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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

They / them at work

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pootlefump · 14/03/2024 18:59

I've just written a long post and it's disappeared so in brief - how do you deal with staff who are they/them at work? I will really struggle to call a very obvious biological male 'they'. I also can't loose my job and do want to be respectful but also can't change my view on this nonsense !

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Underthinker · 17/03/2024 16:20

The killers had a list of names kids to kill, the others weren't trans.

Re murder stats- of course statisticians already take into account the number of people in each demographic. They are a small number of people who are very rarely the victims of murder in the UK.

Apollo441 · 17/03/2024 16:23

Belichtofalicht · 17/03/2024 16:17

Well, transphobia was one of the charges against the murderers, so it’s officially a hate crime.

Nope. That accusation was only against the boy. Are you saying they wouldn't have killed Brianna if Brianna wasn't trans? I don't think that is true at all.

Belichtofalicht · 17/03/2024 16:24

Here is a reputable study proving that there’s no link between trans people using toilets and violence against other users. No Toilet Danger from Trans People

Apollo441 · 17/03/2024 16:25

Being Trans is a safer demographic on average in the UK. Rejoice.

Belichtofalicht · 17/03/2024 16:28

Apollo441 · 17/03/2024 16:23

Nope. That accusation was only against the boy. Are you saying they wouldn't have killed Brianna if Brianna wasn't trans? I don't think that is true at all.

Both defendants were found guilty of her murder, it was recorded
as hate crime, and one of the charges was transphobia.

Apollo441 · 17/03/2024 16:28

Belichtofalicht · 17/03/2024 16:24

Here is a reputable study proving that there’s no link between trans people using toilets and violence against other users. No Toilet Danger from Trans People

https://fairplayforwomen.com/unisex-changing-rooms-put-women-in-danger/

And since transwomen are male and offending behaviour does not change when a man declares he is a woman, letting men self declare they are women makes the spaces mixed sex.

Unisex changing rooms put women in danger | Fair Play For Women

There is unequivocal evidence that unisex changing rooms are more dangerous for women and girls than single-sex facilities. Get the facts

https://fairplayforwomen.com/unisex-changing-rooms-put-women-in-danger

crumpet · 17/03/2024 16:29

Belichtofalicht · 17/03/2024 14:05

They can change sex to an extent, although not completely of course, and to trans people it’s a torment to live as the opposite sex to the one they feel they are inside. You’re lucky that your insides and outsides align. Not everyone is so lucky, and for those who aren’t, their lives very difficult. Most are not PITA trans extremists and don’t want to infiltrate sports etc. and are not interested in looking at you. They just want to transition and be left the heck alone to live their lives.

But now I see that some people will not tolerate even that kind of trans person, which I find sickening and shocking. I actually never dreamed that 100 percent intolerance was behind female concerns about the teams movement. 😳

What about a person born with one arm? They can feel that they should be a two armed person, that their body does not match how they feel, and they can have a prosthetic. But they will still never be a person born with two arms. They will never align with that feeling.

Apollo441 · 17/03/2024 16:31

Belichtofalicht · 17/03/2024 16:28

Both defendants were found guilty of her murder, it was recorded
as hate crime, and one of the charges was transphobia.

I asked you if you believe Brianna would not have been murdered if they weren't trans. You chose not to answer my question.

Belichtofalicht · 17/03/2024 16:33

High Risk of Violence for Trans People

The above study is from Harvard University showing that trans people who have restricted bathroom access have a 36 percent risk of experiencing violence.

But since trans people don’t exist, who cares, right? Also, it’s their problem I guess, as someone on this thread said.

The risk for all students was 25.9 percent, so your risk goes up by 10 percent, just for being trans.

Transgender teens with restricted bathroom access at higher risk of sexual assault

Transgender and gender-nonbinary teens face greater risk of sexual assault in schools that prevent them from using bathrooms or locker rooms consistent with their gender identity, according to a re…

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/transgender-teens-restricted-bathroom-access-sexual-assault/

Soontobe60 · 17/03/2024 16:33

WaitingForMojo · 17/03/2024 13:56

The deliberate misgendering, and the ‘othering’ of the trans community within the LGBT movement, as well as the language used around the ‘invasion’ of female only spaces.

But I have a sneaking suspicion that you don’t agree with me.

It’s not so long ago that homosexuality was subject to this level of prejudice.

Yeah, now homosexual boys and girls are just told theyre trans, not gay. talk about homophobic!

Theeyeballsinthesky · 17/03/2024 16:38

You’d think TRA would be delighted that TW are not in fact attacked or murdered on a daily or weekly basis in the UK - unlike actual women

but somehow this fact seems to really upset them

Belichtofalicht · 17/03/2024 16:39

Apollo441 · 17/03/2024 16:31

I asked you if you believe Brianna would not have been murdered if they weren't trans. You chose not to answer my question.

