But only where necessary
Ok what does this mean?
Meanwhile Labour peer and former women and equalities minister Harriet Harman, also chair of the Fawcett Society, said the verdict “correctly interprets” current legislation and ministers’ intentions when it was drafted under the last Labour government. ”
She added: “Single sex spaces for women are important and can exclude trans women but only where necessary. The Act, and ruling, protects rights of women while also respecting the rights of trans women.”
It’s at the end of a piece about a “trans Labour councillor” who “has resigned from the party, accusing it of having ‘“thrown transgender people under the bus.'” It’s the usual nonsense, but what I want to know is what does “but only where necessary” mean?
I suppose it means what it appears to mean. I suppose it means “women are whiny bitches so all right they can have their precious single sex spaces but only when it’s really truly necessary and the rest of the time they just have to put up with unwanted uninvited men invading their book groups and feminist meetups.”
So we were at, “Women-only spaces don’t have to be for women-only, so nyah.”
Now we’re at, “Okay, women-only spaces have to be for women only. Fine … but you can only have women-only spaces when they’re necessary, and they’re never necessary, so nyah!”
Yep. Jam tomorrow. Only on days without a Y in their name.
We have that concept here in Australia- our Sex Discrimination Act allows for female only, but you’ve got to apply for an exemption and be granted it first. In practice, exemptions are very rarely applied for, and even more rarely granted, and business and government operate as if exemptions are not permitted.