Forwomen.scot

 

18 December 2021

 

Forwomen.scot

16 posts today

The SNP MP @joannaccherry Cherry said: “These poll findings are stark and demonstrate very significant public opposition to the government’s current proposals for self-identification of sex.” https://t.co/D6GDM3...

December 18th @ 7:31 pm |

Forwomen.scot

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Marion Calder, co-founder of For Women Scotland, a feminist group, said that ministers were “rushing into legislation with no regard as to the impact on women’s rights, and have completely forgotten as to why we sometimes need to separate spaces by ...

December 18th @ 7:15 pm |

Forwomen.scot

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Either trans people are disproportionately likely to be sex offenders or abusive men have successfully taken advantage of self-ID policies. We tend to latter, but the reaction to @jk_rowling tweet suggests many TRAs go with former! In either case, ...

December 18th @ 8:10 am |

Forwomen.scot

16 posts today

RT @mbmpolicy: These figures can be read a further way: most (61%) of those who support keeping a doctor’s approval for a GRC also agree that transgender people should be able to freely express their identity, while far fewer (18%) do not. ...

December 18th @ 6:40 am |

Forwomen.scot

16 posts today

"The family justice system operates according to some fundamental principles — that the welfare of the child is paramount and children under 16 can’t be presumed to have the capacity to consent as if an adult. Their “Gillick competence” must be ...

December 18th @ 6:09 am |

Forwomen.scot

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RT @rustin_peace: @ForwomenScot @mbmpolicy "biological sex" is now "outdated, inaccurate and sometimes considered offensive if not used by a trans person" I can now see my own brain because I've eye rolled so hard. https://t.co/OdU9WN...

December 18th @ 6:03 am |

Forwomen.scot

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RT @SarahSurviving: Interesting to see the CEO of @EdinRapeCrisis side with rapists over @jk_rowling. Is is really too much to expect the CEO of a rape crisis centre to condemn rapists? Even if they are the most marginalised rapists in society. ...

December 18th @ 5:02 am |

Forwomen.scot

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It hasn't worked in Germany, it didn't work in Leeds. It helps the traffickers, pimps and punters, and it keeps women poor and at risk. Decriminalise the women, yes, but under Nordic Model. https://t.co/3KUQys...

December 18th @ 5:01 am |

Forwomen.scot

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There's spin, and then there's PN spin. @mbmpolicy poll also found that people are not in favour of self ID by a margin of 53 to 27. Which isn't "slim", unless of course you are dealing in alternative facts. Archived article here: ...

December 18th @ 4:54 am |

Forwomen.scot

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"Cancel culture has given porn a free pass..Yet porn, awash with grotesque racial tropes and extreme sexual violence including choking and slapping, often of apparently non-consenting, underage girls, is mere “fantasy”." Brilliant from ...

December 18th @ 4:37 am |

Forwomen.scot

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RT @EWheater: Pubertal teenagers are not experiencing precocious puberty, and puberty blockers were first used in relation to gender dysphoria in order to achieve a particular cosmetic effect. The 'time to consider' line is spin. ...

December 18th @ 3:44 am |