Comment on Why do we need legal genders at all?

• ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  What would you do if a convicted rapist said he identifies as a women now and wants to be sent to a female prison?

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  • Witchfire@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That’s not how that works

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    • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Maybe not in US but it does work like that in some countries. But I’m just curious. What would you do in a situation like that?

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      • Witchfire@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        You’re Just Asking Questions™ eh?

        Firstly, so much of the world is actively hostile to trans people that trying to use it as a defense would backfire in the vast majority of courts. The trans panic defense is unfortunately a very real thing that lets killers and rapists get away with heinous crimes. A recent example of this is in Tennessee, where a court overturned a murder conviction upon finding out that the victim was trans - news article.

        Secondly, assuming you do make it to a court where they have to plead, under oath, that they are trans and should be sent to a women’s prison, and it somehow doesn’t backfire- now they have to show proof of this history. A random cis dude claiming to be a woman is very unlikely to have a documented history of dysphoria or transition.

        I don’t think you understand how much emotional and physical labor is actually involved in transition. Just getting approval for HRT is usually a huge task, with people often waiting up to years for it. HRT is a lifelong marathon, not a sprint. That’s not even talking about surgery which is a whole other can of worms. Now, I’m not arguing for transmedicalism and you can be a fully valid trans person without taking the medical route, but even then theyre likely to have at minimum a recorded history of dysphoria with a therapist. It’s really not feasible to just “claim you’re trans” overnight.

        I find it particularly interesting that you assume being in the US would benefit you as it’s literally heading towards a trans genocide. Fwiw, I fled the US a while ago when I saw the writing on the wall.

        Please take some time to meet actual trans people and talk to us, rather than resorting to strawmen

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