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Misgendering and abusive male pattern behaviour

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lisamuggeridge · 16/07/2018 20:13

As far as I was aware all mothers had a legal responsibilit to identify and stand up to male pattern abusive behaviour. Its fairly well defined, the duluth wheel, intersectionality, case law, we know what abusive behaviour is. If someone is demonstrating male pattern abusive behaviour they are expressing their gender, so how can you be misgendering them by identifying and managing that risk? Are we not legally required to disregard identity when male pattern abusive behaviour is demonstrated? Has this changed?

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Prawnofthepatriarchy · 17/07/2018 00:53

Placemarking.

lisamuggeridge · 17/07/2018 00:04

The level of influence from porn, the hyper sexualised avatars of little girls, using teenage girls as an expression of your internal sexual identity. Its extreme. That ois what jeapordises trans rights. THat that has been accepted and normalised and seen as synonymous. Not women discussing existing law and being able to recognise a dangerous male.

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ToeToToe · 16/07/2018 23:57

and an obscene level of obsession with sex.

I just wanted to mention the absolute truth of this. I'm sure a lot of transpeople are living quietly, etc, but those transactivists on twitter, those transwomen posting on hashtags like #GirlsLikeUs - it's all a porntastic obsession.

It's on a level that is of real concern to the safety of vulnerable children - especially when you see 10yr old grag queens paraded about. This is grooming. Male sexual rights - and women and children's boundaries and safety being eroded.

lisamuggeridge · 16/07/2018 23:32

Oh wait, the word confusion wasnt what I was looking for. There is no confusion here because these things are static which is why wre have laws and systems that are shaped by this. There is no confusion here, because when you are discussing splits in offending rates and care application rates and the sex split is regularlt in the over 90% one way, then there cant be any confusion can there. That would be ludicrous. Male pattern abusive behaviour is the correct term, we do have sits of political responsibility for it and mothers are the bottom line of that political responsibility and htis is Mumsnet so every mother on here knows this bottom line. So I dont think it can be confusion at all, I think its something else much more familiar.

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lisamuggeridge · 16/07/2018 23:28

As over 90% of care orders are made with the mother as the primary applicant(Cafcass website, national statistics, or I could send you the original research I have done repeatedly monitoring this, and as violent offending rates are similarly at 95-98% sex split am not entirely sure of the reason for the confusion and as the freedom programme, criminal law, public family law and private family law have been shaped around this and this is the core of intersectionality, in fact this IS intersectionality, I am confused as to why you would be confused by any of this. Are you sure its confusion cos those rates dont change year on year, the sex split doesnt change..

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pombear · 16/07/2018 23:22

Oh hi Snappity you're back. You went a bit quiet, once the other thread called you out on describing sport that denoted women's sports as 'patronising as fuck' and your suggestion that women should look at new sports such as 'ducking under a bar'.

Nice to have you back, commenting on women's issues. I thought you'd decided to post a lot less, after the rational and overwhelming challenge to your points that followed.

But good to seeing you go after Lisa. Seeing as she's a familiar target for trans rights activistis, I'm really not surprised the kraken has been awakened!

lisamuggeridge · 16/07/2018 22:58

So far I have ONLY seen transphobia used to silence those clearly being faced with male pattern abusive behaviour. Inclusion in equality legislation does ont get you dominion over other people, it is barely recognition equality is contested., this notion that it and gender recognition means women have to lose the ability to identify and manage male pattern abusive behaviour, that it means safeguarding is done and gives one group dominion over all others is batshit. The media debate on this is extraordinary, and yet here we are, a safeguarding debate requested, women now threatened routinely and a massive demonstration of male pattern abusive behaviour as activism with institutional backing. THAT is what will jeapordise trans rights, not mothers pointig out existing law and responsibilities and the context.

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BeyondRadicalisationPortal · 16/07/2018 22:58

Marking my place to read in the morning

theOtherPamAyres · 16/07/2018 22:32

TRAs make a big old fuss about misgendering.

