Active discussions

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Feminism: chat

Original poster

Male violence is the problem but we should still keep sex-based protections

53 replies

Whatiswrongwithmyknee · 28/01/2022 23:42

A conversation with a friend last night re: trans issues. She said that the problem is male violence and that trying to manage the issue by providing female-only spaces is stopping people focusing on that as the core problem. Hence she's not worried that we now have no protected female spaces.

I can see where she's coming from but using this as an argument to let transwomen into female spaces seems a bit shit to me tbh. It's like saying that crime is the problem so lets focus on doing something about the causes of crime rather than having a police force. Yes we need to do something about male violence but whilst we are doing so we also need to listen to the victims of that regarding the supports they need.

Can you help me think through why this is not an OK stance to take?

OP posts:
1Week · 29/01/2022 00:09

@SportsMother

This is equivalent to the fool I read that thinks the way to stop sexual assaults on women is to prohibit single sex schools.
That Irish journalist was it, after poor Ashling Murphys death.

The great and good in Ireland still so bravely battle against an enemy that's dead 20 years. The priests aren't our fucking problem any more. But today's problems? Nah. It might interfere with the the telly round table to NGO to politics roundabout.

FOJN · 28/01/2022 23:59

If someone is going to commit a crime they need means, motive and opportunity; single sex spaces reduce opportunity and are important in making women feel safer.

When we fix male violence we can abandon single sex spaces until then they are necessary mitigation against it.

Wearing a seat belt doesn't prevent car accidents but I still wear one.

SportsMother · 28/01/2022 23:45

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.