https://twitter.com/griptmedia/status/1638242240609804288
'"Is Barbie Kardashian a woman?": Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says that biological males should not be put in women's prisons.'
Feminism: Sex and gender discussions
Come on Ireland! Leo Varadkar says violent males should NOT be in prison with women
ArabellaScott · 21/03/2023 19:08
https://twitter.com/griptmedia/status/1638242240609804288
alwaysawaster · 22/03/2023 13:40
There's about 500 women in prison in Ireland.
Currently there's three TW amongst those - all have violent convictions against women and/or girls. All in Limerick apparently.
Limerick prison houses 46 inmates currently with a capacity for 28.
So how segregated from BK and the other two can women inmates be with such overcrowding? They aren't.
Leo can't even claim like Sturgeon did that BK would be held safely away from other inmates because that would be even more of a bald faced lie than he can usually manage.
ArabellaScott · 22/03/2023 13:52
Horrific. Do you have any idea who those other two males are in the women's prison?
alwaysawaster · 22/03/2023 13:40
There's about 500 women in prison in Ireland.
Currently there's three TW amongst those - all have violent convictions against women and/or girls. All in Limerick apparently.
Limerick prison houses 46 inmates currently with a capacity for 28.
So how segregated from BK and the other two can women inmates be with such overcrowding? They aren't.
Leo can't even claim like Sturgeon did that BK would be held safely away from other inmates because that would be even more of a bald faced lie than he can usually manage.
alwaysawaster · 22/03/2023 13:34
Leo has always been good at sniffing what way the wind was blowing - and this is no different. He knew, has always known about these issues.
He just didn't give a fuck until he saw Sturgeon topple. And was cute enough to recognise that a TWAW stance on it would be career ending.
As to why RTE aren't covering it - well they are still hiding under the bed shaking, aren't they?
Now, Leo, lets have a chat about TW in LGFA, eh?
Genesis1v27 · 22/03/2023 13:58
Newstalk Breakfast this morning:
https://www.newstalk.com/news/womens-safety-is-paramount-violent-biological-males-should-not-go-to-womens-prison-1448784
alwaysawaster · 22/03/2023 14:14
Norma Foley has agreed with Leo's comments.
Norma is such an eejit to stick her head above the parapet given she's the Minister for Education, and responsible for what our kids are hearing in schools with regard to Gender Identity.
All we need now is the Minister for Sport to do his own own goal eh?
StephanieSuperpowers · 22/03/2023 13:12
Crisis averted! Ministers have been brought back into line:
‘Nobody should be at risk of violence in prison' – Justice Minister says new rules on management of trans offenders to be published - Independent.ie
UtopiaPlanitia · 22/03/2023 15:14
How reassuring that almost immediately Harris changes the topic under discussion from ‘women should be safe and protected in prison’ to ‘everyone should be safe and protected in prison’. Takes the sting out of the topic and reduces it to a less urgent-seeming issue.
This is what happens when policies that negatively affect women are treated as unisex issues, women’s specific needs and problems get lost.
StephanieSuperpowers · 22/03/2023 13:12
Crisis averted! Ministers have been brought back into line:
‘Nobody should be at risk of violence in prison' – Justice Minister says new rules on management of trans offenders to be published - Independent.ie
MissLucyEyelesbarrow · 22/03/2023 15:19
Yes, predictable. But the genie is out of the bottle now.
UtopiaPlanitia · 22/03/2023 15:14
How reassuring that almost immediately Harris changes the topic under discussion from ‘women should be safe and protected in prison’ to ‘everyone should be safe and protected in prison’. Takes the sting out of the topic and reduces it to a less urgent-seeming issue.
This is what happens when policies that negatively affect women are treated as unisex issues, women’s specific needs and problems get lost.
StephanieSuperpowers · 22/03/2023 13:12
Crisis averted! Ministers have been brought back into line:
‘Nobody should be at risk of violence in prison' – Justice Minister says new rules on management of trans offenders to be published - Independent.ie
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johnnytightlips · 21/03/2023 21:09
Michael Martin looked seriously pissed off and Roddy looked fairly shifty.
It is a disgrace that very few mainstream media have pushed this. The only one I can think of is Mark Tighe.
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