As though it were an act of violence. As though it were an indicator of something that they call Transphobia.

As though it were a hate crime.

It is my understanding that is no such thing as a transphobic hate crime. It doesn't exist on the statute books. However, TRAs have persuaded the government that one should be created.

Not only that. They may have persuaded the government that transphobic hate crimes should be seen as 'aggravated' criminal offences. Magistrates and Justices would have to hand out heavier penalties for transphobically aggravated offences.

Until such time as there is a law against it, then we do not have to be brow-beaten into accepting that misgendering is a thing.

But here's the important bit. Since misgendering is a made-up tactic to gag unbelievers, we need to challenge the government's plans to introduce 'transphobic' crimes. There is a big difference between assaulting a transperson because they are trans, and calling someone 'Mister'.

lisamuggeridge · 16/07/2018 22:19

I think its a great idea re: Freedom Programme doing Mumsnet training. Really.

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TellsEveryoneRealFacts · 16/07/2018 22:16

They have said they will consider it at the next office meeting

That is great news - happy to donate to the training costs if MNHQ is finding problems in funding this...when is the next office meeting?

KataraJean · 16/07/2018 22:15

Sex = male/female
Gender = masculine/feminine

Gender is a socially accepted set of behaviours, attributes and ways of expression seen to be masculine. I do not believe it is something innate in an individual.

Otherwise we need to accept that someone adopting socially conventional masculine behaviours makes you male; someone adopting socially conventional feminine behaviours is female.

I really think the nineteenth to mid-twentieth century power hierarchies you mean were (and remain) sex-based. Women were disadvantaged economically because they were the reproductive class, men were able to exert power over women because of the sexual division of labour.

I agree with you that the Duluth wheel demonstrates predominantly male pattern behaviour, but the thing which makes it male pattern is sex, that it is the penis bearers who are perpetrators in the main, not that they wear suits or hard hats (gendered clothes).

Isn’t that the crux of the matter? That we need to be able to analyse based on categories of sexual difference, not gender as the latter is mutable.

lisamuggeridge · 16/07/2018 22:13

''It seems to be suggesting that anyone supporting doctors deciding on appropriate medical treatment'

We have very serious and sophisticated frameworks for assessing contested medical treatment for children, with a huge list of stakeholders. Parents, teachers, doctors, judges, other family members, young people themselves. You'll have to point me in the direction of where twitter and activists managing their own identities fit in that list, cos as far as I was aware a parent would be chastised for ignoring the child cruelty act(section 1) and Children Act frameworks for medical treatment. We do not discuss medical treatment for children, by focusing on adults who have identity issues, we discuss the treatment, the thing its treating, the child, and the context in which they live. This isnt new. Not going anywhere.

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LassWiADelicateAir · 16/07/2018 22:12

I am puzzled too snappity

. Parents have a safeguarding duty towards their children- both parents have a legal obligations to protect their children from abuse by the other parent or anyone else. Failing to do so is an offence.

The OP's posts are presumably clear to her and those replying - but not to me.

OvaHere · 16/07/2018 22:12

The government doesn't seem to know what they are doing. This was reported in both the DM and The Times at the weekend.

So on one hand they are focusing on children as young as 4 understanding boundaries and consent yet on the other hand...

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5955437/Children-young-four-consent-lessons-counter-soaring-number-sex-assault-cases.html

LangCleg · 16/07/2018 22:09

Lisa - we have asked Mumsnet to consider training their mods via the Freedom Programme so that they too are better able to recognise these patterns of behaviour. They have said they will consider it at the next office meeting.

