hi all, I could have sworn that there was a thread on this already with lots of useful points but can't find it atm - either my search skills or deleted?
Anyway, the Law Commission are consulting on this (I'm so sure there is a thread - can anyone point me to it please) and are considering putting Gender in place of Sex. Apparently they note that the public want Sex not Gender and that it has been strongly argued that violence against women and girls is strongly connected to the biology (no shit) BUT.....
the provisional view is that Gender is the 'more inclusive term'. They also note elsewhere that transwomen face unique transphobic discrimination. If that is the case, why can't women face unique misogynistic discrimination?
I remember one of the points on the old thread being that transwomen can face violence as would be directed at women but it is only because they resemble a woman and not actually because of their sex. It would be interesting to get some more thoughts on how using Gender instead of Sex will disadvantage women in this matter - can any of you amazing thinkers help please? I'm at the point where I know it feels very wrong but can't articulate why.
consult.justice.gov.uk/law-commission/hate-crime/