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To think that if a man has had bottom surgery they should be put in a woman’s prison?

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Bex5490 · 11/12/2024 12:26

Genuinely interested in this and not trying to goad just want to understand.

When people talk of the threat of a man in women’s spaces, I assume the danger is because of their penis.

So if that’s gone then should they be categorised as a woman?

I’m kind of of the opinion that if you’re willing to put that much effort in (as in penis removal) regardless of your chromosomes, I’m happy for you to be called a woman…is this wrong?

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MissScarletInTheBallroom · 12/12/2024 16:29

Lostcat · 12/12/2024 16:29

Right so you think being trans is entirely superficial.

What do you think it is then? Are you ever going to tell us why we're wrong?

wispystar · 12/12/2024 16:30

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Lostcat · 12/12/2024 16:30

MissScarletInTheBallroom · 12/12/2024 16:28

It's important to trans people, sure.

But it's not relevant to the definition of what a woman is and what a man is.

Does what women are somehow change because there happen to be male people with gender dysphoria in the world?

It's important to trans people, sure

But they don’t matter, right?

BodyKeepingScore · 12/12/2024 16:30

GoodnightIrene · 12/12/2024 16:28

I've not read all the many hundreds of posts on this subject but as a big fan of the female musical, satirical cabaret act "Fascinating Aïda" I'm thinking about one of it's members 72 years old Adèle Anderson who transitioned to a woman about 50 years ago. She's incredibly glamorous as well as highly talented and I just can't imagine asking HER to use men's facilities.

Ah. So if a man looks "glamorous" then it's okay for him to disrespect women's boundaries by entering single sex spaces? Is that the benchmark?

DowntonFlabbie · 12/12/2024 16:30

Lostcat · 12/12/2024 16:29

Right so you think being trans is entirely superficial.

We don't know what it is. Maybe you could tell us?

Ok, you won't tell us what the difference between a man and a transwoman is, and you won't tell us why you wont tell us.

We all know why that is.

Lostcat · 12/12/2024 16:31

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You are embarrassing yourself at this point.

what a helpful and mature contribution to the discussion.

Cheesytoastie · 12/12/2024 16:31

Helleofabore · 12/12/2024 14:22

And the author said this:

"The difference we observed between the 1989 to 2003 cohort and the control group is that the trans cohort group accessed more mental health care, which is appropriate given the level of ongoing discrimination the group faces. What the data tells us is that things are getting measurably better and the issues we found affecting the 1973 to 1988 cohort group likely reflects a time when trans health and psychological care was less effective and social stigma was far worse. "

They hypothesise that mental health care may have been an influence and it may have been. So, according to this, if a male person with a transgender identity does not receive mental health support they committed crimes that were at least at the rate of all other male people.

Can you point out where they then controlled for this in the wider male population, please?

Because you seem to be keen in drawing conclusions from data that is not really showing what you want it to say because the sample sizes are very small and/or the researchers have not controlled the study appropriately to be able to make the strength of the conclusions you are drawing from.

What I draw from this study is what the author says in the document published:

"This indicates that they retained a male pattern regarding criminality. The same was true regarding violent crime. "

and then further down

"In this study, male-to-female individuals had a higher risk for criminal convictions compared to female controls but not compared to male controls. This suggests that the sex reassignment procedure neither increased nor decreased the risk for criminal offending in male-to-females."

I believe that they have had to make these statements because they could not control like for like with mental health treatment. And to put this into the perspective for the UK crime statistics, is this even relevant considering the lack of mental health treatment available to so many male people living in the UK. Whether they are male people with a transgender identity or without a transgender identity.

Can you please explain what you believe that this study conclusively shows?

Plus can you then point to how it was misrepresented based on the published study?

