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Why would anyone not become a legal man?

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Skinterior · 03/03/2022 08:16

Gender recognition reform bill to be tabled at Holyrood www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-60589578

I can't wait for this. I'm definitely going to change my legal gender.

It would be much easier to achieve equality this way, just think of all that administrative male privilege I'll be able to access. Im pretty sure I'll get a pay rise almost straight away, as soon as HR run the numbers and see that I'm a financial anomaly compared to my male peers.

I could report a crime and be taken seriously. It's all very exciting.

Im not worried about health care, obviously I still have my cervix, so that's not a concern.

One thing though, DH is refusing to change to be a legal woman - I can't imagine why.

Im not homophobic, Im happy to become a lesbian. But it means DS technically won't have a mother. It might be a bit of a difficult one for him.

I guess Mermaids have a handy pamphlet that will sort all this out.

I really can't understand what everyone is complaining about...

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Etolie · 05/03/2022 03:02

@BruceAndNosh

I'll take my free dick now. No need to attach it, I'm only going to swing it You can also take photos of it, and send them to uninterested women
Thanks for cheering me up 😂😂
Motorina · 04/03/2022 23:29

Own my own money.
Pay my own bills.
Mow my own lawn.

Yup, 100% man.

Happy to take dick pics and send them to strangers. It'll be the cat's dick, mind...

Terfydactyl · 04/03/2022 17:57

@BruceAndNosh

I'll take my free dick now. No need to attach it, I'm only going to swing it You can also take photos of it, and send them to uninterested women
Puts a new spin on dick pics, a completely detached penis (swinging) might be the catalyst to stop them all.
JellySaurus · 04/03/2022 16:22

@BruceAndNosh

I'll take my free dick now. No need to attach it, I'm only going to swing it You can also take photos of it, and send them to uninterested women
There won't be any. Unless by 'women' you mean ones who always have dicks, and would be wonderfully validated by having dickpics sent to them. In which case they wouldn't be uninterested. (They wouldn't be women, either, but let's not pretend that words have meanings.)
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Skinterior · 04/03/2022 12:11

@BruceAndNosh

I'll take my free dick now. No need to attach it, I'm only going to swing it You can also take photos of it, and send them to uninterested women
Grin
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DomesticatedZombie · 04/03/2022 11:13

@GameofPhones

Seriously I think Scots women should do this if the law goes through.
Are there any drawbacks?

Would we be able to change back and detransition?

Would non-binary be better?

BruceAndNosh · 04/03/2022 11:07

I'll take my free dick now. No need to attach it, I'm only going to swing it
You can also take photos of it, and send them to uninterested women

FalloutShelter · 04/03/2022 00:42

@WeeBisom

Remember as per the new law you have to prove you’ve lived “as a man”’for at least three months. Make sure you keep a diary to show them all the manly things you’ve been doing. I’m sure they have an objective criteria to test whether you have behaved manly enough for three months in a row.
Oh that's easy. Dr asks what I've done over the last three months to live as a man? Simply believed myself to have talent, prestige, expertise and attractiveness several levels above the place where I actually rank and expected all women in my day to day life to be awed by me. I'll take my free dick now. No need to attach it, I'm only going to swing it
MiladyBerserko · 03/03/2022 22:14

Excellent. I can identify as a man. I have a toobox and everything.

Plus I look forward to requesting provision of a ladder and a lightbulb when tasked to change a bulb, as DH does.

VaddaABeetch · 03/03/2022 22:04

@Ifeelgoodgoodgood yep I have done calculations. I’m better qualified, I have better experience & yes paid less. 20% is probably incorrect, closer to 30%.

GameofPhones · 03/03/2022 21:48

Seriously I think Scots women should do this if the law goes through.

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ChazsBrilliantAttitude · 03/03/2022 21:33

I'm in. I want my payrise now and an office.

Qualifications:
Breadwinner
I can't remember the last time I wore a skirt
Rarely wear make up
I swear so effectively I've shocked my teenage sons before now
I always know better than the ref
Regard housework as something other people like doing
Have at least one bag of protein powder
Happy to venture an opinion on most topics whether or not I actually know anything

Do you think I'll qualify?

SeaRabbit · 03/03/2022 21:22

My husband was mentioning today how much more expensive women's haircuts are than men's. I recommend that all Scottish women identify as men when they have their hair cut in the future.

nightwakingmoon · 03/03/2022 21:20

@RobynMyEmployer

Why would you expect the average man to accept you as a woman anymore than you'd accept a transwoman as a real female? The old boys club is far less progressive than most lefty feminists.
I think you may not have your sarcasm detector turned on Hmm
RobynMyEmployer · 03/03/2022 21:00

Why would you expect the average man to accept you as a woman anymore than you'd accept a transwoman as a real female? The old boys club is far less progressive than most lefty feminists.

nightwakingmoon · 03/03/2022 20:09

Well exactly!!

DontLikeCrumpets · 03/03/2022 20:04

@nightwakingmoon. Serious question why does this simply have to be a jest? Why not use he/him? If your boss has no trouble using she/her to refer to men why would he have any issue using he/him for women?

nightwakingmoon · 03/03/2022 19:44

We jest, but I’ve quite seriously been considering putting “he/him” on my email signature and seeing what happens. Do you think my boss will suddenly increase my salary point and stop speaking over me in meetings? Hmm?

JellySaurus · 03/03/2022 19:37

The Mothers' Meeting - for men! (From DontLikeCrumpets's link)

JellySaurus · 03/03/2022 19:35

@DontLikeCrumpets

GrinGrinGrin

Terfydactyl · 03/03/2022 19:35

@Tidyspy

I wonder if there'll be time to move to Scotland and become a man before Xmas? It always seems to be much more enjoyable for the chaps, hardly anything to organise, just receive gifts of whisky and socks. Not to mention World Book Day - this time next year I won't have to give it a thought! Add that to the automatic pay increase, more time pottering in the shed, no requirement to think about holiday childcare... this is going to be AWESOME.
I've been busy all day and probably missed what this is about, will go find it shortly. However wanted to add I'm off to Scotland on holiday very soon and surely a weeks holiday can identify as "living" there so I too can become a man ?
RobynMyEmployer · 03/03/2022 19:12

My main fear would be the reduced likelihood of finding an eligible bachelor to fund my future life of leisure. 😂

KittenKong · 03/03/2022 19:05

I often wear my sons cast offs. I have found his sports clothes bloody good quality and he had most zippy sports tops than he knows what to do with. I even sometimes wear on his old school rugby shirt (it was a spare to worn once). Does that make me a schoolboy (at a boys school??).

As a teen I wore mens jeans and mens DMs - because women jeans were pretty rubbish and they didn’t make ‘womens DMs’ back on the dark ages. I also had my head mostly shaved. Confused kids today really actually believe that they have invented something here, don’t they?

MsFogi · 03/03/2022 18:14

I wonder who will get to decide if the proof of 'living as a man' is sufficient? I suspect that the reality will be that middle aged women will all be rejected but any bloke who has put on a dress for a day will immediately be affirmed.

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