It's funny how the sumamries of examples of "women-only services" do not all match the
actual source.
•Cervical screening services (as only women need the service)
"• cervical cancer screening service to be provided to women only, as only women need the service;"
Check.
•Women-only domestic violence support units (where women may not feel safe in the prescence of males)
"•a domestic violence support unit to be set up by a local authority for women only but there is no men-only unit because of insufficient demand;"
Not quite the same thing.
•Separate male and female hospital wards
"•separate male and female wards to be provided in a hospital;"
Check.
•Separate male and female changing rooms in department stores
"•separate male and female changing rooms to be provided in a department store;"
Check
•A women-only massage service provided by a woman in the clients’ own homes
"•a massage service to be provided to women only by a female massage therapist with her own business operating in her clients’ homes because she would feel uncomfortable massaging men in that environment."
I guess there is an assumption that male massage therapists aren't fussed.
•Group counselling sessions for female victims of sexual assault (who may not attend if a male transsexual was present)
"•A group counselling session is provided for female victims of sexual assault. The organisers do not allow transsexual people to attend as they judge that the clients who attend the group session are unlikely to do so if a male-to-female transsexual person was also there. This would be lawful."
So not "male transsexual," but "male-to-female transsexual person..."
•Women-only Associations (where the purpose is to gather together people sharing a particular protected characteristic)
"Background: An exception for associations which bring together people who share a particular protected characteristic was provided in previous legislation in relation to race and sexual orientation. This exception has been extended to cover all of the protected characteristics in line with the prohibition on discrimination.
Example: • A club for deaf people can restrict membership to people who are deaf and would not need to admit people with other disabilities, such as a blind person."
Not the same example at all, then.
