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AIBU to think the media should report people’s actual sex—not preferred gender—in legal cases, courts, and crime reporting?

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SernieBanders · 18/02/2025 14:59

A large portion of the country does not know what "transgender woman" means, (is it someone male being female or female being male?) And using incorrect pronouns from reality makes this worse.

Not to mention it clouds the reality of important cases such as Dr Beth Upton and Nurse Sandie Peggie - at a glance it could be easy for a casual reader to not know why Sandie was so upset, surely it's just another woman in the female changing rooms?

Language matters. Always. Twisting it and using it incorrectly leads to all sorts of misunderstandings, like "Her Penis" or "His Ovaries"

Has there been an uptick in the legally impossible act of women raping people? No. But according to the media, seemingly yes.

Organisations do this because IPSO (Independent Press Standards Organisation), forces them to do so, see this description from the Spectator, who had their hand forced https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/how-ipso-surrendered-to-the-trans-lobby/?homepage-tracking=high_density-article-1

For example this, awful story, is a male, raping and sexually abusing children under 13.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14392643/Transgender-woman-court-rape-girl-sexually-assault-boy.html

This should stop - it's not a matter of "outing" people, as the media often says "transgender woman", but it is a matter of being fair and clear to both sexes

The Scottish Express - has tried to stop doing so - and they have been reported to the police:
https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/comment/scottish-express-referring-dr-beth-34670335

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SernieBanders · 18/02/2025 15:51

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 18/02/2025 15:49

Rape is forcible penetration with a penis, if I have understood the law correctly, @Catza - therefore only someone with a penis - a man - can commit rape, and a woman cannot.

They can, and sometimes do, commit sexual assault, but rape with a penis is a SOLELY male crime, and I abhor reporting that suggests rape is a female crime.

yes thats it. It's not that female people cannot commit sexual assault, but in the UK, rape is specifically with a penis.

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SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 18/02/2025 15:49

Rape is forcible penetration with a penis, if I have understood the law correctly, @Catza - therefore only someone with a penis - a man - can commit rape, and a woman cannot.

They can, and sometimes do, commit sexual assault, but rape with a penis is a SOLELY male crime, and I abhor reporting that suggests rape is a female crime.

MissyB1 · 18/02/2025 15:46

Yes they should report what the person identifies as now but also their real biological sex. So something like
"Michelle Smith who identies as female, but was born male, and was formally known as Michael Smith".

Catza · 18/02/2025 15:40

Can you clarify "legally impossible act of women raping people'?

Errors · 18/02/2025 15:36

I agree and I would also like to know if this affects crime stats? Does a trans woman committing a crime get recorded as a female?

DalzielOrNoDalzielAndDontPascoe · 18/02/2025 15:21

I agree with you. It's true that a great many people don't understand whether a transwoman or transman is male or female - so they (not unreasonably) treat the 'trans' bit as nothing more than an adjective to quantify the end of the word.

Even if the reports said "X who prefers to use she/her pronouns", that would give a reasonable clue that they aren't the instinctive biological pronouns, ergo it's a male-born person.

As it is, people see 'transWOMAN' and 'she/her' and come to a very understandable - but biologically incorrect - conclusion.

Sarah2891 · 18/02/2025 15:06

Of course YANBU. It's absurd to report that a woman has raped someone when the rapist is a male.

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