Toffs plot to harm women some more
The struggle to demolish women’s rights never ends.
A group of peers is at the centre of a House of Lords plot to derail guidance protecting women’s single-sex spaces, leaked documents have revealed.
The group, which includes a former head of Stonewall and one of its founder members, is seeking to scupper rules drawn up by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) by delaying the government’s process until a new chair of the regulator is appointed.
A source told The Times that Lord Collins of Highbury, the government’s equalities spokesman in the House of Lords, had been involved in “strategy development” with the group.
Always with the doublespeak. An equalities boffin is working to destroy women’s rights. Where’s the equality in that?
The women’s and equalities minister, Bridget Phillipson, received the updated rules last month. They are understood to restrict the ability of trans people to access services of their chosen gender and follow an April Supreme Court ruling to clarify that, under the Equality Act 2010, the term “woman” refers to biological sex.
Even the Times, not generally considered a woke outlet, words it in this snotty women-ignoring way. Wa wa the updated rules – the ones that tell men to stay out of women’s spaces – are mean to trans people!!! Wa!!! It’s like saying laws against rape are mean to rapists. What about women god damn it? Why do men’s projects to force themselves on women matter more than women’s projects to avoid men in places like toilets and changing rooms?
It is understood the group of peers met in parliament on Wednesday after a debate in the Lords on the guidance.
Among those in the group is Baroness Hunt, who previously led Stonewall’s “no debate” approach on transgender rights. The group, calling itself “friends and allies”, believes “the EHRC is at risk of being pulled towards more restrictive positions”, documents showed.
Friends and allies of what? Not women, obviously.
Claire Coutinho, the shadow equalities minister, said: “It’s outrageous, though hardly surprising, that peers with links to Stonewall are trying to delay this crucial guidance. Women and girls deserve protection, not dither and delay. Bridget Phillipson needs to get on with the day job and publish the EHRC guidance immediately.”
Maya Forstater, the chief executive of the charity Sex Matters, said it was “devastating to see a group of peers in the House of Lords plotting to thwart the law”.
She said: “The Supreme Court has spelled out what the Equality Act means, and that women’s rights depend on recognising that everyone is either male or female, and no one can change sex. There is nothing kind about this wicked attempt to put trans identifying men’s wishes ahead of the privacy, dignity and safety of women and girls.
“The government must stamp on this disgraceful behaviour and get on with confirming the EHRC Code of Practice and ensuring compliance with the Equality Act across the country.”
Yeah! Stamp on it! Hard!
Although often neglected, gendered washrooms are an essential part of affirming one’s gender identity day-to-day. Over the years, washroom designers have steadily improved their designs to tailor them to users’ identities and maximize comfort.
Some of the most prominent features of gendered washrooms include the following:
(Feminine)
– Pink toilets, urinals, tiling, and tampon dispensers
– Cozy, womanly music piped through the speakers, featuring artists such as Anita Bryant and Toni Basil
– Faucet handles and hand dryer buttons that are actually little she/her badges
– Inspirational posters with cute kittens on them
– Sweet incense with hints of rosemary, lavender, and homemade angel food cake
(Masculine)
– Blue toilets, urinals, tiling and tampon dispensers
– Rough music full of pulsating male energy, sung by the likes of Ted Nugent and Eminem
– Pin-up posters in every stall
– Motor oil-scented soap
– Aerators and sinks designed to make the water look like foaming beer
This mental health support almost always goes unappreciated. It is estimated that a whopping 85% of the population would go into depression if they did not use washrooms matching their chosen gender.
That is a blot upon her record, or should be.
More restrictive of what? It’s a matter of perspective, and which one you take. Attempts to plug the holes in a punctured boat are “more restrictive” of the water forcing its way in. For those in the boat, this is a good thing, as point of the boat is the safe travel of the passengers on it. Flooding the boat defeats that purpose. This group in the House of Lords is taking the perspective that women’s safety has no value, and all for sinking the boat. We won’t even talk about the sharks.
This is the kind of question that “NO DEBATE” and “TWAW” were supposed to short circuit. Despitet the cover of putative “gender identity,” TiMs are exactly the same as any other man entering women’s spaces. Even if you could tie one of these “friends and allies” to a chair and put the question to them, they would still insist that they were on the side of “all women.” It’s just that some women are more equal than others, the ones with penises being brave, stunning, and sacred. These lords would never admit that they were promoting and protecting the interests of sex criminals. Because that’s what men in women’s private spaces are.