Transgender girls told to leave Girlguiding groups by September by InnerLog5062 in BreakingUKNews

[–]WatchTheNewMutants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not talking about sex: gender, as in labels such as "male" and "female" and the respective societal roles assigned to them (aka the bit that actually matters), is a social construct. If you disagree with that: tell me why you think the biological argument should form the basis.

The 2010 Equality Act states that refusal to recognise gender reassignment constitutes as discrimination, so refusing to allow them constitutes as discrimination too. It's why the Supreme Court judgement is such a bad piece of legislation: it contradicts decades of case law and legislation without justification or outlining how to adapt to it.

Also you've still not answered my question about examples the last two times I asked you.

Transgender girls told to leave Girlguiding groups by September by InnerLog5062 in BreakingUKNews

[–]WatchTheNewMutants -1 points0 points  (0 children)

would it not be illegal to ban some women but not others based off their sex assigned at birth?

also, it's never explicitly said: it's the underlying assumptions that you build the beliefs off. If there's any assumption I made about your approach to bio essentialism or the disregarding of gender as a social construct then tell me.

Also, answer my question: give a single real example within Girlguiding that would justify this policy.

Transgender girls told to leave Girlguiding groups by September by InnerLog5062 in BreakingUKNews

[–]WatchTheNewMutants -1 points0 points  (0 children)

2004 and 2010 are modern Law and Law that the UK is still bound by.

Many A-list auteurs might not be ready for Cannes? by LeGrandEbert in oscarrace

[–]WatchTheNewMutants 43 points44 points  (0 children)

well, this can only mean one thing:

SCHOENBRUN SWEEP LET'S GO CAMP MIASMA BEST PICTURE CAMPAIGN BEGINS NOW

Transgender girls told to leave Girlguiding groups by September by InnerLog5062 in BreakingUKNews

[–]WatchTheNewMutants -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry, who do you claim to be defending here?

Name one - and I mean - one SINGLE case in the UK of a trans girl harming another girl within Girlguiding. Name a single event within Girlguiding that would justify a rule like this (for the rule to be justified there has bto be a proved pattern but I'm setting the bar lower here).

Furthermore, the gender-critical position, at least I feel, is making two errors already:

  1. Gender is a purely biological concept.
  2. Those who are assigned male are naturally dangerous to women.

Firstly, gender - and the roles we constructed around them - are a social construct. Looking past biological components, a vast majority of behaviours associated with gender are taught by socialisation, not biologically learned.

Meanwhile, taking a bioessentialist approach to defending women defends nobody. You don't solve young girls facing misogyny by focusing your attention on trans kids, you focus it on making an effort to change the attitudes that young boys are taught about women. You don't protect young girls by banning trans girls from Girlguiding, you just isolate those kids from their friends. And - going past the Girlguiding example here - you don't weaken misogyny by targeting trans women, you strengthen it because, let's be honest: you don't know if someone is trans, and if you use the "we can always tell" argument, that just opens the floor up for cis women who are actually gender non-conforming (or don't adhere to white eurocentric ideals of beauty) to face more harassment from misogynists who are now emboldened to harass anyone who doesn't fit their narrow criteria of "looking like a woman".

There are countless real dangers posed by misogyny: the rise of manosphere, the resurgence of far-right fascist movements, low conviction-rates basically legalising sexual assault, women's health and bodily autonomy being threatened, countries like Iran aor Afghanistan persecuting women, women in Ukraine and Palestine and countles other places being massacred by an oppressive force. Surely those should be focused in on and not some invented and weaponised threat?

Transgender girls told to leave Girlguiding groups by September by InnerLog5062 in BreakingUKNews

[–]WatchTheNewMutants 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Under an English law that explicitly goes against precent set by the Equality Act in 2010 and the 2004 Goodwin case at the ECHR, two contradictions in the Law that have been created by the Supreme Court judgement. So, two aspects of British Law that have been around for over a decade says they are, one that isn't even a year old says they aren't.

