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[–]worried19 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Not to mention the possible and likely consensual sex

And what about pregnancy? Mixing males and females together is going to cause a lot of unintended pregnancy. That would be a huge financial burden on the prison system, and then what happens to the babies if they're conceived in prison and both parents are incarcerated long term?

[–]loveSloaneDebate King 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It’s just gonna be lawsuit after lawsuit. It’s such a liability. It’s a mistake. All I can do is hope that the mistake is realized (sooner rather than later, hopefully) and this turns a tide or something.

[–]worried19 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It's terrible to say, but I feel like rape is more easily ignored. Pregnancy, though, that's tangible evidence of sex (which isn't supposed to be happening in prison) plus a financial burden on the system in terms of abortion, adoption, prenatal care, and figuring out what the hell to do with dozens or possibly hundreds of unplanned babies.

[–]loveSloaneDebate King 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It’s kind of infuriating that in all of these situations, rape is ignored unless it’s a transwoman. The other males getting raped don’t get protected, the women at risk have no say and no one looking out for them, but the transwomen are covered? To be clear, it’s not at all bad that there are steps being taken to protect them (aside from the fact that these are the worst possible steps to take), but I don’t understand how there’s nothing being done for anyone else at risk of assault? I don’t understand how males make the decision to let males into female spaces. And as far as pregnancy goes- lol it’s not like they’re gonna offer condoms or birth control so seriously what the fuck are they thinking? They can’t prevent sex in prison any better than they can prevent rapes, apparently. And if they came up with a system to prevent sex- why wouldn’t they prevent the dangers the transwomen are facing in male prisons and keep them there? This is yet again, not even really about safety. This is about their “identities”. Once again, women get screwed over to preserve gender identity.