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Council confusion over sex and gender ‘could put women at risk’

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Igneococcus · 11/01/2019 06:52

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/council-confusion-over-sex-and-gender-could-put-women-at-risk-tckzqfmcq?shareToken=742ba73babe3c4cd66f86c33ceec02fb

"A representative of the Scottish government said in an email to a member of MBM that it was working to reduce and remove the social and economic barriers faced by women, men and non-binary people in Scotland, and added: “Although the Equality Act 2010 lists ‘sex’ as a protected characteristic, the Scottish government believes that gender equality should take prominence in its policy making.”"

Time to write (again) to our MSPs although ours would never ever go against anything Nicola Sturgeon decrees.

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Ffsnosexallowed · 11/01/2019 08:40

Boy not bit

Ffsnosexallowed · 11/01/2019 08:39

Imagine the scene. After hours of labour mum asks "Is my baby a bit or a girl?". Midwife looks at baby, who has a penis, "sorry, no idea, come back in 14 years..."

EJennings · 11/01/2019 08:35

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BernardBlacksWineIcelolly · 11/01/2019 07:41

do you think these people realise what they're saying? how can a functional person spout such nonsense

the problem is, it's impossible for these people to climb down (looking at the Sally Hines type academics here too), because then they have to admit to the world and themselves that they've been a total wally.

ZuttZeVootEeeVro · 11/01/2019 07:32

“It is usually not possible to determine sex until after puberty and sexual maturity"

There is no way Linda Gilliland believes this. She is just spouting nonsense.

Bittermints · 11/01/2019 07:29

It is usually not possible to determine sex until after puberty and sexual maturity.

This. Is. Madness.

I assume Linda Gilliland has never given birth or been present when a child is born or at an antenatal scan. Sex is almost always obvious at birth, and often long, long before.

littlbrowndog · 11/01/2019 07:23

Ofgs. Read the below - are they so stupid
Sex, a person’s biological categorisation as male or female, is a protected characteristic under the act, whereas gender identity, a person’s social role and sense of self, has no definition in law. Gender reassignment is a separate protected characteristic.

In one example of the confusion, Linda Gilliland, team leader of corporate policy and community planning at Falkirk council, wrote in an email to a member of the public: “It is usually not possible to determine sex until after puberty and sexual maturity.

“Gender is a social construct and very often people express gender before they have reached sexual maturity and the terms boy and girl are usually used to describe people before they reach sexual maturity.”

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