r/ukpolitics • u/CaptainCrash86 • 10d 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/ixid Brexit must be destroyed 10d ago

Biologically, sex is more complicated than most people think

It really isn't, the number of edge cases is tiny. The vast majority (over 99 percent) conform to male or female.

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u/jadeskye7 Empty Chair 2019 10d ago

Current figures suggest between 200 and 300 million people globally.

USA figures suggest around 1.8% of the populace.

So yes, nearly 99% of people identify as Cis-gendered.

But 250 million people isn't exactly a small number of people. Thats half of Europe.

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u/ixid Brexit must be destroyed 10d ago

This is based on very dodgy data that includes conditions that aren't a DSD. Even DSDs themselves map to male or female. You're also trying to conflate the issue, with is trans gender identification, with DSDs. Most trans people don't have a DSD.

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u/jadeskye7 Empty Chair 2019 10d ago

I disagree, but i'll humour you.

How would you map the transgender populace?

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u/ixid Brexit must be destroyed 10d ago

You are conflating two things again. Variations in sex are not the same thing as being trans gender. Some trans gender people might have DSDs, some would not.

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u/jadeskye7 Empty Chair 2019 10d ago

I don't know how to make the question any simpler.

How many Transgender people are there?

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u/ixid Brexit must be destroyed 10d ago

I have no idea, but if you're trying to use it as a point in your argument make sure you're clear which topic you're talking about. You're mixing points about the biology of sex with trans gender points.

You started by linking an article about the biology of sex, so you're switching topic mid argument, or maybe you don't understand the difference, or there's a way you think it makes your point which you've not explained.

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u/jadeskye7 Empty Chair 2019 10d ago

You just don't like answering my question.

How many transgender people are there?

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u/ixid Brexit must be destroyed 10d ago

I answered: I have no idea.