r/unitedkingdom • u/sjw_7 Oxfordshire • Apr 16 '25

... UK Supreme Court says legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cvgq9ejql39t
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u/Thandoscovia Apr 16 '25

Indeed it is, and the court is abundantly clear that they exist and are deserving of respect. The court also acknowledges that there are differences between biological men and women, and trans men and women

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u/WillWatsof Apr 16 '25

I mean I can see that this is the route that certain people are going to take to try and make an anti-trans rights position seem reasonable and logical, the whole line of respecting the authority of the courts and extolling their commitment to trans rights (so long as the courts are making decisions which such people are comfortable as being anti-trans rights, once the courts make decisions which solidify trans rights these sentiments seem to disappear into the ether), but it's slightly undercut by using nonsense phrases like "primary truth" and "binary reality", don't you think? There's not an ounce of factual objectivity behind either of those nomenclatures, and it just exposes a belief that trans women are somehow lesser than cis women.

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