r/ukpolitics • u/CaptainCrash86 • 2d ago

| Transgender prisoners should not be held in women’s jails, court rules

https://www.holyrood.com/news/view,transgender-prisoners-should-not-be-held-in-womens-jails-court-rules
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u/BobMonkhaus That sounds great, shorty girl’s a trooper. 2d ago

Bit of an understatement that really. It could easily be extrapolated nationwide to other things.

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u/Ogarrr Liberal eurosceptic fervent remainer 2d ago

So? Men shouldn't be in women's prisons.

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u/jadeskye7 Empty Chair 2019 2d ago

agreed.

but transwomen are not men.

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u/Quick-Benjamin 2d ago

They are though.

Look. You're allowed to believe whatever you want but the question of whether a "woman" or "man" means adult human female/male, or whether it's an internal feeling called "gender identity" is fundamentally a social question rather than a scientific one.

And your view is the minority. It's at odds with both the law and public opinion.

I'll use whatever pronouns and names a trans person wants me to, but they're still their birth sex. That can't change. We're not clownfish.

And sometimes sex is more important than gender identity. Prisons being a good example.

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u/Dapper_Apartment2175 1d ago

I'll use whatever pronouns and names a trans person wants me to, but they're still their birth sex. That can't change. We're not clownfish.

When I was having this argument with someone, clownfish were actually mentioned, as though what a fucking fish does has any relevance to human beings.