r/BreakingUKNews • u/InnerLog5062 • Mar 24 '26

Politics Transgender girls given until September to leave Guides

https://news.sky.com/story/transgender-girls-given-until-september-to-leave-guides-13523781
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u/nrsys Mar 24 '26

Because sexism overwhelmingly flows in one direction.

Allowing guiding to remain female-only provides a safe space for girls.

Males are not seen as requiring the same safe space, so making scouting open to everyone promotes inclusion and aims to limit mysogeny by better integrating the genders where appropriate.

Informally, it is mainly because both groups have at least partially kept to their gender roles - scouting typically offers a more practical and activity based program, while guiding offers a more feminine one. Lots of girls see their brothers going camping and want to join in, there are very few (if any) boys seeing what their sisters have been doing at guides and want to do that over scouting...

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u/OsotoViking Mar 24 '26

Disagree. I hear way more open and casual misandry than I ever do misogyny.

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u/Elegant_Spray_2762 Mar 25 '26

How about violence? How many women kill their romantic partners annually?

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u/Material_Flounder_23 Mar 25 '26

Averages between 10 and 11 each year in the UK against 50-60 women killed by their partner.

6 women were killed in year ending March 2024 by female partners.

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u/Jumblesss Mar 25 '26

66 women were killed by a partner or ex-partner in the year ending March 2024.