I didn’t “choose” anything. I was busy posting. I can’t know what those animals would or would not have done. But it was officially a hate crime with transphobia as one of the charges. If you disagree with that, you should write to your MP.

Soontobe60 · 17/03/2024 16:39

Belichtofalicht · 17/03/2024 16:24

Here is a reputable study proving that there’s no link between trans people using toilets and violence against other users. No Toilet Danger from Trans People

What part of
‘women do not want to share their single sex facilities with men’
do you not understand? Why do you think males are excluded from single sex spaces? Privacy and dignity are as important as safety. Muslim and Jewish women would not be able to make use of single sex spaces if there were males present - even if those males identified as female. Are their rights not important?
After all, the vast majority of males are not rapists or child abusers. But ALL rapists are male. Interestingly, there are no transmen in the male prison estate - I wonder why?

Underthinker · 17/03/2024 16:45

Belichtofalicht · 17/03/2024 16:24

Here is a reputable study proving that there’s no link between trans people using toilets and violence against other users. No Toilet Danger from Trans People

Have seen this one shared widely by TRAs. I don't know if there is a better debunking of it by someone qualified in this area, but I've read it a couple times and was able to see glaring holes in its conclusions.

I'm having to do this from memory (and my memory is bad) as it seems the study is no longer accessible for free. So my best recollection is...

It's a small study of bathrooms in 1 US state ( Massachusetts)

It measures rates of police call outs to public bathrooms before and after trans inclusive bathroom policies were introduced.

The authors argue that because crimes didn't surge, trans people posed no additional threat.

The things I noticed were (again apologies if I gave misremembered anything here)...

The crime rates did actually go up then reduced to about the same level as before.

Only police call outs were recorded. Any lower level incident wasn't tracked.

Because males were now allowed in women's spaces, it stands to reason that fewer incidents would be reported to the police. The voyeur in the changing room now has every right to be there, so why call the police? Therefore you would have expected the police call out rate to go down.

A change of bathroom policy is being conflated with a situation where TW were overnight added to women's bathrooms. As we know many TW use women's spaces regardless of policy (and some don't) so pointing to a lack of crime surge doesn't show anything significant because we don't actually know how many more TW used women's spaces after the rule change.

Apologies for derailment here.

Belichtofalicht · 17/03/2024 16:45

Soontobe60 · 17/03/2024 16:39

What part of
‘women do not want to share their single sex facilities with men’
do you not understand? Why do you think males are excluded from single sex spaces? Privacy and dignity are as important as safety. Muslim and Jewish women would not be able to make use of single sex spaces if there were males present - even if those males identified as female. Are their rights not important?
After all, the vast majority of males are not rapists or child abusers. But ALL rapists are male. Interestingly, there are no transmen in the male prison estate - I wonder why?

It’s not true that women don’t want to share loos with normal, genuine trans women. I’m a woman, and I don’t mind.

As for religious opposition, in the West we have separation of church and state, and the state governs these laws, not a religion. That’s an unfortunate reality for the ultra-religious living in Western countries.

They’ve probably shared loos lots of times with trans women and had no idea.

MississippiAF · 17/03/2024 16:46

Belichtofalicht · 17/03/2024 16:45

It’s not true that women don’t want to share loos with normal, genuine trans women. I’m a woman, and I don’t mind.

As for religious opposition, in the West we have separation of church and state, and the state governs these laws, not a religion. That’s an unfortunate reality for the ultra-religious living in Western countries.

They’ve probably shared loos lots of times with trans women and had no idea.

I’m a woman, and I mind massively.

And no, they don’t ‘pass’. It’s always obvious

Alltheprettyseahorses · 17/03/2024 16:47

The increased risk to women, awful though it is, is a bit of a red herring imo. We're being bullied into giving excuses we don't owe which means we're putting up with more and more ridiculous attempts at guilt-tripping and coercion. The answer is no. No you can't trespass in our spaces. They are not for you, a concept even a toddler can understand. At best, referring to trauma and other reasons just encourages the person who feels entitled to something that does not belong to them into believing women can be convinced and worn down. So no, I'm not interested.

Tinysoxxx · 17/03/2024 16:47

Belichtofalicht · 17/03/2024 16:33

High Risk of Violence for Trans People

The above study is from Harvard University showing that trans people who have restricted bathroom access have a 36 percent risk of experiencing violence.

But since trans people don’t exist, who cares, right? Also, it’s their problem I guess, as someone on this thread said.

The risk for all students was 25.9 percent, so your risk goes up by 10 percent, just for being trans.

Edited

At least one pupil is raped inside a British school premises each school day.
Those were the statistics in 2015/2016 (discussed by Parliament and the BBC) before schools started bowing to gender ideology and converting single sex toilet blocks to mixed sex fully enclosed private cubicle blocks.

