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Cont: Transwomen are not women part XII (also merged)

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TurkeysGhost said:
I don't know if this is directed at me, but in the interest of speaking directly:

I wish anti-discrimination policies were rigorously enforced, including against women's only gyms, which wouldn't be necessary if sexually harassing gym chodes were treated appropriately by said rigorous enforcement of anti-discrimination policy.

I understand and am sympathetic for the desire for women's only gyms, but the need for them is a pretty unambiguous sign of societal failure to enforce the reasonable norm that women should be able to exist in public without being sexually harassed.
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I think it's more complicated than just sexual harassment.

Some of the women's gyms I've seen (including Curves) being female only provide a modesty benefit. They cater to people who are not super fit. An over-weight woman may feel more comfortable performing exercises and wearing the related outfits without men present, even if those men are not jerks and are not harassing her. In other words, it caters to a segment that's self-conscious.

Planet fitness tries to cater to the self-conscious demographic as well, but takes a different approach that targets both sexes. (Men can also be self-conscious when observed by women.)

Most gyms don't allow harassment, but there is no policy that can be put in place to address someone who is self-conscious about their body. Providing a comfortable space for people to exercise is a positive thing.
 
smartcooky said:
Alison Fisher - 61 WPBA titles, four time world 9-Ball champion, 11-time world snooker champion. In 2005 near the beginning of the peak of her playing career, she earned nearly US$250,000 on the circuit, more than any other player, male or female in that year. She both regularly played against and beat top male players. Fisher is 5ft 4in, a lot shorter than most male snooker and pool players.

Height didn't seem much of a barrier to these two women.
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She was successful in pool, not snooker.

Throughout the 1980s, she made various attempts to qualify for the main Men's snooker tour, which contained around 128 players at the time, but these attempts were unsuccessful.
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Pool table height - 30 inches
Snooker table height - 34 inches
 
JoeMorgue said:
At lot of discussion (and this is going to be hard to put into words so actually read for context and don't just hover over the "how can you even say such a thing" shortcut on your keyboard) does seem to treat women as having some special kind of victimhood that nobody else gets and that's... weird.
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:jaw-dropp

I think this sets a new record on this thread.
 
JoeMorgue said:
I get this is supposed to be some level of mic drop shocking suggestion that all our jaws are supposed to drop at but... sorta. Kinda. Yes with a no. No with a but...

I mean "I have to be away not from the person who hurt me but their entire demographic in order to heal" would be seen as somewhere on the scale between obviously wrong to just weird in literally any other scenario.

We don't have all white shelters (yes I'm using the comparison again, die mad about it everyone) for people who were mugged by black people. We don't kick Muslims out of support groups for 9/11. We don't keep all adults always from children who have been victimized by adults.

In literally every other case dealing with a victim a crime assuming the victim is capable of understanding that a person hurt them and not a whole demographic is not seen as shocking or callous.

At lot of discussion (and this is going to be hard to put into words so actually read for context and don't just hover over the "how can you even say such a thing" shortcut on your keyboard) does seem to treat women as having some special kind of victimhood that nobody else gets and that's... weird.

Think I'm wrong? Okay. Name me one other context in which we separate, long term, victims of crimes from the entire demographic of the person who assaulted them so they can heal. I bet you can't/

Replace the woman in "Woman's Shelter" with any other vaguely comparable demographic noun, repeat it back to me, and then look eye with honesty and integrity and tell it doesn't sound a little weird.
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Maybe you need to talk to more women.
 
d4m10n said:
Even if female people wanted their own spaces for reasons unrelated to modesty or privacy, I'd be inclined to let them have their spaces without prescribing public policy permitting people with penises.
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Women have been fighting against sex segregation since men started their sex segregated clubs and pursuits. Today in a country like the UK it would be many steps backward for women to lose the legal and cultural rights they have gained if we started again to allow sex segregated clubs etc.
 
