out the battle isn't over yet. I read in the Sunday Times this morning that the NHS have still not updated their advice, Why not I'd like to know! There are still some trans 'women' in womens prisons. All women should read this book, as should all men if they have even the remotest interest in allowing biological women to have the right to be with biological women only in certain spaces. It is incidentally, also a very worrying situation where so many people who should have more sense, cannot see the wood for the trees. A man is a man, he may wear a frock, he may even have surgery, but he is still a prisoner of his male biology. Having a feeling or belief that you are the opposite sex does not maketh the man (or woman) Biology maketh the man (or woman). A belief is nothing more than a feeling about a thought, and a thought has no substance in reality.

If you want to know how convicted double rapist Adam Graham (a biological man) calling himself “Isla Bryson” ended up in a female prison in January 2023 to the surprise of most Scots, this fantastic book explains the journey. It’s the story of how trans organisations and individuals sought to change Scotland by stealth. The Scottish Prison Service, NHS Scotland, Police Scotland, Scottish Education and, most importantly, Holyrood itself were all captured, bit by bit. Even the Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre was run by a fully intact man presenting as female. Anyone questioning this direction would be called transphobic or even fascist by Scottish politicians who went along with the flow for Self-ID. This amazing book tells the story of the brave women who fought back against these powerful forces, culminating in the 2025 UK Supreme Court ruling. Thanks to the Women Who Wouldn’t Wheesht for your courage and tenacity.

Wonderful! Documenting the worst of the years of the ongoing women's rights fight in Scotland during the Age of Unreason we're all living through. They're nearly done with the worst crimes of gender ideology in the UK. Miles to go to get it out of the public servicse and universities, but TERF Island is getting it sorted out faster than any other country.

This collection of some of the many women in Scotland who stood tall and straight against the attacks against women and their rights is timely, well written and important. If a person cannot say what a woman is, don't let them into government or any enforcement agency. Scotland did and women won but it was a big battle to do so.

Interesting book. Arrived on time and in great condition.

Dans The Women Who Wouldn't Wheesht, les principales actrices du combat contre la destruction des droits des femmes en Ecosse s'exprime sur leur lutte pour défendre une certaine idée du droit des femmes. Une par une, elles témoignent de leur combat mais aussi du sort qui leur a été réservé, de la manière dont elles ont lutté en bon David contre Goliath.

A aucun moment on ne sent une attaque contre les droits de personnes coupables finalement de réduire les droits des femmes, on sent juste une volonté de ne pas se laisser faire et de continuer un combat qui ne cessera sans doute jamais.

Alors oui, il y a des passages assez techniques de politique et pour quelqu'un qui n'est pas familier du fonctionnement des institutions britanniques ou écossaises, ce n'est pas toujours évident mais ça se lit très bien quand même.

Et bravo à ces femmes d'avoir vu le loup avancé déguisé en agneau et de prendre les coups pour les autres!

The courage and determination of the women who share their stories in this book is inspiring. The abuse, lies, and violence of the men who promote queer and trans ideology is almost always unpunished and enabled by a media, legal and political system which had been infiltrated by activists and empowered by cowards. This book is an important part of the struggle to stop the lunacy of extreme gender and queer ideology and the attack on the rights of women.