Look how this is now going:
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/education/drug-dealing-drinking-dirt-problems-28517175

'Drug dealing, drinking and dirt' The problems with school toilets in Wales

Pupils are taking drugs and drinking in "dangerous unhygienic" completely enclosed toilet cubicles, says a report by campaign group Merched Cymru

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/education/drug-dealing-drinking-dirt-problems-28517175

Belichtofalicht · 17/03/2024 16:49

Underthinker · 17/03/2024 16:45

Have seen this one shared widely by TRAs. I don't know if there is a better debunking of it by someone qualified in this area, but I've read it a couple times and was able to see glaring holes in its conclusions.

I'm having to do this from memory (and my memory is bad) as it seems the study is no longer accessible for free. So my best recollection is...

It's a small study of bathrooms in 1 US state ( Massachusetts)

It measures rates of police call outs to public bathrooms before and after trans inclusive bathroom policies were introduced.

The authors argue that because crimes didn't surge, trans people posed no additional threat.

The things I noticed were (again apologies if I gave misremembered anything here)...

The crime rates did actually go up then reduced to about the same level as before.

Only police call outs were recorded. Any lower level incident wasn't tracked.

Because males were now allowed in women's spaces, it stands to reason that fewer incidents would be reported to the police. The voyeur in the changing room now has every right to be there, so why call the police? Therefore you would have expected the police call out rate to go down.

A change of bathroom policy is being conflated with a situation where TW were overnight added to women's bathrooms. As we know many TW use women's spaces regardless of policy (and some don't) so pointing to a lack of crime surge doesn't show anything significant because we don't actually know how many more TW used women's spaces after the rule change.

Apologies for derailment here.

The study is about trans people being attacked, not about trans people attacking.

Soontobe60 · 17/03/2024 16:52

Belichtofalicht · 17/03/2024 16:39

I didn’t “choose” anything. I was busy posting. I can’t know what those animals would or would not have done. But it was officially a hate crime with transphobia as one of the charges. If you disagree with that, you should write to your MP.

You really should do better research. They were not charged with a ‘hate crime’. They were charged with, and found guilty of murder. It was acknowledged at sentencing that Justice Yip described the murder as "sadistic in nature" and, referring to Ratcliffe, "where a secondary motive was hostility towards Ghey because of her transgender identity
Both were diagnosed as having Autism.

SirChenjins · 17/03/2024 16:52

The study is about trans people being attacked, not about trans people attacking

In which case, let them argue for a third space where they will be safe and so will the women and girls who don’t want males on their toilets for a myriad of reasons.

Dumbo12 · 17/03/2024 16:55

Perhaps we should expect male people to accept biologically male people presenting in any way they choose. There is no reason for any man to attack another man, in the gents or anywhere else, because he is dressed in a non conforming manner. It is for men to put their house in order, not to invade the women's spaces instead.
As an aside, how does one live as a woman?

Belichtofalicht · 17/03/2024 16:55

Tinysoxxx · 17/03/2024 16:19

@Belichtofalicht who are the most vulnerable in toilets? It’s not trans people using the correct toilet for their sex (their birth sex to prevent confusion to you). It is anyone who is having a medical emergency through illness or drug misuse or those being assaulted.

I have saved the life of someone who collapsed in a public toilet. They had collapsed behind the toilet door but when the toilet doors have gaps at the bottom you can see if someone has collapsed or is in trouble and how many people are in the cubicle.

Because of gender ideology, there are now more mixed sexed toilets with doors down to the floor and up to the ceiling (so you can’t get over them). These mixed sex toilets with full height doors are being looked at as a preferred option by the government in mixed and ‘single sex’ blocks because of this ideology. Mixed sex toilets by law have to be ‘fully enclosed’ already.

Everyone is at risk of being ill and collapsing in a public toilet. Epilepsy, head injury, stroke, heart attack, hypo, etc etc.
Everyone is more at risk of being pushed in to a private cubicle - the crime can’t be witnessed. This is borne out if you look at the number of assaults and rapes that take place in disabled toilets in this country.

If you think that the most vulnerable people are trans people going to the toilet of their sex, you are mistaken. But this ideology is leading to everyone being more vulnerable at moments of crisis. And disabled and traumatised people that use single sexed toilets and rely on a degree of visibility for being safe are most vulnerable.

This is the reality that the most vulnerable are having to deal with.

Yes, the full enclose definitely doesn’t sound like the safest option, especially as people often head for the loo when feeling unwell.

Soontobe60 · 17/03/2024 16:55

Belichtofalicht · 17/03/2024 16:49

The study is about trans people being attacked, not about trans people attacking.

If boys identifying as trans are being attacked in the boys toilets, then sort out the boys in those toilets! Dont just think - oh, I know, lets put them in wWith the girls. We are NOT props for male fetishes!

Underthinker · 17/03/2024 16:55

@Belichtofalicht you mentioned 2 studies, I was referring to the first. (But because it took me a while to type it probably looked like I was replying to the second.)

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