LaSquirrel · 16/07/2018 22:08

It seems to be suggesting that anyone supporting doctors deciding on appropriate medical treatment

Appropriate medical treatment? This is where we disagree. Puberty blockers, followed by cross-sex hormones, are likely (for most) to have significant health issues for the entire lifetime. That is what mothers want to guard against, and this is what you deem 'appropriate' medical care for children. Children are too young to understand and consent to that.

lisamuggeridge · 16/07/2018 22:05

Snappity, the difference between our positions appears to be you not knowing the sex split in offending rates. I am discussing male pattern offending, and this is consistently demonstrated in every country including this one. Which bit is confusing for you? The understanding of this is wound deep into our laws and systems is this new to you? Context you were not aware of? Children Act updated 2005, women can lose their kids for failing to properly recognise MALE pattern abusive behaviour and can be mandated by law to attend courses learning how to. Freedom Programme comes to mind.

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lisamuggeridge · 16/07/2018 22:03

I#ll give examples without naming anyone so I dont get accused of misgendering. If you are requesting a safeguarding debate, a prominent spokesperson in that debate has a history of extreme violence, is CURRENTLY expressing that they believe female consent is not only a irrelevant but an injury to your identity and you state you feel validated by a newborn infant being denied nutrition to gratify an adult male because that male identifies as female, thaht is three crucial pieces of information in a safeguarding debate. That is past behaviour, current attitudes and attitudes to people who are vulnerable. It doesnt matter in that instance that you have appeared in vogue because its a safeguarding debate and THAT is the only three pieces of information that matter. Similarly if you are twice the sizre of most women, you write rape apologism and regularly argue their sexual boundaries are yours to overcome, that is an expression of your gender, even if you see yourself in a different way. Intersectionality was about laws and systems that evolved around these power dynamics. Safeguarding. Domestic abuse. This stuff hasnt changed and isnt going to. Any adult demanding that ALL people around them alter and are subordinated to manage how they see themselves is expressing idsorder. The only way I can account for how screwy this safeguarding debate has become is that media and politics institutoins are not aware of the laws they are the site of political responsibility for.

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Snappity · 16/07/2018 22:00

If someone is demonstrating male pattern abusive behaviour they are expressing their gender, so how can you be misgendering them by identifying and managing that risk? Are we not legally required to disregard identity when male pattern abusive behaviour is demonstrated?

This bit is the concern.

It seems to be suggesting that anyone supporting doctors deciding on appropriate medical treatment is guilty of male pattern abuse and must therefore be gendered male.

I am seeking clarification.

lisamuggeridge · 16/07/2018 21:58

If you are demonstrating the behaviour which the Duluth Wheel will give you an outline of, which is very much male patern abusive behaviour and routinely used to subordinate, and which until the middle of last century was hidden in family units, you are demonstrating male pattern abusive behaviour and recreating power relations to subordinate women. At that point you are expressing your gender. If you are identified as an abusive male, because someone is managing risk you have said you pose, you are having your gender and sex correctly identified, that person would be chastised by the courts for prioritising your identity if you harmed their children. This is the law that binds British mothers, and they and politicians are the baseline of responsibility for this. If you are expressig your gender through male pattern abusive behaviour, it doesnt actually matter how you see yourself. It never has and never will. Which is why the social media debate on this is so bizarre.

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KataraJean · 16/07/2018 21:54

I assumed she meant a person identifying as female in the opening post, LangCleg. But I am tired and I still need to hang out my laundry, so leaving it just now.

KataraJean · 16/07/2018 21:52

No, Snappity, I think Lisa is saying that children should not be given medication to suppress puberty when they would normally be seen as too young to consent.
That mothers, who are normally tasked with protecting their children, cannot speak against puberty suppressants for fear of being called transphobic or accused of hate speech.
These two things are safe-guarding issues.

LaSquirrel · 16/07/2018 21:50

THOSE are the two demands along with a demand that lesbians give up their identity and boundaries and an obscene level of obsession with sex.

Yes!

LangCleg · 16/07/2018 21:49

I think Lisa means "expressing your gender because gender is not an identity: it is a power relationship".