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To think that if you commit a male crime, you should do male time, even if you identify as a woman?

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TheAvidAmberPeer · 01/10/2025 21:09

I know this is a sensitive topic but I’ve been thinking about how justice systems handle trans women who commit serious crimes, especially violent or sexual offences, and whether it’s fair to house them in women’s prisons. To me, if you were born male and commit a crime typically associated with male offenders, particularly one involving violence against women, it seems like common sense that you should serve time in a male facility. Identity doesn’t erase biology or risk in those cases.

AIBU to think fairness and safety, especially for vulnerable female prisoners, should come before ideology?

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Spiritofeden87 · 02/10/2025 12:22

Elizabethandfour · 01/10/2025 21:44

Nonsense. You can always tell they are men and vice versa. They are still men so they belong in male prisons rather than endangering women. You can’t change your sex.

Really? Because I am not sure I would have known that about Lux Pascal at all walking past on the street.

To think that if you commit a male crime, you should do male time, even if you identify as a woman?
TheKeatingFive · 02/10/2025 12:27

Spiritofeden87 · 02/10/2025 12:22

Really? Because I am not sure I would have known that about Lux Pascal at all walking past on the street.

A still pic isnt anything like seeing someone in real life. Gait/walk are very important differentiators of sex.

canchewcashew · 02/10/2025 12:31

I would definitely agree that it's even more important that males be kept from females (inmates included) when they've committed violet crimes, but honestly, I think all biological males belong in a male prison. I don't care what they think they are, especially if they're criminals. They are male. That cannot be changed.

canchewcashew · 02/10/2025 12:33

I also don't care if they 'pass' as female. Have male DNA? Don't want to go to prison for men? Don't commit the crime. Seems pretty straightforward to me.

Spiritofeden87 · 02/10/2025 12:43

TheKeatingFive · 02/10/2025 12:27

A still pic isnt anything like seeing someone in real life. Gait/walk are very important differentiators of sex.

What about intersex people who make up 1% of the global population? Have they got a particular walk too?

Kucinghitam · 02/10/2025 12:46

Spiritofeden87 · 02/10/2025 12:43

What about intersex people who make up 1% of the global population? Have they got a particular walk too?

I'm really looking forward to an expansion of this unpolished gem of wisdom.

Boomer55 · 02/10/2025 12:46

Yes. If he has a penis, he’s a biological male, and needs to go to a male prison.

Whatever he identifies as.

Spiritofeden87 · 02/10/2025 12:50

Kucinghitam · 02/10/2025 12:46

I'm really looking forward to an expansion of this unpolished gem of wisdom.

Oh believe me. I know someone who is intersex and they absolutely love getting a biology lesson from JK Rowling.

Kucinghitam · 02/10/2025 12:53

Spiritofeden87 · 02/10/2025 12:50

Oh believe me. I know someone who is intersex and they absolutely love getting a biology lesson from JK Rowling.

No expansion then.

Tontostitis · 02/10/2025 12:56

blankcanvas3 · 01/10/2025 21:29

I think this is very complicated and cannot be solved easily. No, I don’t think that trans women who have been transitioning for years, pass as women etc should be put in a male prison because that would put them in danger. Yes, I think that men pretending to be trans women to get into female prisons should be put in male prisons.

I think there needs to be guidelines on this that will mean things like length of time since the person has transitioned, surgeries, hormones etc are taken into account.

Thank you for this voice of reason. I'm very gender critical but no post operative transwoman who commits tax fraud 20 years after transitioning should be in a male prison. A violent or sexual crime should mean a male prison always

Spiritofeden87 · 02/10/2025 13:01

Kucinghitam · 02/10/2025 12:53

No expansion then.

https://interactadvocates.org/faq/#definition

Maybe a bit of education. JK Rowlings comments about intersex people have been pretty offensive to that community.

Particularly her use of DSD and Hermaphrodite.

What is Intersex? Frequently Asked Questions

Intersex is an umbrella term for differences in sex traits or reproductive anatomy.

https://interactadvocates.org/faq/

BMW6 · 02/10/2025 13:05

Spiritofeden87 · 02/10/2025 12:50

Oh believe me. I know someone who is intersex and they absolutely love getting a biology lesson from JK Rowling.

If you really do know someone with this abnormality you would know the correct term is DSD as Intersex dropped out of use 30 years ago at the request of those with the condition.

Plus if you were better informed you would know that every person with DSD is still either male or female - the presence of a Y chromosome determines a male, no Y = female.

That's why the term Intersex was dropped - because no-one is. Every single human is one or the other. No exceptions.

I doubt very much indeed that you know a person with a genuine DSD.

Spiritofeden87 · 02/10/2025 13:08

BMW6 · 02/10/2025 13:05

If you really do know someone with this abnormality you would know the correct term is DSD as Intersex dropped out of use 30 years ago at the request of those with the condition.