Because I cannot find any correction to the study published, therefore there is not 'correction' to the study. And looking at the conclusions drawn, no correction was needed as crime was not included in the 'conclusions' which were:
Conclusion
This study found substantially higher rates of overall mortality, death from cardiovascular disease and suicide, suicide attempts, and psychiatric hospitalisations in sex-reassigned transsexual individuals compared to a healthy control population. This highlights that post surgical transsexuals are a risk group that need long-term psychiatric and somatic follow-up. Even though surgery and hormonal therapy alleviates gender dysphoria, it is apparently not sufficient to remedy the high rates of morbidity and mortality found among transsexual persons. Improved care for the transsexual group after the sex reassignment should therefore be considered.

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This is a direct quote from the study

Crime rate
Transsexual individuals were at increased risk of being convicted for any crime or violent crime after sex reassignment (Table 2); this was, however, only significant in the group who underwent sex reassignment before 1989

It is clearly stated that only transgender women who underwent sex reassignment before 1989 showed a male pattern of criminality. Therefore trans women who transitioned after 1989, which is probably the majority of trans women alive today do not exhibit male pattern criminality.

The study was not corrected, it was always correct, it was clarified by the author because it is so regularly used to assert that tans women display male levels of criminality on the whole. Which is just not true.

NewGreenDuck · 12/12/2024 16:31

GoodnightIrene · 12/12/2024 16:28

I've not read all the many hundreds of posts on this subject but as a big fan of the female musical, satirical cabaret act "Fascinating Aïda" I'm thinking about one of it's members 72 years old Adèle Anderson who transitioned to a woman about 50 years ago. She's incredibly glamorous as well as highly talented and I just can't imagine asking HER to use men's facilities.

Why? Would a less talented /glamorous person be excluded under these rules? Does the glamour / talent make a difference?

DowntonFlabbie · 12/12/2024 16:32

Gosh, it's amazing how someone so knowledgeable about what transphobia is can't explain what being trans is,isn't it?

MissScarletInTheBallroom · 12/12/2024 16:32

Lostcat · 12/12/2024 16:27

So in your mind is being trans a psychological condition or a belief? Because earlier someone said it was a “psychological condition”. I asked what they meant by that and they said “a belief”, which was very odd.

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I think holding a belief that is obviously wrong in the face of hard evidence to the contrary can be indicative of a psychological condition. A bit like the abducted by aliens example someone gave above, or believing the earth is flat in 2024.

DowntonFlabbie · 12/12/2024 16:32

Maybe @Cheesytoastie can answer for us instead?
What's the difference between a man and a transwoman @Cheesytoastie ?

Please.

Lostcat · 12/12/2024 16:33

MissScarletInTheBallroom · 12/12/2024 16:32

I think holding a belief that is obviously wrong in the face of hard evidence to the contrary can be indicative of a psychological condition. A bit like the abducted by aliens example someone gave above, or believing the earth is flat in 2024.

You think being a flat-earther is a “psychological condition”?

DowntonFlabbie · 12/12/2024 16:33

Lostcat · 12/12/2024 16:33

You think being a flat-earther is a “psychological condition”?

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Oh dear, you're one of those too? That tracks 😂

MissScarletInTheBallroom · 12/12/2024 16:34

Cheesytoastie · 12/12/2024 16:31

This is a direct quote from the study

Crime rate
Transsexual individuals were at increased risk of being convicted for any crime or violent crime after sex reassignment (Table 2); this was, however, only significant in the group who underwent sex reassignment before 1989

It is clearly stated that only transgender women who underwent sex reassignment before 1989 showed a male pattern of criminality. Therefore trans women who transitioned after 1989, which is probably the majority of trans women alive today do not exhibit male pattern criminality.

The study was not corrected, it was always correct, it was clarified by the author because it is so regularly used to assert that tans women display male levels of criminality on the whole. Which is just not true.

How do you explain the phenomenon known as "prison onset gender dysphoria" then?

MissScarletInTheBallroom · 12/12/2024 16:35

Lostcat · 12/12/2024 16:33

You think being a flat-earther is a “psychological condition”?

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Well believing the earth is flat doesn't indicate a very strong grip on reality, does it?

