Is JK Rowling pushing the boundaries too far?

Thank God for JK Rowling, who'd have thought even as recently as 10 or 15 years ago whenever this batshit madness crept up upon us, that ludicrous misnomers such as "her penis" would expected to be taken seriously and go unchallenged. We've already seen Nicola Surgeon disappear up a cul-de-sac of her own making when trying to explain her way out of the Isla Bryson debacle and when we read the testaments of another brave woman, Labour MP Rosie Duffied I think it's possible that there may be potential problems when we have a change of government.

Good on her! 👏👏

Freya5

Should have said, Labour are also mulling this type of law, as if there isn't any already in our statute books.

the 2nd reason[cant remember the first] not to vote Labour in my opinion.

Scottish police say that they're not prosecuting her. She's obviously a wealthy and prominent figure. However, she's also said that if any other more ordinary (not her word)woman was picked on under this new law she'd fund their legal case. She is such a tremendous relief to us Scottish women.

Should have said, Labour are also mulling this type of law, as if there isn't any already in our statute books.

Stand with JK Rowling. New law is a backwards step into medieval times.

I wholeheartedly support J.K. Rowling.

No, I don’t think JKR is pushing it.

She’s stating the truth and the obvious - you can’t change biology. You can identify as anything you like, but it doesn’t change the facts.🙄

I don’t think they’ll be prosecuting her.

Earlier today JKR went on social media to hit back at claims she would be remembered by history as a “bigoted children’s book author”.

She said: “Again with the legacy guff... if your friend History thinks women don’t deserve sex-based rights, healthy kids should be medicalised, and free speech needs stamping out, I’m not interested in being his buddy. He sounds a massive dick.”

Mollygo

Rosie51

Mollygo they deliberately excluded the category of sex, it's sexual orientation that's included. They don't care about the awful abuse or endangerment of women at all. That's why we've been promised a separate bill 'sometime, never' There were amendments tabled to include sex but they were defeated.

I know, but they can exclude it all they like.
Sex is a protected characteristic.

Oh I'm with you all the way, just there won't be any prosecutions to protect women using this law. It's disgraceful and so transparent why they decided the protected characteristic of sex should be purposefully excluded. They must think we're as thick as them.

Rosie51

Mollygo they deliberately excluded the category of sex, it's sexual orientation that's included. They don't care about the awful abuse or endangerment of women at all. That's why we've been promised a separate bill 'sometime, never' There were amendments tabled to include sex but they were defeated.

I know, but they can exclude it all they like.
Sex is a protected characteristic.

I’m with JKR every step of the way.

She can push the boundaries as far as she deems necessary to end this madness, im in JK s army .

Aveline

Elegran I had a go at the consultation but it's a typical Scottish government clunky format. They really don't want to be disagreed with.

This.

Mollygo they deliberately excluded the category of sex, it's sexual orientation that's included. They don't care about the awful abuse or endangerment of women at all. That's why we've been promised a separate bill 'sometime, never' There were amendments tabled to include sex but they were defeated.

I can see the SNP disappearing up their own backside with this one. 😂

Callistemon21

No, she is not. She's a brave woman standing up for the rights of women and girls, which are being eroded steadily.

An amendment to add sex to the list of protected characteristics was voted down, despite cross-party MSPs raising concerns about why women were excluded.

Yesterday, protesters gathered outside the Scottish Parliament to demonstrate against the Act’s introduction, but Mr Yousaf claimed it was needed thanks to “a rising tide of hatred against the people because of their protected characteristics”. Pressed on Rowling’s views, he said the police would investigate if a crime had been committed and the Crown Office would decide “if there is a sufficiency of evidence to charge”.

The man's a dangerous fool.

Exactly this.

The act says a person can be found guilty if they communicate material or behave in a way 'that a reasonable person would consider to be threatening or abusive', with the intention of stirring up hatred based on the protected characteristics.
So if I’ve read that correctly, that means that the actions of TRA against females (protected characteristic of sex) are illegal and TIM going into female safe spaces or female wards or female competitions and flaunting that they are male or going into lesbian spaces and demanding that lesbians accept them as women, are behaving in a way that a reasonable person would consider to be threatening and abusive
Except that this law is endorsed by a male and he is unlikely to class any female objecting to TIM cheating and lying as being threatening and abusive
as a reasonable person

Urmstongran

Well done Yousaf and SNP, you’ve made Scotland an international laughing stock.

Mind you - remember a couple of years back in Covid times they mooted sawing the bottoms of school classroom doors to let the air circulate! You couldn’t make this nonsense up. It was pure Comedy Gold!
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Oh goodness yes! I seem to remember it stirred up some strong feelings 😂😂

They are ‘activists’ Grandmabatty a vociferous howling group with a very dodgy agenda. Good folk are gradually waking up to this nonsense instead of sleepwalking into it.

Well done Yousaf and SNP, you’ve made Scotland an international laughing stock.

Mind you - remember a couple of years back in Covid times they mooted sawing the bottoms of school classroom doors to let the air circulate! You couldn’t make this nonsense up. It was pure Comedy Gold!
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Firmly with JKR .

I am sure that there are many people who are trans men or trans women who quietly live their lives, causing no offence nor harm to anyone. Sadly there's a vociferous minority who do cause harm or threaten harm to women. On that point alone, I stand with JK Rowling. I've seen the horrific things they do and say on twitter. It's beyond belief.

I'm with JKR too. I think a very telling aspect of this law is the total rejection of including misogyny. Would that be because they'd have to spell out it would apply to biological women abused and demeaned on the grounds of their biological sex and not some inner feeling? Why promise us a separate bill at 'some time in the future'? When would that be, the 12th of never?

I think most people stand with JKR.