Dakinis
As other people have pointed out, my consent isn't yours to give. That's the concept.
The law is different. But the law needs to change now.
Your argument that this is the way it is, so shut up, doesn't work. Certainly for me.
Even with the law as it stands, there should not be rapists without a GRC in female prisons. There should not be men competing against women in sport.
The Labour Party shouldn't have decided to illegally break equality law by claiming all women shortlists are open to men without a GRC.
Exemptions are discretionary. And they are not being used. They need to be upfront and centre.
Protocols and customs need to make very certain that if women are not comfortable with men in their space, they have every right to tell them to fuck off.
My seven-year-old niece is not responsible for confronting a man in her space. Neither should she ever feel as though she can't say you're a man. Neither should be groomed to accept that certain people with penises are acceptable when she's half naked.
Ridiculous propaganda going to schools teaching children that they can change sex need to stop and the people responsible should be prosecuted.
Gender neutral toilets should only ever be in addition to sex segregated. Girls in school should not have to feel as though they are being phobic if they don't want to get changed with a teenager who yesterday was a boy in their class.
I, and many women are done with compromising.
I may not speak for you, but you cannot override my consent. This is not a two way street.
The fact that you think you can, is worrying