Women as all-purpose safety net
Sometimes a “blanket” rule is what’s necessary.
The case of Isla Bryson, the transgender double rapist who was initially sent to a female prison, must not result in a blanket ban on trans women serving their sentences in women’s facilities, the campaign group Scottish Trans has said.
Nonsense. Trans women are men, and as such should not be in women’s facilities. The end.
“It is right that this should be decided on an individualised risk assessment basis,” Valentine said.
“For example, a trans woman transitioned for 20 years, who is in prison for a non-violent offence like financial fraud, might pose no risk to other women in custody, but be at significant risk herself if accommodated on the male estate.”
I don’t care. Don’t make his problem women’s problem. Figure out some other way to solve the problem. Women don’t exist to be a safe haven for men.
This man was held in some special isolated holding unit or block, right? So do the same for trans women, but in the men’s special isolated wing. Solved.
They always forget women’s privacy, modesty, and dignity, don’t they? But only in situations which involve TIMs and women. Put men in women’s spaces? No. Even nice men cause embarrassment. Put TIMs in with the other men? Oh, dear no, that violates their privacy, modesty, and dignity too.
But even when they’re starting to acknowledge that well, okay, TW are not entirely women for all purposes — and sometimes we need to recollect that they’re male — they’re never male enough to make a woman’s nervous, unhappy response to having a man invade a place meant for women anything other than bigotry. No. If you’re not going to be raped or beaten nothing else counts. Leering, intimidation, whatever. Steel yourself and submit.