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Men in women’s groups.

513 replies

gingangirly · 19/09/2025 10:43

Really unsure if I’m being unreasonable, but what do others think?

I belong to a FB group for women over 65 in my town. They have lots of get togethers, at least a couple a week. A few months ago there was a vote after a man requested to join. The overwhelming majority said no. If they want a similar group, start their own. Fair enough.

However there is a trans woman that has been welcomed with open arms. He would NOT pass as a woman, not quite a bloke in a wig but certainly you would know he was trans.

What do people think about this? Acceptable or not? I’m am totally the ‘live and let live’ but seems a bit disingenuous to ban men but not trans women?

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BCBird · 19/09/2025 16:10

In my opinion he - the trans womsn should not have been allowed to join.

Screamingabdabz · 19/09/2025 16:08

What you’ve described perfectly mirrors how we’ve got to this madness in the first place. Ordinary bloke is excluded - fine. Man puts on dress and says he’s a woman - oh do come on in dear and make yourself at home!

Why?? I thought we all knew it was still Clark Kent even though he took off the glasses? Why are people - and women in particular - so keen to let the fox into the hen house? I can only assume it’s moronic people pleasing.

SternJoyousBeev2 · 19/09/2025 15:58

Anchorage56 · 19/09/2025 15:46

I have

No you have not. You have said something about the TiMs feelings but not acknowledged the feelings of the other man. Why are you prioritising the feelings of one of the men over the other?

Arran2024 · 19/09/2025 15:57

Anchorage56 · 19/09/2025 15:38

I'm saying it's ok with me. And everyone is asking me to explain this in great depth.

But it being ok with you is irrelevant. To make the argument that this trans woman should be allowed to join the group because you don't mind is a terrible point to make - in a debating competition that would get you zero points. You can't argue for something that affects millions of people just on the basis that you don't mind.

Grammarnut · 19/09/2025 15:56

DurinsBane · 19/09/2025 11:20

Are they still legally (I’m not talking biologically, I know the answer to that one!) male if they have applied for and got their new birth certificate that they can get when they transition?

Yes, they are legally a woman. But that cuts no ice with the SC ruling, which says that sex is biological. As the judges said, no one falls in love with a certificate.

Grammarnut · 19/09/2025 15:54

Maddy70 · 19/09/2025 11:09

Sorry .... Every woman's opinion counts ... Women shutting other women down for their opinions is not feminism

So you support single sex spaces and single sex groups for those who want them, presumably?

Grammarnut · 19/09/2025 15:52

Maddy70 · 19/09/2025 10:50

As someone who rejects anything women only (or men only) I would have no issue with it

Bully for you. Presumably you are unaware that this FB group is now acting illegally?

Grammarnut · 19/09/2025 15:51

If they have let a man (TiM) join then they are in breach of the SC ruling because they have told another man he cannot join (non-TiM) because it is a 'women only' group, and this is discrimination. They either need to let men join - admit they are a mixed sex group - or ask the TiM to leave.

childofthe607080s · 19/09/2025 15:50

If I try to explain something and a lot of people can’t understand my assumption would be that I have explained it very poorly and that I am at fault

Anchorage56 · 19/09/2025 15:46

SternJoyousBeev2 · 19/09/2025 15:20

I disagree. You have not explained the difference between the two men.

I have

Dragonasaurus · 19/09/2025 15:45

Maddy70 · 19/09/2025 10:50

As someone who rejects anything women only (or men only) I would have no issue with it

But nothing to say about the fact they’ve already rejected a man?

AnSolas · 19/09/2025 15:40

Anchorage56 · 19/09/2025 15:15

I've explained everything over a few pages. I'm not repeating it all.

And no that's not what I have said.

Nope you have not explained.

If it is a feeling that 2 or more people can feel and communicate about it has a word in the english language or a list of words.

So far you have not explained how the women and 1 man share a commonality which has nothing to do with their bodies or how that commaonality is not shared by the women and the other man

Anchorage56 · 19/09/2025 15:38

Arran2024 · 19/09/2025 15:18

Why? Men tend to be dominant in a group of women. They are socialised to be bolder, more competitive, to take the lead. They can take all the attention. They are not brought up to prioritise being kind and lovely like a lot of women are.

I have been around trans women and they use up the space around them in a way few women do. You just have to stand next to a trans woman in a queue to experience this.

It is not ok. Plenty of women find it unacceptable. If you say it's ok you are destroying their right to single sex spaces - only of course you can't due to the Supreme Court judgement.

I'm saying it's ok with me. And everyone is asking me to explain this in great depth.