DowntonFlabbie · 12/12/2024 16:35

Anyone? Anyone at all?
Can anyone tell me what the difference is between a man and a transwoman?

Is there an answer to.this question?

MissScarletInTheBallroom · 12/12/2024 16:37

Lostcat · 12/12/2024 16:30

It's important to trans people, sure

But they don’t matter, right?

I don't think that four billion women should be redefined purely because a few male people want to be included.

What does a male person with gender dysphoria have in common with a female person without gender dysphoria?

lifeturnsonadime · 12/12/2024 16:39

I think being a trans woman can mean a number of different things depending on the male concerned.

We know for some it is a fetish, we know for some it's a wish they were female and are pretty darned sure that some are neither but just see saying 'I'm trans' as a way to get access to women and girls when we are vulnerable. We can be fairly sure for some males it is a route to sporting success when they have failed in the male category.

Whatever the reason is, these 4 groups of 'trans women' all are male.

A male person doesn't need to be predatory to have an impact on women and girls in single sex spaces, their mere existence in those spaces can make spaces inaccessible for some women. Particularly women who are sexual assault survivors or women of religious minority.

I haven't been given one good reason why women should lose our spaces to accommodate any of these groups. I may have more sympathy with one of those groups than the other 3 but I still don't think that their desire to be women should override the protections to women and girls in terms of safety and dignity and fairness of sporting opportunity should be given over because a groups of males really FEELS like they are women.

Lostcat · 12/12/2024 16:40

MissScarletInTheBallroom · 12/12/2024 16:37

I don't think that four billion women should be redefined purely because a few male people want to be included.

What does a male person with gender dysphoria have in common with a female person without gender dysphoria?

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purely because a few male people want to be included

“purely because”
”a few male people”
”want to be included”.

Nothing dismissive to see here is there…?
No tell tale signs of what you really think about trans people… ?

Lostcat · 12/12/2024 16:41

MissScarletInTheBallroom · 12/12/2024 16:37

I don't think that four billion women should be redefined purely because a few male people want to be included.

What does a male person with gender dysphoria have in common with a female person without gender dysphoria?

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Also acknowledging the existence of trans people and recognising they do matter has nothing whatsoever to do with “redefining four billion women”.

DowntonFlabbie · 12/12/2024 16:42

I think I'll have to reluctantly conclude that Lostcat et al are perfectly well aware that the answer to:

"What is the difference between a man and a transwoman"

Is that there isn't one. Because if there was, they would have told us, they're so eager to reduce transphobia that they'd have to, wouldn't they. But they haven't, and they won't, because they can't, and they know that.

Looks like elaborate trolling to me 🤷‍♀️

Lostcat · 12/12/2024 16:42

MissScarletInTheBallroom · 12/12/2024 16:35

Well believing the earth is flat doesn't indicate a very strong grip on reality, does it?

So you are saying it is your position that believing the earth is flat is a “psychological condition? “

lifeturnsonadime · 12/12/2024 16:42

Lostcat · 12/12/2024 16:40

purely because a few male people want to be included

“purely because”
”a few male people”
”want to be included”.

Nothing dismissive to see here is there…?
No tell tale signs of what you really think about trans people… ?

Why do those special males (the reasons for which you can't even define) override the safety and dignity of women? And fairness when it comes to sporting opportunities?

NewGreenDuck · 12/12/2024 16:43

Lostcat · 12/12/2024 16:41

Also acknowledging the existence of trans people and recognising they do matter has nothing whatsoever to do with “redefining four billion women”.

Yes it does. Including men in the definition of women means that women as a sex no longer exist. Which causes so many issues.

DowntonFlabbie · 12/12/2024 16:43

Lostcat · 12/12/2024 16:42

So you are saying it is your position that believing the earth is flat is a “psychological condition? “

What's your position Lostcat? Do you have one on anything?

You're asking a lot of questions for someone who can't answer any.

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