"Trans Criminals are not Women" says Priti Patel

Wonder how the Labour Party will play this? Duck and hide presumably after their recent Cervix disaster movie? But maybe not?

There was an interesting documentary recently where they discussed companies like Facebook having changed their algorithm so that the most controversial/active comments stayed at the top instead of most recent. They explained that this one action had changed how people communicated online but also how topics were perceived. This is now filtering down into the real world. Twitter unfortunately is stepping out of the screen and coming to the workplace, the school, the uni and the knitting group. It’s scary shit.

Yes!

Zero fucks given Well done Priti!

Labour needs to wake up fast. I hope they do, but I fear they won't.

That’s the problem with the internet and social media - finding a representative population is tricky.

And why, pray tell, haven’t the Tories tackled this before? It’s been years in the making.

You might make that decision for yourself but why are you content to make that decision for other women and children? Particularly the women of faith who might need to withdraw from public spaces?

Just because you are a person of "faith" does not mean that faith is not bigoted and inclusive. What would Jesus do?

It’s certainly an unpopular opinion currently and good for her for tackling it.

The Tories are not all evil. Sadly a lot of their policies impact on very vulnerable people so even though they’re doing the right thing here, they take an approach that starves disabled people and children 🤷🏻‍♀️

It'll be interesting to see the responses of certain police forces! Especially as this impacts - I'm guessing - how the individual is recorded and where they're placed from arrest onwards and what sex of officer would search them when/if required. Will there be a mutiny from the Stonewalled forces?!

Bollocks.

All this massive mess has happened under David Cameron, Theresa May and Boris Johnson.

So let's please put the blame where it lies.

The fact that the Cabinet can now see which way the wind is blowing is down to the amazing grassroots women of the UK.

Labour are a fucking useless Opposition.

I feel like this is a bit of trying to cover some tracks before the inevitable public enquiry into stonewall.

1 The low number of prosecutions and the low number of convictions, means that there is no way of knowing how many rapes have involved transwomen as a perpetrator and have not been prosecuted/convicted.

2 A number of rapists tend to discover that they have a trans identity part way through a trial; once convicted and awaiting sentencing; after they are imprisoned.

I’ve been doing some thinking and I think maybe I’m ok with transwomen in female spaces until it comes to any trans women who have offended, especially against women/children

What level of offence would it have to be? Something that is dealt with in a Magistrates or Crown Court?

You might make that decision for yourself but why are you content to make that decision for other women and children? Particularly the women of faith who might need to withdraw from public spaces?

Why do they care now?

Maybe like so many people, they just didn’t know? It’s all been done so quietly and the people in charge probably just let others get on with the nitty gritty and don’t know what’s happening at the coal face.

GreyhoundG1rl Yeah you do. In the same way you dont pre-judge anyone else. Transwomen are no more a threat then cis women. Punish wrong doers, not innocent women.

Taps feet waiting for the pronouncements from the Secretaries of State for Health and Education..

I really doubt “male rapists should not be in women’s prisons” is as unusual or controversial an opinion as some folk on twitter would have it.

I have no statistics for it but I would imagine it’s what most of the general public would call common sense.

Thing is, the shit that bothers me. All this has been happening under Tory rule. Why do they care now?

If the Tories will properly stand up for women, I will vote for them.

I mean, given that much of this mess was their doing in the first place, it's not going to be enthusiastic support, but I will not see women sacrificed for the left's purity mission.