How is it a win to have the fact that men are not women legally classified as a belief?

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Davyjones · 06/07/2022 18:02

Love to be proven wrong but it seems like a loss to have it legally enshrined as a belief because it’s always up for challenge now

any belief can be challenged and beliefs should regularly be reviewed

but this is not a belief but a fact so I can only see it as a negative

i know I’m missing something please tell me what it is

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WhereYouLeftIt · 06/07/2022 18:13

I thought the same when I first read the Forstater case, but having seen it applied since, I think I understand why the approached it that way.

By being a belief, it is covered by the Equalities Act under the protected characteristic of 'religion or belief'. As a protected characteristic, if someone discriminates against you because of your belief, they fall foul of the law.

So - knowing the fact that men are not women allows those who deny reality to discriminate against you without penalty. Believing that men are not women offers the protection of the Equality Act should you be discriminated against.

bravotango · 06/07/2022 18:10

Isn't it more the fact that it's a protected belief, so you can't be penalised for expressing it?

stealtheatingtunnocks · 06/07/2022 18:05

Must admit, I was confused by that too. I believe I’m gravity, which is a theory, and supported by the evidence of my lives wxperience and physics, but it’s a theory.

is “sex is binary” something like that? Has the potential to be disproved, but everyone knows it’s a fact?

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