The essence of personal identity is the mind. Shouldn’t we talk about people’s identity rather than their sex or gender? Not what people “identify as” but what their true identity is. People’s true identity is not their outward appearance but what the mind involuntarily dictates.
I’m sorry if I’m not being clear but I’m agreeing with you 100%. I totally understand “self indentity” is about a statutory declaration that isn’t arbitrary. I’m just asking if the term is potentially confusing in allowing critics to suggest you could keep changing your mind.
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But people do change their minds.
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Which is of course NOT what I said. I said KEEP changing their minds - that is the criticism, that people can dip in and out at will. That will not be possible. Making a terrible and genuine mistake is possible.
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Indeed. A gender recognition statutory declaration is a serious undertaking and there are penalties in law for making a false one. And even with the changes envisaged, there would likely still be a significant wait. And it still only changes your birth certificate.
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It's not just about someone 'changing their mind'. You can't change your mind about biological sex! Men can't become women. Woman is a protected sex class. Use another name please, and campaign for your own safe spaces like women had to..
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Perhaps you could give us an idea of what you think a woman is. Then explain to us how you perceive self-id should be enacted. (Remember that the mind's perception of identity changes with time.)
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We certainly agree that the term isn’t a helpful one. “Statutory declaration approach to gender” is a bit of a mouthful tho. We need something snappier.
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In the US states where self-id is allowed, people have changed their minds back again. There are indeed intact males with access to women's spaces, some of whom wear traditional male clothing, beards, bald heads, the lot. Men looking like men, with penises, in refuges. Why?
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Yes. What are THEY saying?
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Ok. Read up now. You do seem to be agreeing but using different words for the same thing...
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