Great piece Michael, as per usual. Interestingly, as I read it, I thought to myself OK, this doesn’t seem to be written in Michael’s usual ultra professional legal tone. Then I got to the final paragraph and all became clear. Point well made.
Hi Michael, thank you for that explanation which was as much fun reading as you said you enjoyed writing it.
What I have problems with is that the law is the law, but the criminal law appears to have bowed out in the case of these men who trespass on female spaces or has it been incorporated into statute law? I'm thinking of voyeurism, indecent exposure, lewd and libidinous practices, etc. Have all the once common law lower level sexual crimes been codified into statute? Or have the criminal aspects been superseded by statute? These men often behave as if these crimes never existed at all and behave with impunity almost.
Nice, good fun! Yes, what would be the point of having sex equality law if the practice of it (separate- & single-sex services & provisions) didn’t apply to those with the protected characteristic of gender reassignment? Gender reassignment is an additional protected characteristic to sex someone might have, not a replacement.
The illustrative hyperbole had me worried for a while. Good read!
Great piece Michael, as per usual. Interestingly, as I read it, I thought to myself OK, this doesn’t seem to be written in Michael’s usual ultra professional legal tone. Then I got to the final paragraph and all became clear. Point well made.
Oof! Take that, Ms Lockwood.
I love that you have not held back in this piece! It is exactly what Lockwood deserves.
Nearly spat my tea out at "It reads like it was written by a coked-up AI" :-))
Hi Michael, thank you for that explanation which was as much fun reading as you said you enjoyed writing it.
What I have problems with is that the law is the law, but the criminal law appears to have bowed out in the case of these men who trespass on female spaces or has it been incorporated into statute law? I'm thinking of voyeurism, indecent exposure, lewd and libidinous practices, etc. Have all the once common law lower level sexual crimes been codified into statute? Or have the criminal aspects been superseded by statute? These men often behave as if these crimes never existed at all and behave with impunity almost.
Coked up AI! Hahahaha
Nice, good fun! Yes, what would be the point of having sex equality law if the practice of it (separate- & single-sex services & provisions) didn’t apply to those with the protected characteristic of gender reassignment? Gender reassignment is an additional protected characteristic to sex someone might have, not a replacement.
Thanks, Michael for demolishing this nonsense.
Have cross posted
https://dustymasterson.substack.com/p/tales-from-tintagel
Dusty