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Thursday 7 July 2022

Self-identification sports and changing rooms


Our local boys grammar school has a mixed 6th form and an issue with Rape Culture and Sexual Harassment. Should we make it easier for the minority of men to harass the young women in Safe Spaces by misusing self-identification because the majority will not do so?  If so, should this apply to safe spaces like changing rooms and showers in schools?  That seems to be the call by some who argue that JK Rowling is a transphobe for raising concerns about this.

I bring up the issue again after watching the victory of England over Austria last night. Women's football is different to that of Men's game and I did think back to a video about Tans-inclusion in sport, as to if they should include Transwomen to improve the chances of success.  For many sports, being born male gives advantages. As seen with Isazc Henig, this is not always the case. But women can end up being injured as a result of being up against someone born male

I know that I am considered by many to be a Transphobe as I consider TransWomen to be TransWomen, TransMen to be TransMen, Women to be Women and Men to be Men.  I define a woman as someone without a Y chromosome unless that individual identifies as something else. Likewise a man is someone with a Y chromosome, again unless they identify as something else. I do think that sex is real but I do think that in many cases, those who are Trans should be treated as such. I used to think that toilets should be based on genitalia (a view that I still feel should apply to prisons), but there are those with a penis who have lived as women for some time and so long as they are not known to be a threat, I do think that they should be allowed in many areas for women.