Arran2024 · 19/09/2025 15:36

Men might think one thing in their brain but that doesn't mean that should take priority when it comes to how they interact with the rest of society. He says he's a woman, I say he isn't. How come he gets to dictate what happens next?

childofthe607080s · 19/09/2025 15:23

I think she is saying lady soul not lady brain

equally offensive but since no one can disprove the existence of a soul it takes it out of the realm of scientific debate and down the rabbit hole of belief

SternJoyousBeev2 · 19/09/2025 15:20

Anchorage56 · 19/09/2025 15:14

I've explained all this over a few pages now. I'm not repeating it all

I disagree. You have not explained the difference between the two men.

Arran2024 · 19/09/2025 15:18

Anchorage56 · 19/09/2025 14:34

Well that's up to the group in question. I'm saying I would have no issue with a trans woman joining a women's group that I was a member of.

Why? Men tend to be dominant in a group of women. They are socialised to be bolder, more competitive, to take the lead. They can take all the attention. They are not brought up to prioritise being kind and lovely like a lot of women are.

I have been around trans women and they use up the space around them in a way few women do. You just have to stand next to a trans woman in a queue to experience this.

It is not ok. Plenty of women find it unacceptable. If you say it's ok you are destroying their right to single sex spaces - only of course you can't due to the Supreme Court judgement.

Anchorage56 · 19/09/2025 15:15

AnSolas · 19/09/2025 15:08

How can anyone understand how you feel?

You need to be able to put words together to begin to have a conversation

So far you have conveyed that you think that women have some type of commonality of feelings which some but not all men can have.

Some kind of "Ladybrain"

But you are no able to convey what you think these feelings may be.

I've explained everything over a few pages. I'm not repeating it all.

And no that's not what I have said.

childofthe607080s · 19/09/2025 15:15

But the brain is stuffed full of xy genes isn’t it? It can’t change

Anchorage56 · 19/09/2025 15:14

SternJoyousBeev2 · 19/09/2025 15:04

I also dont think they are women btw.

so why allow them to join the women’s group? What about the other man? He could have issues about his self image but be passionate about the subject matter of the group and therefore really benefit from membership? Don’t you consider his feelings? Why are the feelings of the trans identifying man given more weight?

I've explained all this over a few pages now. I'm not repeating it all

Anchorage56 · 19/09/2025 15:12

FlirtsWithRhinos · 19/09/2025 15:01

Yes are making my point, although you don't see it yet.

You look at yourself today and say "if I lost my legs I'd be the same person".

But if you had been born without legs do you think you would be the same person today that you grew into with legs?

And if you lost your legs today, do you think the person you will be in twenty years time is the same as you will be if you don't lose your legs?

The trans women is like you losing your legs today. He's not a "woman", he's the person who has been male since the day he was born and whose entire experience of life is of a male person. And deciding today he's a woman doesn't change any of that, no more than you losing your legs today changes you into a person who has never known what it is to have legs.

Well I think you are talking about the environmentally affected part of what makes us us. There is the other half of what makes us us which is our own brain.

CameltoeParkerBowles · 19/09/2025 15:10

CrocsNotDocs · 19/09/2025 10:56

Leave now. He will destroy the group and make it all about him. He will control what can and cannot be discussed. Some members will pander to him and will turn on members who don’t do the same. He specifically chose a woman only group on purpose so he can get his lady feelz validation. He probably goes home and has validation wanks.

It took 3 weeks for my 10 year plus local women only group to implode when a TIM joined.

This!

Anchorage56 · 19/09/2025 15:10

Helleofabore · 19/09/2025 15:01

Why should men accept you as being a ‘man’ when you are not and it is just your feelings?

Again, we keep cycling around on this.

It really seems to be that you believe an impossibility as being possible, and you expect others to act as if they too believe that impossibility too and accept those who demand to be treated as if the impossibility is possible.

Based on what? Being kind? Being open to impossibilities being possible?

It's not impossible to feel however a person feels.

AnSolas · 19/09/2025 15:08

Anchorage56 · 19/09/2025 15:00

All I am saying is I don't have an issue with it, for all the reasons I've explained. That's it! If you dont understand how I feel that's ok I dont mind. I'm happy with my outlook and accepting different people as long as they are good decent human beings.

How can anyone understand how you feel?

You need to be able to put words together to begin to have a conversation

So far you have conveyed that you think that women have some type of commonality of feelings which some but not all men can have.

Some kind of "Ladybrain"

But you are no able to convey what you think these feelings may be.

SternJoyousBeev2 · 19/09/2025 15:04

Anchorage56 · 19/09/2025 14:57

That's not what I'm saying at all. All humans are different, all men and all women are all different. I also dont think they are women btw.

I also dont think they are women btw.

so why allow them to join the women’s group? What about the other man? He could have issues about his self image but be passionate about the subject matter of the group and therefore really benefit from membership? Don’t you consider his feelings? Why are the feelings of the trans identifying man given more weight?