Darat said:
Women have been fighting against sex segregation since men started their sex segregated clubs and pursuits. Today in a country like the UK it would be many steps backward for women to lose the legal and cultural rights they have gained if we started again to allow sex segregated clubs etc.
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For clarity, sex segregation is allowed in certain circumstances:

You can only provide a separate-sex service if a joint service would be less effective and providing that separate service is a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim. For example, a legitimate aim could be the health and safety of others. You must then show that your action is a proportionate way to achieve that aim. This requires that you balance the impact on all service users of providing services separately.

For example, a charity provides separate homeless hostels for men and women.
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Courts will decide on a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim on a case by case basis.
 
LondonJohn said:
Trans rights activists want gender segregation
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40 odd years ago lots of people wanted homosexuals segregated out of the way as well. 60ish years back plenty of folks thought it was fine to keep black people separate from white folks places.

Trans rights activists are therefore homophobes and racists according to you.

The above is your argumentation, not mine.
 
lionking said:
What is your view of Women’s Shelters, where women are protected from violence and predation? Mermaids objects to them being sex segregated. And you?
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On the basis that LJ considers "women" can be either male or female then the idea of "Women's' shelters" being segregated by biological sex is of course nonsense...

For those who still consider "women" to be female they make perfect sense.
 
Consider this - a woman has been abused physically and emotionally for a couple of decades by her partner. She eventually decides it has to stop and takes herself and her two children, who are also the victims of domestic abuse to a sex segregated "woman only" refuge, the children are fraternal twins aged 16, one female, one male. Should she be turned away or should her and her daughter be accepted and the 16 year old male be turned away?

That is the type of problem that comes up every day for victims of domestic violence and those trying to provide support for victims. Our (talking about the UK) provisions for victims of domestic violence are woefully and shamefully underfunded, thousands of victims, especially those with children are to all extent and purposes forced to go back to the abuser because there is no support. Add in the woefully underfunded mental health services and the situation becomes even more bleak.
 
Darat said:
Consider this - a woman has been abused physically and emotionally for a couple of decades by her partner. She eventually decides it has to stop and takes herself and her two children, who are also the victims of domestic abuse to a sex segregated "woman only" refuge, the children are fraternal twins aged 16, one female, one male. Should she be turned away or should her and her daughter be accepted and the 16 year old male be turned away?
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You use the word woman, but also refer to sex segregated. How are you defining woman? a female? an adult(over what age?) female? someone who considers themselves to be female? And how are you defining sex? biologically? or by feelings?

Sorry, you have proposed a specific scenario for your own purposes within this debate, so it seems only reasonable for you to define your terms specifically.

As an aside I'd say, within your defined scenario and without further clarification as requested above, that the male twin is stuck either way, unless they are prepared to declare themselves to feel female. In that case they can be let in if you are defining woman as someone who considers themselves female and sex as dependent on feelings.

But perhaps that's the answer you were hoping for so you could demolish it...
That is the type of problem that comes up every day for victims of domestic violence and those trying to provide support for victims. Our (talking about the UK) provisions for victims of domestic violence are woefully and shamefully underfunded, thousands of victims, especially those with children are to all extent and purposes forced to go back to the abuser because there is no support. Add in the woefully underfunded mental health services and the situation becomes even more bleak.
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Yep, but what additional refuge provisions for domestic violence victims would you propose that would eliminate the dilemma you describe above? (assuming you don't think it's off topic for this thread...)
 
Lplus said:
You use the word woman, but also refer to sex segregated. How are you defining woman? a female? an adult(over what age?) female? someone who considers themselves to be female? And how are you defining sex? biologically? or by feelings?

