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Please help! Gender not sex on a school 'protected characteristics' poster, just spoken to the Head!

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Vebrithien · 06/01/2023 09:55

Good morning,

I started this thread before Christmas

www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/4684558-today-i-found-my-bravery?page=1

The overview is that my DD's primary school is displaying posters by No Outsiders, which are supposed to show the 9 protected characteristics, but shows gender, not sex.

The (male) deputy head I mentioned it to, before Christmas, has not got back to me. The posters are still there.

I summoned up my courage this morning, and spoke to the Headteacher. She seemed surprised, as I said I'd already mentioned it to one deputy head, and that I'd picked up on it due to my school expecting Ofsted, and reissuing our equality training.

The Head said that it was surprising, as No Outsiders were an organisation whose specialism was equalities.

I replied that the EA2010 says sex, not gender. I also mentioned that there were some concerning resources produced by them, including an assembly where a dad wants to offer violence to children who do not accept his trans child. (I know no more than this)

The Head is going to talk to her other deputy head, whose responsibility this is, and to try to put us in contact.

Where do I do from here?

Can any one help me with evidence? What particularly is dodgy about No Outsiders?

Is there anything that states that schools mustn't misrepresent the EA?

Is there any DofE (or whatever it's called now) guidance for schools on the resources they used or how they represent the EA?

And, how should I go about finding out if the school uses other No Outsiders resources?

Please help, I want as much evidence as I can.

Still shaking with adrenaline from speaking to the Head!

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DialSquare · 06/01/2023 16:46

Oh well. Same old bollocks and same old flounce. Never changes.

sanluca · 06/01/2023 16:45

EastLondonObserver · 06/01/2023 16:40

Bye all, the sheer amount of hate against a tiny vulnerable minority I’ve seen here is terrible. You should all hang your heads in shame. At least your kids get it.

Mine get it. One is a competitive swimmer and knows really well no male person is or can ever become a girl or woman and in some areas, the reality of someone's sex is more important than how another person feels.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 06/01/2023 16:43

You know who the women are in this situation.

Always.

sanluca · 06/01/2023 16:43

So you are cool with that leading to a much larger number of assaults and suicides?

Assualts and suicide of whom, by whom and why?

Apollo441 · 06/01/2023 16:42

EastLondonObserver · 06/01/2023 16:37

Lol - they identify as women and being recognised as such it becoming normal

That's your answer? They identify as women?
And that is why out of all the other vulnerable male prisoners they get to go to women's prisons? And any man can 'identify' as a woman.
Do you not see a problem with your logic. I hope the lurkers are lurking. Gender ideology revealed again as a clusterfuck.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 06/01/2023 16:42

Oh no, you're going without linking any of the "evidence"?

lifeturnsonadime · 06/01/2023 16:41

At least your kids get it.

Yes thankfully my kids do get it. They know men are not women because they say so.

They believe in Sex rather than gender.

As do most of their teen friends.

MichaelFabricantWig · 06/01/2023 16:41

EastLondonObserver · 06/01/2023 16:33

The number right now is minuscule. As we are learning more about this better risk assessment can be carried out and minuscule can be reduced to even more so.

The entire anti trans stance I’ve encountered on this thread seems to be entirely driven by ideology and irrational fear flying in the face of any data, all amounting to a classic ‘moral panic’.

Saying that trans women are not women and that non women (including men and trans women) should not be in women’s spaces is not “anti trans”.

NecessaryScene · 06/01/2023 16:40

Allowing trans women in women’s prisons leads to less assault than not doing so.

If this were true, presumably the mechanism is that the number of transwomen who would be assaulted by men in male prisons is greater than the number of women who would be assaulted by men entering women's prison, so it's a "net win".

Even if this were true, you could get EVEN FEWER assaults by having a third space. Take the transwomen out of the men's prisons - avoiding those assaults - AND continue to not put any men in women's prisons - so not increasing the number there.

Why are you advocating for a policy that permits more assaults?

EastLondonObserver · 06/01/2023 16:40

Bye all, the sheer amount of hate against a tiny vulnerable minority I’ve seen here is terrible. You should all hang your heads in shame. At least your kids get it.

Apollo441 · 06/01/2023 16:37

EastLondonObserver · 06/01/2023 16:36

I’m not here to do all the work for you, just point you in the right direction.

Oh go on then. A link perhaps?
To show us you aren't making it up.

SamphirethePogoingStickerist · 06/01/2023 16:37

TeaKlaxon · 06/01/2023 12:53

Thanks for being one of the few posters to acknowledge the reality that the EA2010 ground is not limited to biological sex.

Perhaps you can try and convince those who are claiming otherwise.

Again, Lady Haldane was mistaken. The EA2010 guidance specifically says that even with a GRC any man can be excluded from female services if that meets the criteria given.