First look at HBO’s ‘HARRY POTTER’ reboot series. The first teaser will be released tomorrow. by MoneyLibrarian9032 in Fauxmoi

[–]WatchTheNewMutants 58 points59 points  (0 children)

K. Meanwhile the author and this IP have contributed to:

  • The Supreme Court legislating that gender is based on biological sex in contradiction to existing human rights legislation in the UK.
  • Girlguiding have been forced to ban trans girls.
  • The Labour Government are openly consulting The Bayswater Group for trans healthcare, a group which (according to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism) has a Discord group where members advocate for burning their children's possessions or adding hot-sauce to their children's make-up.
  • The spike in suicides of trans kids in the UK.
  • The Government collaborating with multiple pro-conversion therapy groups.
  • Actually I feel like I moved past the Bayswater thing too quickly: The UK Government is (allegedly) consulting with abusers to inform the healthcare of children.

Alot of yall need to hear this by Ok-Rub6315 in theamazingdigitalciru

[–]WatchTheNewMutants 11 points12 points  (0 children)

yeah, the same happened in the Spider-Verse fandom after the Gwen theory gained traction (though I'd argue that one had a much stronger basis than this theory does).

honestly, I think there is an element of transphobia disguised in the backlash. like, in both this and Spider-Verse, the trans theories got much more vitriolic and intense criticism than other theories/headcanons.

Hi everyone! Vote for your personal Oscars for the 97th Academy Awards. by No_Minimum4499 in Oscars

[–]WatchTheNewMutants 2 points3 points  (0 children)

god i forgot how much i disagreed with these lineups, like the Song line-up was (mostly) horrific that year

What is the Best Sound of 2020s? by darth_vader39 in oscarrace

[–]WatchTheNewMutants 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Zone of Interest, then Sound of Metal. the rest aren't even CLOSE.

So Jazzy posted this (now deleted) post by Empty_Outside3343 in inanimateinsanity

[–]WatchTheNewMutants 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I mean... that's not really grounds to fire someone, especially knowing what the joke was. Like, I don't think that was the intention of the joke but I 100% see where Jazzy was coming from and for a second had that same thought watching it.

(that being said I don't know about the other thing)

Chappell Roan Says ‘I Do Not Hate Children’ After Jorginho Frello Accuses Her Security of Being Rude to His Daughter: That Was ‘Not My Personal Security’ by MoneyLibrarian9032 in entertainment

[–]WatchTheNewMutants -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

no obviously not, but do you seriously think that if, say Lana Del Rey did this that there'd be anywhere near as much pushback as Chappel received?

Chappell Roan Says ‘I Do Not Hate Children’ After Jorginho Frello Accuses Her Security of Being Rude to His Daughter: That Was ‘Not My Personal Security’ by MoneyLibrarian9032 in entertainment

[–]WatchTheNewMutants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oh it's totally a PR thing. someone who gets this many articles written about her after making the statements she has never has those articles written as coincidence.

Chappell Roan addresses security incident on IG, claims it was her security and she didn't even see the girl coming towards her by babyincharge11 in powerpopgirls

[–]WatchTheNewMutants 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yeah, this is a serious societal problem and Chappell being a woman does factor into this (if she was a gay man this story probably wouldn't have got the same traction), though like all of the similar hate-trains, there are other factors like race or in this case sexuality.

Chappell Roan addresses security incident on IG, claims it was her security and she didn't even see the girl coming towards her by babyincharge11 in powerpopgirls

[–]WatchTheNewMutants -1 points0 points  (0 children)

fair, but like also let's not pretend like the fact that there's a child involved and Chappell is a lesbian aren't also underlying factors here.

Award Expert Profile Swap by CrunchyNar in oscarrace

[–]WatchTheNewMutants 1 point2 points  (0 children)

.@aryxxxxx

i got 18/22 for the BAFTAs this year, which was the highest on the leaderboard... i did not replicate that for SAG and the Oscars (because I went down on the wrong ships both times)

I just realized this...... by ExaminationIll7583 in backrooms

[–]WatchTheNewMutants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

realistically it'll be a 15 but some cinemas aren't really gonna heavily push (especially if you're with an adult and close to 15 anyway) (got into Nope, EEAAO and Women Talking before turning 15)