Sorry, you have proposed a specific scenario for your own purposes within this debate, so it seems only reasonable for you to define your terms specifically. ...snip...
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Always happy to provide my definitions, I'm using the words the same way I did earlier i.e. ...In the following- I am using "sex" to mean the biological sex, the XX and XY thing. I am using "female" to mean biological women, male to mean biological men... In the hypothetical (but is something that happens) I am using woman to mean female as per the sex segregation in some women's refuges. I' reword it if it helps:

Consider this - a female has been abused physically and emotionally for a couple of decades by her partner. She eventually decides it has to stop and takes herself and her two children, who are also the victims of domestic abuse to a sex segregated "woman only" refuge, the children are fraternal twins aged 16, one female, one male. Should she be turned away or should her and her female child be accepted and the 16 year old male be turned away?
 
Aber said:
She was successful in pool, not snooker.
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Wrong!

SNOOKER
‎‎1. Winner 1985 Women's World Snooker Championship v Stacey Hillyard 5–1
‎‎ 2. Winner 1986 Women's World Snooker Championship v Sue LeMaich 5–0
‎‎ 3. Winner 1988 Women's World Snooker Championship v Ann-Marie Farren 6–1
‎‎ 4. Winner 1989 Women's World Snooker Championship v Ann-Marie Farren 6–5
‎‎ 5. Winner 1991 World Masters Women's Doubles with Stacey Hillyard v Karen Corr / Ann-Marie Farren 5–2
‎‎ 6. Winner 1991 World Masters Mixed Doubles with Steve Davis v Jimmy White / Caroline Walch 6–3
‎‎ 7. Winner 1991 World Mixed Doubles Championship with Steve Davis v Stephen Hendry / Stacey Hillyard 5–4
‎‎ 8. Winner 1991 Haverhill Classic v Kelly Fisher 3–0
‎‎ 9. Winner 1991 Women's World Snooker Championship v Karen Corr 8–2
10. Winner 1993 Women's World Snooker Championship v Stacey Hillyard 9–3
11. Winner 1994 Women's World Snooker Championship v Stacey Hillyard 9–3
12. Winner 1994 Haverhill Classic v Kelly Fisher 3–0
13. Winner 1994 Regal Masters v Kelly Fisher 4–0
14. Winner 1994 Llanelli Classic v Stacey Hillyard 4–2
15. Winner 1994 New Berkshire Classic v Kim Shaw 3–0
16. Winner 1995 Bailey Homes Ladies Classic v Karen Corr 4–1
17. Winner 1995 Regal Welsh v Kim Shaw 4–1
18 Winner 1995 UK Ladies Championship v Karen Corr 4–1

You have a somewhat "unique" definition of "not successful"

Aber said:
Pool table height - 30 inches
Snooker table height - 34 inches
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TomB said:
I think it's more complicated than just sexual harassment.

Some of the women's gyms I've seen (including Curves) being female only provide a modesty benefit. They cater to people who are not super fit. An over-weight woman may feel more comfortable performing exercises and wearing the related outfits without men present, even if those men are not jerks and are not harassing her. In other words, it caters to a segment that's self-conscious.

Planet fitness tries to cater to the self-conscious demographic as well, but takes a different approach that targets both sexes. (Men can also be self-conscious when observed by women.)

Most gyms don't allow harassment, but there is no policy that can be put in place to address someone who is self-conscious about their body. Providing a comfortable space for people to exercise is a positive thing.
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Well, you say it yourself, planet fitness has an approach to this that does not rely on violating anti-discrimination law.
 
lobosrul5 said:
WHAT IS THE FEMALE FIGHT CLUB?
The Female Fight Club, a non-profit fitness club exclusively for women located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx in NYC,

https://femalefightclubnyc.com/

Golds is for profit. But they don't operate womens only gyms, they operate womens only areas in their gyms if I'm not mistaken. ETA: it would be pretty silly to even argue against such things. My gym has a daycare for people to leave their kids. Can I sue them because I'm not allowed in that section of the gym, I'm being discriminated against whoa is me!
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Perhaps that's why it's kosher with the relevant laws. I've said as much that I'm not even sure how places like Curves can operate legally as a women's only gym, and in some states it seems they can't and instead rely on their marketing more than anything so that customers self-select.
 
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