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Why can't transmen inherit over males?

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Pratchet · 03/07/2018 15:44

Why is this the exception to 'trans people ARE the opposite sex they identify as?'

Looks like genderism to me and extremely transphobic.

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HotRocker · 03/07/2018 16:31

Ah yes, being a money grabbing woman and taking away entitled man money is far worse than anything a man could do, including and especially rape and sexual assault.
I’m sure this is one of the rules of misogyny but I can’t remember which.

Amalfimamma · 03/07/2018 16:23

Imagine someone changing gender to abuse the system

Well i never

ErrolTheDragon · 03/07/2018 16:20

there's potential for abuse

And heaven help us if we allow a female to abuse a male. The other way round...not so much.Hmm

OlennasWimple · 03/07/2018 16:17

It's worth ploughing through the Hansard discussion of the Lords committee consideration of the GR Bill back in 2004 here (If you just want to skip to the peerage bit, there's a search function - try ).

I rather agree with this point: "I felt that either the Bill is so good that it should apply to everyone or that it is so bad that the Government cannot find a way of getting round the issue without making an exception for hereditary Peers."

LangCleg · 03/07/2018 16:06

All the LOLs!

HotRocker · 03/07/2018 16:04

Oh, so they might change sex to bag a nice big inheritance, but predatory men wouldn’t dream of doing it to further their predation on women…
Oh snap, blown up by your own Bomb.

Pacers · 03/07/2018 16:03

Yes, imagine the potential for abuse if someone could easily access something that society’s rules say isn’t for them.

Cui —boner— bono indeed Hmm

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Pratchet · 03/07/2018 16:02

Or worst of all, a man could pretend to be a woman to gain access to female spaces and sexually or violently assault a woman. Never mind the money. That's what matters.

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FesteringCarbuncle · 03/07/2018 16:02

Because definitions can only be changed if it benefits men

Snappity · 03/07/2018 16:00

Why is this the exception to 'trans people ARE the opposite sex they identify as?'

Because if someone could change sex to get a peerage and a multi-million pound estate there's potential for abuse. Or worse, someone could be pressured or blackmailed into changing sex so that that don't inherit. It's about peerages not sex.

TufVoyaging · 03/07/2018 15:57

I think this should be on the AIBU board

Melamin · 03/07/2018 15:54

Because transmen are ................... men? Hmm

When is a man a not a man?

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Pratchet · 03/07/2018 15:48

So what? They ARE men. It's never fair to younger sons. That's life.

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Pacers · 03/07/2018 15:47

Well, quite.

I think the “official” answer I have seen referenced is that it would not be fair to the hitherto oldest son.

Because God forbid we tell someone that their whole understanding of themselves and their place in society based on how their body’s been perceived since birth is no longer valid on another’s say so Hmm