Trans women drop-kicked and stamped on man, 19, outside Tube station

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[–]MarkTwainiac 41 insightful - 1 fun41 insightful - 0 fun42 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I think the headline here is that these furiously violent men all got off with hardly a slap on their wrists for a committing a brutal physical gang attack on a lone man who verbally insulted them. The judge suggested that the attack was essentially justified coz the victim made remarks that were transphobic and racist.

Donning a frock, wig, makeup and a trans identity really is the new "get out of jail free" card for violent male thugs.

Women are subjected to the most vile verbal abuse out in public all the time. Does this judge think we should be allowed to drop kick and kerb stomp all the men who harass and insult us?

[–]artetolife 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

FWIW those sentences aren't uncommonly lenient. They were wise to take their shoes off! Those are classed as weapons for the purpose of sentencing so it takes it down a notch.

[–]MarkTwainiac 18 insightful - 1 fun18 insightful - 0 fun19 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I know they aren't unusually lenient from a UK or European perspective. Lots of men in those countries routinely get off pretty much scot-free even when convicted of major crimes.

Still, it seems worth noting that the punishments meted out to the men who committed this violent assault got more lenient sentences than the autistic male youth who was prosecuted and convicted for allegedly saying "are you a girl or a boy?" within earshot of a TIF police officer who was in the midst of "transitioning."

[–]denverkris 15 insightful - 3 fun15 insightful - 2 fun16 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

That TIF makes me embarrassed for women everywhere. Like seriously, there are women around the globe suffering untold atrocities, and she gets her knickers in a twist because of a very reasonable question posed by a child. I can't count the number of times a child has directly asked me (or their mommy, while vigorously pointing at me) whether I'm a boy or a girl and somehow I managed to go on with my life and not sue the child. Someone needs to tell her that if she really wants to be a man she needs to grow a pair.