schizoidman@lemm.ee to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agoKeir Starmer does not believe trans women are women, No 10 sayswww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up1109arrow-down110cross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldunitedkingdom@feddit.ukglobalnews@lemmy.zip
arrow-up199arrow-down1external-linkKeir Starmer does not believe trans women are women, No 10 sayswww.bbc.comschizoidman@lemm.ee to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square21linkfedilinkcross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldunitedkingdom@feddit.ukglobalnews@lemmy.zip
minus-squareℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·1 day agoHonest question, why should there even be a legal definition of woman?
minus-squareschnurrito@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·1 day 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-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·22 hours 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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