Plus if you were better informed you would know that every person with DSD is still either male or female - the presence of a Y chromosome determines a male, no Y = female.

That's why the term Intersex was dropped - because no-one is. Every single human is one or the other. No exceptions.

I doubt very much indeed that you know a person with a genuine DSD.

Whats the point of anyone commenting on these threads when you just get shouted at that nothing you say is true and that the experiences of people in that community don’t count.

The absolute state of this place.

BMW6 · 02/10/2025 13:10

Spiritofeden87 · 02/10/2025 13:01

https://interactadvocates.org/faq/#definition

Maybe a bit of education. JK Rowlings comments about intersex people have been pretty offensive to that community.

Particularly her use of DSD and Hermaphrodite.

Utter bollocks. A rag desperate to promote their own agenda without scientific credibility.

You have chutzpah to post something so painfully skewed.

BMW6 · 02/10/2025 13:15

Spiritofeden87 · 02/10/2025 13:08

Whats the point of anyone commenting on these threads when you just get shouted at that nothing you say is true and that the experiences of people in that community don’t count.

The absolute state of this place.

Because you might as well claim

The Earth is flat

The sun rises in the west and sets in the east.

The Pope is Jewish

Humans exhale oxygen

What's your DSD friend's chromosomes? They will certainly know as they are genuinely DSD.......

ColinOfficeTrolley · 02/10/2025 13:18

There are thousands of trans women who if you walked past them in the street you would never know they were trans

This is literal, bollocks.

Namelessnelly · 02/10/2025 13:18

Elektra1 · 02/10/2025 08:50

What about assault by penetration? A trans woman, who has no penis, commits the offence by digitally penetrating a woman without her consent. A woman who is not a trans woman can also commit the same offence in England.

Or perhaps the OP’s argument is that there should be prisons dedicated only to housing trans women convicted of rape? It is obvious why such a solution would not be a pragmatic use of public funds: the number of actual or potential occupants would be very small, while the expense required to build and maintain such a facility would be very large.

You do know 90% of males with a trans identity keep their penis right? Or are you thinking it drops off the minute they utter the magic words “I’m a woman”?

Namelessnelly · 02/10/2025 13:19

BMW6 · 02/10/2025 13:10

Utter bollocks. A rag desperate to promote their own agenda without scientific credibility.

You have chutzpah to post something so painfully skewed.

Ummm DSD oR VSD are the correct terms. Intersex is offensive. Do keep up dear.

Elektra1 · 02/10/2025 13:20

Namelessnelly · 02/10/2025 13:18

You do know 90% of males with a trans identity keep their penis right? Or are you thinking it drops off the minute they utter the magic words “I’m a woman”?

You do know that 90% isn’t the same as 100%, right?

Namelessnelly · 02/10/2025 13:21

Tontostitis · 02/10/2025 12:56

Thank you for this voice of reason. I'm very gender critical but no post operative transwoman who commits tax fraud 20 years after transitioning should be in a male prison. A violent or sexual crime should mean a male prison always

But why should he not be in a male prison? He’s male. It’s the only criteria for being a “transwoman”. He’ll be perfectly fine in male prison.

Namelessnelly · 02/10/2025 13:22

Elektra1 · 02/10/2025 13:20

You do know that 90% isn’t the same as 100%, right?

and yet 100% of “transwomen” are male. Abd don’t belong in female prisons. No matter how much they really really want to be.

ColinOfficeTrolley · 02/10/2025 13:22

Spiritofeden87 · 02/10/2025 12:22

Really? Because I am not sure I would have known that about Lux Pascal at all walking past on the street.

Possibly. And without hearing them speak. But for every one TIM that may pass due to having a lot of money at their disposal for every surgery and hormone available, there are 100's that you can spot a mile off.

Flakey99 · 02/10/2025 13:23

Male born criminals should be housed in men’s prisons.
Full stop. 🛑

It’s irrelevant what crime they commit or whether they wore a dress and lipstick or whatever bollocks they identify as, at the time of the offence.

They can be born again Christians but they still need to be incarcerated in a men’s prison!!!

Tandora · 02/10/2025 13:27

blankcanvas3 · 01/10/2025 21:40

There are thousands of trans women who if you walked past them in the street you would never know they were trans. Being in a male prison will put them in danger and controversially, I don’t think anybody should be sexually assaulted in prison regardless of their sex or their crime.

And of course the only person speaking with humanity and sense on this thread is the person having her posts deleted.

@blankcanvas3 thank you x

Elektra1 · 02/10/2025 13:29

Namelessnelly · 02/10/2025 13:22

and yet 100% of “transwomen” are male. Abd don’t belong in female prisons. No matter how much they really really want to be.

I doubt any trans women want to be in prison, one for women or otherwise. Just as most people don’t want to be in prison.

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