Those criteria include "any person feeling uncomfortable with the presence of a male/female"

This has not yet been tested in court. Which is why we are waiting for, and supporting, Sarah Summers

EastLondonObserver · 06/01/2023 16:37

Apollo441 · 06/01/2023 16:35

So why aren't all vulnerable male prisoners shuffled off to the female estate? What's so special about transwomen?

Lol - they identify as women and being recognised as such it becoming normal

EastLondonObserver · 06/01/2023 16:36

Apollo441 · 06/01/2023 16:34

Imaginary data that you won't post.

I’m not here to do all the work for you, just point you in the right direction.

Apollo441 · 06/01/2023 16:35

So why aren't all vulnerable male prisoners shuffled off to the female estate? What's so special about transwomen?

lifeturnsonadime · 06/01/2023 16:35

The entire anti trans stance I’ve encountered on this thread seems to be entirely driven by ideology and irrational fear flying in the face of any data, all amounting to a classic ‘moral panic’.

LOL.

You just think that males should get their own way.

You know who the women are in this situation.

teawamutu · 06/01/2023 16:35

EastLondonObserver · 06/01/2023 16:33

The number right now is minuscule. As we are learning more about this better risk assessment can be carried out and minuscule can be reduced to even more so.

The entire anti trans stance I’ve encountered on this thread seems to be entirely driven by ideology and irrational fear flying in the face of any data, all amounting to a classic ‘moral panic’.

That's still not an answer.

I am going to assume the thing you don't want to actually say, in so many words, is that you find raped women a more acceptable option than sad men.

It comes across quite clearly, regardless.

EastLondonObserver · 06/01/2023 16:34

lifeinthelastlane · 06/01/2023 16:31

Em... that's pretty much what feminists here have been saying all along, isn't it?
Women's safety matters more than men's feelings.
I'm so glad you now agree!

Nope - because you’ve got it the wrong way round. Allowing trans women in women’s prisons leads to less assault than not doing so.

Apollo441 · 06/01/2023 16:34

EastLondonObserver · 06/01/2023 16:33

The number right now is minuscule. As we are learning more about this better risk assessment can be carried out and minuscule can be reduced to even more so.

The entire anti trans stance I’ve encountered on this thread seems to be entirely driven by ideology and irrational fear flying in the face of any data, all amounting to a classic ‘moral panic’.

Imaginary data that you won't post.

EastLondonObserver · 06/01/2023 16:33

teawamutu · 06/01/2023 16:28

So to return to the question: what's an acceptable number of women raped and assaulted by males in prison, in order to validate the males' claimed identity?

Is there an upper number, for you? How many would be too many?
Or is an infinite number OK with you, as long as males get what they want?

The number right now is minuscule. As we are learning more about this better risk assessment can be carried out and minuscule can be reduced to even more so.

The entire anti trans stance I’ve encountered on this thread seems to be entirely driven by ideology and irrational fear flying in the face of any data, all amounting to a classic ‘moral panic’.

SamphirethePogoingStickerist · 06/01/2023 16:32

TeaKlaxon · 06/01/2023 12:31

This is just wrong. Literally less than a month ago Lady Haldane in the Scottish Court of Sessions held that the ‘sex’ ground in the Equality Act does not relate solely to biological sex.

Giving the impression that it does would be highly misleading of the school.

And everyone else, including the UN and the High Court laughed. She was wrong.

Scotland is ploughing its own furrow here. Based on disinformation and downright lies.

If you think the women here haven't followed the whole debacle and can be astounded by your superior knowledge you are deluding yourself.

lifeinthelastlane · 06/01/2023 16:31

EastLondonObserver · 06/01/2023 16:10

do you not think, though, a utilitarian strategy based on achieving the lowest net amount of assault, trumps one based on accommodating feelings?

Em... that's pretty much what feminists here have been saying all along, isn't it?
Women's safety matters more than men's feelings.
I'm so glad you now agree!

EastLondonObserver · 06/01/2023 16:29

sanluca · 06/01/2023 16:27

if there’s only a minuscule ‘threat’ from transsexual women in women’s prisons why go to the expense of creating separate wings?

Miniscule... dare to state a number?

We can also get rid of the threat all together and save the expense and leave the male people in with other male people.

So you are cool with that leading to a much larger number of assaults and suicides?

lovely :(

teawamutu · 06/01/2023 16:28

EastLondonObserver · 06/01/2023 16:27

No probs, well I am looking to specify now as it moves the discussion on. And on that basis your point doesn’t stand.

sorry, what is ‘that question’ again?

So to return to the question: what's an acceptable number of women raped and assaulted by males in prison, in order to validate the males' claimed identity?

Is there an upper number, for you? How many would be too many?
Or is an infinite number OK with you, as long as males get what they want?

lifeturnsonadime · 06/01/2023 16:28

if there’s only a minuscule ‘threat’ from transsexual women in women’s prisons why go to the expense of creating separate wings?

To protect women from being raped in women's prisons.

But you don't give a shit about women. You just expect us to act as human shields and as validation tools for an allegedly 'oppressed minority' of people who want to trample all over women no matter that it harms us.

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