Yeah, that data is summarised here (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42221629).
The original research, if I’m not mistaken, was carried out by FairPlayForWomen, and the BBC article challenges the findings a little. But even they found that trans women commit sexual offences at ta least the same rate as other male prisoners. Which makes sens…
The original research, if I’m not mistaken, was carried out by FairPlayForWomen, and the BBC article challenges the findings a little. But even they found that trans women commit sexual offences at ta least the same rate as other male prisoners. Which makes sense and is supported by research (https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0016885).
This is part of the issue. The "trans women are women" rhetoric really has convinced some number of people that they have pink brains or are incapable of the male aggression that males sometimes exhibit. But fundamentally, the exact same arguments can be made for most men. I'd never rape anybody. Nor would any of my male friends. We're all rational, reasonable people who respect other people's boundaries. Do we get access to female spaces? No! Because we're indistinguishable from the males who don't.
Yeah, I think term "moral panic" is being appropriated from the reaction to things like gay marriage and acceptance and desegregation. It's hilarious how often I've been confidently informed I was one of those people who opposed gay marriage when. I was stridently for it from day 1.
One thing that makes it hard for me to engage with trans activists politely sometimes is their constant appropriation of other people's struggles. Gay people, black people, women; trans people have absolutely nothing to do with these struggles. Yet they constantly adopt their language as cover. And sadly, many uninformed members of the public can't see through it.
As for the "F yourself with a chainsaw" talk, yeah, let's just say I've never heard an "old-fashioned" woman talk like that.
Yeah, that data is summarised here (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42221629).
The original research, if I’m not mistaken, was carried out by FairPlayForWomen, and the BBC article challenges the findings a little. But even they found that trans women commit sexual offences at ta least the same rate as other male prisoners. Which makes sense and is supported by research (https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0016885).
This is part of the issue. The "trans women are women" rhetoric really has convinced some number of people that they have pink brains or are incapable of the male aggression that males sometimes exhibit. But fundamentally, the exact same arguments can be made for most men. I'd never rape anybody. Nor would any of my male friends. We're all rational, reasonable people who respect other people's boundaries. Do we get access to female spaces? No! Because we're indistinguishable from the males who don't.
Yeah, I think term "moral panic" is being appropriated from the reaction to things like gay marriage and acceptance and desegregation. It's hilarious how often I've been confidently informed I was one of those people who opposed gay marriage when. I was stridently for it from day 1.
One thing that makes it hard for me to engage with trans activists politely sometimes is their constant appropriation of other people's struggles. Gay people, black people, women; trans people have absolutely nothing to do with these struggles. Yet they constantly adopt their language as cover. And sadly, many uninformed members of the public can't see through it.
As for the "F yourself with a chainsaw" talk, yeah, let's just say I've never heard an "old-fashioned" woman talk like that.