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Will the Supreme Court protect Women's Rights?

(832 Posts)
OldFrill Tue 15-Apr-25 13:48:53

Judgement is due tomorrow Wed 16 April.
The link explains the history, the options and the implications.

sex-matters.org/posts/updates/will-the-supreme-court-protect-womens-rights/

Stepgranonabroomstick Tue 15-Apr-25 14:11:14

I sincerely hope so!

Stepgranonabroomstick Tue 15-Apr-25 17:04:15

I despair of Gransnet. Are there really only two people here who care about the basic rights of women?

Ladyleftfieldlover Tue 15-Apr-25 17:09:05

I care! I’m horrified by the whole trumpian thing.

CountessFosco Tue 15-Apr-25 17:09:50

You are right - far too few care, they would rather respond to silly, superficial comments. Just my opinion. Also fed-up with GN. If only everyone was forced to give their names instead of hiding behind pseudonyms, maybe the content would be better?

silverlining48 Tue 15-Apr-25 17:18:27

I didn’t know about this so read the link and hope the Scottish Supreme Court will do the right thing and protect women’s rights.

Allsorts Tue 15-Apr-25 17:19:22

It’up to women themselves to set and know their boundaries, I’m not a silly woman who puts up with bad behaviour..All women are not victims. I don't believe in women only lists for jobs, it should be the right person, I do believe in safe spaces for women, toilets and hospitals and changing rooms, should not be shared by men, if you have a penis don’t use a woman's space even if you try to be a woman..its just common sense which seems to be severely lacking by the few. Men that groom and rape young vulnerable girls, i wish they could be put to sleep but they cant so put them away for ever.let them work for their keep as well.

Trisha99 Tue 15-Apr-25 17:24:10

Stepgranonabroomstick

I despair of Gransnet. Are there really only two people here who care about the basic rights of women?

I care but I don’t feel the need to post my views online. Just by responding you Stepgran I feel I’m virtue signalling.

fancythat Tue 15-Apr-25 17:24:11

Stepgranonabroomstick

I despair of Gransnet. Are there really only two people here who care about the basic rights of women?

Ahem.

As I had a rant recently about others expecting everyone to have lots of time to deal with Politics, in the same way, most GNetters as far as I know are not glued to GN on the whole, either.

I hope they support the rights. fwiw.

Macadia Tue 15-Apr-25 17:25:32

As horrifying as the subject is, I found the article intriguing where it stated,

Data Collection: Breaking down statistics by certified sex, not biological sex, will seriously distort or our understanding of medical phenomena.

To me, this means that historical statistics could report that there was an enormous surge of woman growing male body parts in the year 2025.

Galaxy Tue 15-Apr-25 17:32:46

I don't really understand the comment about people on GN not caring about women's rights, they are discussed frequently. There is a current thread on single sex spaces. What do you mean?

Allira Tue 15-Apr-25 17:34:31

Not all of us are glued to Granset all day.

I despair of Gransnet. Are there really only two people here who care about the basic rights of women?
I refuse to respond to new posters who come on here to goad.

crazyH Tue 15-Apr-25 17:35:36

I rarely, if ever, post on the politics or religion forums .

OldFrill Tue 15-Apr-25 17:55:03

Generally Scottish news seems fairly low priority in rUK (and on Gransnet). The judgement will have repercussions throughout the UK whether it supports the Scottish government or not, which is why l thought it may be of interest outwith Scotland

OldFrill Tue 15-Apr-25 17:56:00

silverlining48

I didn’t know about this so read the link and hope the Scottish Supreme Court will do the right thing and protect women’s rights.

It's the UK Supreme court that is ruling.

Macadia Tue 15-Apr-25 18:01:22

Stepgranonabroomstick

I despair of Gransnet. Are there really only two people here who care about the basic rights of women?

No, Stepgranonabroomstick, there are probably 50,000 people - not just two - both men and women, (even LGBTQ+) in many countries all over the world, here on Gransnet, who care about women's rights. 💡

Every human has had a woman in their life.

OldFrill Wed 16-Apr-25 08:55:26

The judgement is imminent.

GrannyGravy13 Wed 16-Apr-25 08:56:45

I think it’s a sad day when women need a judgement from the High Court to define what they are…

OldFrill Wed 16-Apr-25 08:58:00

GrannyGravy13

I think it’s a sad day when women need a judgement from the High Court to define what they are…

It's the Scottish Government that seems to need it, not women

AGAA4 Wed 16-Apr-25 09:02:43

The argument seems to be that if a person has a GRC stating that they are a woman then they have access to all safe places of women.
A GRC can be used to say you have changed your sex.
No certificate can't change a man into a woman. It's biologically impossible .

PoliticsNerd Wed 16-Apr-25 09:03:35

Galaxy

I don't really understand the comment about people on GN not caring about women's rights, they are discussed frequently. There is a current thread on single sex spaces. What do you mean?

I agree. Also, I would expect the majority to be interested in everyone's basic rights but not necessarily be prepared to put their opinions on GN and get mown down by the extremists on here.

OldFrill Wed 16-Apr-25 09:04:13

This link explains why the case has reached the UK Supreme court and the implications of any judgement

It's far more than safe spaces for women
sexmatters.org/posts/updates/will-the-supreme-court-protect-womens-rights/

PoliticsNerd Wed 16-Apr-25 09:07:55

OldFrill

This link explains why the case has reached the UK Supreme court and the implications of any judgement

It's far more than safe spaces for women
sexmatters.org/posts/updates/will-the-supreme-court-protect-womens-rights/

My tablet is denying access to that site. I think that may well tell me all I want to know about the article.

Galaxy Wed 16-Apr-25 09:08:16

Could you name the extremists PN?

Smileless2012 Wed 16-Apr-25 09:10:20

You must have missed the numerous threads here on GN over the last couple of years where this issue has been discussed Stepgranonabroomstick.

There is one running at the moment on this forum about single sex spaces, but I don't recall seeing you there.