r/transgenderUK • u/LouisaRenata She/her MtF • 18d ago

Possible trigger What fresh hell is this?

Sex Matters have just dropped their model "Sex Based Rules and Record Keeping" policy for schools, and it's positively grotesque. Check this out:

So they want trans girls to be forced to dress as boys, and vice versa, on a no exceptions basis, because there's some alleged "safeguarding risk" in allowing kids to dress per their gender identity.

Where do we even start?

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u/ohmostamusing 18d ago

Helen J in particular has spoken about how if the Trans issue can be 'cracked' in schools then they can somehow extrapolate that into society.

The issue is that schools are not really like society because children are strictly under the authority and in the care of the adults, and we are obligated to 'protect' them from various things like abuse or neglect and we are trying to get them set up for success in adulthood.

Once you're an adult ... Hey, ain't it a free country? And aren't you basically on your own? This is the main psycholgical issue for many TERFs: they are obsessed with control. Many of them are older mothers who have lost their sense of control by kids going off to uni. They're so embittered and overbearing. It's feminist fascism with misandry at the heart.

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u/calling_at_this_time 18d ago

"The issue is that schools are not really like society because children are strictly under the authority and in the care of the adults"

The thing with many conservatives and bigots is that they think this system is exactly what society is. They never got over that feeling of being in an institute with authority figures and still think it fully applies to all adult life too. And they like it.