• @Death_Equity@lemmy.world
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    02 months ago

    It is a whistle(like a referee uses to make a sound) a woman uses if she feels or knows she is going to be harmed in some way so as to call attention to her and hopefully get help with her situation.

    Basically, the meme is telling women to shoot their attackers.

    • CaptainBlagbird
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      02 months ago

      What confused me was that a whistle would be used by holding to your mouth, so I assumed I’d made fun of suicide. Good thing it was just my stupid brain overthinking again.

      • @yumpsuit@lemmy.world
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        02 months ago

        A whistling blowgun would be in the spirit of the thread. Some of history’s grandest feminists have been skilled in using poisons