If you’re gender critical…

[CurlewKate]

…is that the most important point for you when you’re deciding who to vote for? More important than the NHS, the economy, foreign policy? If you’re a Labour voter, would you actively have a Reform government because Reform are gender critical?

I'm firmly GC and wouldn't dream of voting Reform.
I've no idea who I'll vote next time round.

A1)
No. But it's up there.

A2) N/A

I stopped voting Labour when my female MP insisted TWAW.

If a political party asks me to deny reality they won’t get my vote. What else are they lying about if they are insisting that men can women and vice versa?

It is something I’d be actively considering when deciding who to vote for, but not the only thing. As always, I’d have to vote for the best of the bad bunch.

Will never vote SNP due to their treatment of women.

Wouldn't vote Reform either.

Don't think the two are conflated.

I would describe myself as left wing, a Marxist even but I am also Gender critical. Women's rights and safety is important to me as I consider that a progressive issue and am baffled why so many on the left think allowing males with dubious motivations destroy women's hard won rights is a positive thing. It does make choosing who to vote for really difficult. I would not vote reform or tory under any circumstances.

How can I vote for someone who can’t even say whether I’m male or female until I share my pronouns?

Either they genuinely don’t know anything about the birds and bees, and so are totally unfitted for office,
Or they are a fucking liar. And so totally unfitted for office.

I mean, I get it’s a hard call.

Voting is always about balancing competing interests and often about choosing the least worst option when all options are flawed. I am not a right of centre voter, I would never vote Conservative and would never even consider Reform as an option. I am also not a left of centre voter and so would not be likely to vote Labour, unless it was the least worst option to avoid a conservative or reform win. I don’t view the Greens as a coherent and competent party, so would be unlikely to vote for them. That leaves me with the Lib Dems, who are the current least worst option for me even though they are more in thrall to gender identity ideology than I would want them to be.

Reform are not gender critical. At all. I’m not sure why you think they are. They may be sex realists but that’s not the same thing at all.

It’s really, really, really important to me. I won’t vote for a party who insists I should believe a blatant lie.

It’s really important to me - it’s part of my balancing act of who to vote for.

but I would never vote reform. And I didn’t.

Genuine question:- what's the difference between GC and sex realist?

All the other things are important but I can't vote for anyone who thinks men can be women or women can be men.

@Ipsevenenabibas sex realist to me is anyone who recognises that there are two sexes and you cannot change your sex. So that would cover a huge range of people and says nothing about their politics or other beliefs. Gender critical is someone who is critical of gender roles and stereotypes, and views gender as a tool of patriarchal oppression. So very much not what Reform are about at all. They want to reinforce traditional gender roles.

No, it's not the most important thing - I usually vote for the direction of travel I prefer, rather than specific policies. I wouldn't vote for Reform in any circumstances.

I am a left leaving feminist who does not want men in women's spaces. Absolutely nothing to do with Reform and their abhorrent members.

Give over with the scare tactics. It's not working.

I think when politicians stand up and declare themselves to be liars and misogynists who care nothing for safeguarding women and children, it makes me disinclined to vote for them.
I wish there were some ethical people I could vote for.

I would never vote for a party that takes the line that TWAW and denies biological reality. However, I also wouldn’t vote for a party simply because they are gender critical. Thankfully, under Kemi, I find many of my beliefs align, so happy to vote Tory.

@CurlewKate would you be able to explain what it is about Reform that you perceive to be gender critical?

I'm gender critical, but I actually voted for a transperson in the recent election because it was between them and reform.
It's so fckn weird at the moment.

Not intending to post scares. I’m gender critical-BUT it would not be the absolute top of my list of reasons to vote. If I understand correctly, the only party that is gender critical/sex realist is Reform. And I can’t vote for them. So I have to vote Labour, despite their views on gender. There is no other choice. I worry that some women will give priority to their views on gender issues.

Maybe some women will. That's their prerogative. Worrying won't change it.

What makes you think that Reform are gender critical? If anything they’re as likely to ascribe importance to gender as those who believe in gender identity. I haven’t seen anything to suggest they’re critical of gender at all.

I'm gender critical and would not vote Reform under any circumstances.

It’s not a women who are feminists and gender critical who are voting Reform into council seats.