Emma Watson no longer believes in women

Eddie Redmayne has two children. A boy and a girl. When they were born, they announced the sex each time

He also seems to have conveniently forgotten who gave birth.

I found it odd that she was releasing speeches about women's rights and feminism and then took the role of Belle who gets locked up and gaslit by some weird narcissist in a castle

So again in my naivety what is the solution? How do we respect everyone’s rights to feel safe in society?

TBH, at this point I’m not sure why it’s up to women to provide the solutions?

Problem: Transwomen claim to be unsafe sharing spaces with men because of male violence. Where that’s the case, that’s awful. I wish them every success in resolving that, whether that’s by campaigning for their own spaces or by educating men. Sincerely, good luck to them with that.

Obviously they can’t expect to take women’s spaces, because we have our own needs for some spaces free from all males (whether identifying as masculine, feminine or neither) so they need to come up with a different solution that doesn’t increase the risk of adverse impact on women and girls, and stop making it our problem to solve.

DaiJai, I agree with DickKerr's solution - a third space. This is already the solution used in many leisure centres because it enables families to change together. Some women don't like family changing rooms because statistically women are more likely to be assaulted in a mixed sex space:

www.independent.co.uk/life-style/women/sexual-assault-unisex-changing-rooms-sunday-times-women-risk-a8519086.html

However, I think they are a reasonable compromise if single sex areas are also available.

Are there any statistics to show evidence of shops and leisure facilities changing the safe spaces to mixed?

Schools are already taking away single sex toilet facilities because they have been told that they are transphobic.

www.tes.com/news/mixed-gender-toilets-have-negative-impact-girls

This is an example of men complaining because they were told not to use a changing room where bras were being fitted.

www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/18302422.couples-shock-treatment-glasgow-m-s-store-changing-room/

“I could have been a non-binary or trans person, they don’t know that.”

Marks and Spencer apologised and claimed:

“The fitting rooms are located within our womenswear and menswear departments and therefore are mainly used by customers of that gender, however, as an inclusive retailer and in line with most other retailers, we allow customers the choice of fitting room in respect of how they identify themselves.”

During a bra fitting a bra fitter will enter and leave the cubicle while the woman is in a state of undress.

These men did not even claim to identify as women, but M&S still apologised.

Am so annoyed. For some reason I can’t get on Twitter - my screen keeps freezing - but only for Twitter. Jks piece was perfect. No reasonable, or even half reasonable person can say any of it is hateful. The others, those with no insight, no understanding, unable to see implications are just weak, cowardly sloganisers.
I detest this type of lazy, weak, go with the orthodoxy “thinking”. I’ve yet to see one person actually pick any one eg of what JK has said and formed a coherent argument against it. Hypocrites too. Eddie Redmayne has two children. A boy and a girl. When they were born, they announced the sex each time. If there is no biological sex, if it’s all about gender identity, how do they know? From the genitals? How desperately transphobic is that? They ALL live their lives acknowledging biological sex, then when asked whether they think its false, the unicorns and rainbows come prancing in.

Formless? As in anyone can be one? Ah, I see....

How can Emma Watson be an ambassador for UN Women?

Easy - UnWoman think women are ‘formless’

Trans people are who they say they are

But - if a woman says she’s an -adult human female- she’s an exclusionary nasty piece of work and is inundated with condemnation, rape and death threats

Funny that.

I’m an astronaut and have written a very stern letter to NASA about their exclusionary policies

How can Emma Watson be an ambassador for UN Women?

Ha! Well I have read the essay and it is just so far beyond something that DR or EW could have written. Clearly, and I say this as an Oxbridge graduate, an Oxford education doesn't necessary indicate that you have much of a gift for critical thinking!!

@merrymouse thank you for your reply. So again in my naivety what is the solution? How do we respect everyone’s rights to feel safe in society? Or is this the debate? That this can’t be done and that women who need a safe space no longer have one? Are there any statistics to show evidence of shops and leisure facilities changing the safe spaces to mixed?

I'm a lurker and regular reader on this topic, and also on twitter, but I'm compelled to post this morning about how absolutely exasperated I am with this. The JK Rowling piece was well thought out and reasoned and having read the arguments on both 'sides' I still think she's right.

And she is not a good actor.

She's smug as a bug in a rug.

This is a tricky question to answer. The short answer is yes, there are cases in which this appears to be happening. However, we are told that transwomen are women if they say they are - so really these men are as much transwomen as any other transwoman.

The problem is that we're called transphobic if we say that they are men claiming to be trans yet we're also called transphobic if we say they are transwomen.

WRT spaces - my personal take is to keep single sex spaces and disabled spaces (ideally increase those) but to add another space which would be entirely unisex. This would not just be for trans people, but would also accommodate people who identify as non-binary, fathers with daughters, mothers with sons and all those people who say they don't care who they are sharing a toilet with.

Are you saying that men are claiming to be trans to enter areas for women only for their own kicks?Or are you saying that all trans women and men should be segregated and use different changing rooms, toilets etc. I’m just trying to understand the whole picture.

Under self ID 'sex' and 'trans' have no meaning. It's not even a question of pretending to be trans. If trans has no meaning anyone and everyone is trans and all spaces are mixed sex. The problem is not just that men will actively try to abuse women, but that women sometimes need access to single sex spaces because they are victims of trauma. Even a well meaning man who seems to pose no threat will be a problem.

Or are you saying that all trans women and men should be segregated and use different changing rooms, toilets etc.

I believe that in the vast majority of cases sex is completely irrelevant, but there are some situations where women are vulnerable and need access to single sex spaces e.g single sex rape crisis services.

You can argue all day about whether toilets should be single sex or mixed sex, but the focus in the UK is changes to legislation that would make it illegal for any space or service to be single sex.

I just had a look at Watson’s twitter - wall to wall everyone’s rights - apart from women.

Typical bubbled Hollywood luvvy.

She is free to have her own opinions, but any decent human being would condemn such vile abuse and want to make it clear that they didn't agree with it.

Sex segregation was the norm, for the dignity and safety of women.

Quietly it has been moved to gender in many, many places.

There is no justification for gender segregation, unlike sex segregation.

Men have hidden in crawl spaces and septic tanks to watch women in toilets, invented fake arms, and mirror shoes to peer up dresses. Why wouldn't they do this? Not that that even matters - women have asked for single sex spaces to be maintained - why can't that request be honoured?

Sorry if I am being naive and late to the game but can somebody please explain this to me. Are you saying that men are claiming to be trans to enter areas for women only for their own kicks?Or are you saying that all trans women and men should be segregated and use different changing rooms, toilets etc. I’m just trying to understand the whole picture.

DIDNT ASK FOR SAME SEX SPACES TO BE SHARED

TWAW means they are. Already. Hospital wards, Prisons, Domestic violence shelters, Gym changing rooms, support groups, the WI and Girl Guides. M&S, Top Shop changing rooms.

All of these pretend to be single sex, but when you read their guidelines, rules and statements, actually admit males if they say they are women/girls.

Pretty much everywhere has already, quietly become mixed sex, you just won't find out until it's too late.

*shits not white. Ffs.