when gender blinds us to sex

Personally I thnk our rape law needs completely revising it is old fashioned and fails to take account of some horrific attacks which can't be described as rape. The USA has revised theirs it now reads “The penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim.”
I think there is a case for recording sex crimes with the sex of the offender, but I'm not sure this needs to be done for other offences. If a transwoman doesn't pay her TV licence does her sex matter?

inclusivity for everybody, everywhere & in every circumstance "

Me too GrannyGravy13.

Well done Priti for cutting through this nonsense!

In England and Wales, almost 57% of trans-identified male inmates have been charged with at least one sex offense, compared to 17% of non-trans male inmates, and just 2% of biologically female inmates.

In 2019, Freedom of Information requests made by feminist activists revealed that at least six police forces in the UK had been recording criminals based on self-identified gender rather than sex.

Speaking to The Times after the data was received, Nicola Williams, director of Fair Play for Women, said: “You can’t get much more of a male crime than rape. It would be highly offensive to a woman who was raped to have it written down that her attacker was a female when clearly that was a male with a penis."

I really hope that, this time, the tide is turning and women's safety will no longer be sacrificed on the alter of "inclusivity for everybody, everywhere".

You are so right Rosie
Actually, these past couple of weeks has seen a light shine brightly into trans issues and more people are willing to speak out about their concerns. These issues do need closer scrutiny. Lets start with this cohort of rapists!

In 2020, in English prisons, 74 male prisoners who identify as women were serving sentences for sex offences compared to 125 women. Of those 125 women, some may be people who may be biologically male but have a GRC as they are automatically counted as being female.

My word, Priti Patel has actually done something useful! I hope this will apply to all sex offenders.

It's not just those crimes, child sex offenders have also been recorded as female offenders despite being in possession of full working male bodies. There was that case of a "woman" who was accessing pornographic images of children from a hospital bed. Because sexual abuse crimes are so rare amongst women even a small number of males being recorded as females skews the figures hugely.
Let's hope this thread doesn't get pulled, it's a subject that needs examining.

There is a poll open to sign to petition that the sex of perpetrators, as well as gender, should be recorded when convicted of a sex crime.


petition.parliament.uk/petitions/590123

Yes it is good. I realise the figure of 436 covers a six year period but it is nevertheless very worrying. I hope this isn’t belittled and ‘put into context’ by those determined to protect the ‘rights’ of trans people at all costs. You know who you are.

This is good. "Most of the time it doesn't really matter how an individual identifies. Until suddenly it does matter". I totally agree petunia and TBH when it comes to the language some used by some surrounding this issue, I'm finding it more and more disturbing.

Thank God forcing women who have been raped or assaulted to use she in court about their attacker is further abuse of that woman.

I agree with Priti Patel on this.

Thanks petunia I read about this last night. Priti Patel has done nothing, thus far, that I can admire her for but I'm very glad to see that she's addressed this. I've been following the Nolan reports and they're a very informative and interesting listen.