schizoidman@lemm.ee to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 year agoKeir Starmer does not believe trans women are women, No 10 sayswww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up1112arrow-down110cross-posted to: UnitedKingdom@europe.pubunitedkingdom@infosec.pubunitedkingdom@lemmy.mlunitedkingdom@feddit.ukworld@lemmy.worldglobalnews@lemmy.zipBBC@metawire.eu
arrow-up1102arrow-down1external-linkKeir Starmer does not believe trans women are women, No 10 sayswww.bbc.comschizoidman@lemm.ee to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square22linkfedilinkcross-posted to: UnitedKingdom@europe.pubunitedkingdom@infosec.pubunitedkingdom@lemmy.mlunitedkingdom@feddit.ukworld@lemmy.worldglobalnews@lemmy.zipBBC@metawire.eu
minus-squareℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·1 year agoHonest question, why should there even be a legal definition of woman?
minus-squareschnurrito@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·1 year agomainly for purposes like: who gets into women’s prisons, women’s bathrooms, women’s domestic violence shelters I agree with you that in a gender-equal society there shouldn’t be many purposes for which this matters, but “not many” isn’t “none”.
minus-squareℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 year agoSo next question, why are all those gendered? If the answer is the threat of violence, what does it say about us as a society that we can’t prevent it without segregating women?
Honest question, why should there even be a legal definition of woman?
mainly for purposes like: who gets into women’s prisons, women’s bathrooms, women’s domestic violence shelters
I agree with you that in a gender-equal society there shouldn’t be many purposes for which this matters, but “not many” isn’t “none”.
So next question, why are all those gendered? If the answer is the threat of violence, what does it say about us as a society that we can’t prevent it without segregating women?
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