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[–]MarkTwainiac 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

The figures that FPFW got from the Ministry of Justice show that 50% of "TW" in prison in England and Wales have been convicted of sex crimes, versus 17% of the general male prison population there.

Which means that either male convicted sex criminals are especially likely to claim to be trans, or "TW" commit sex crimes at a rate that's more than 2.5 times higher than other male convicted criminals do.

BTW, on Twitter yesterday some TRAs alleged that all these TIMs convicted of sex crimes probably had convictions for prostitution, which they were probably forced into doing to survive coz transphobia makes it impossible for TIMs to get any other kind of job in the UK. But the FPFW reports specifies the sex crimes these guys have been convicted of: the largest number was for rape, which per UK law can only be committed with a penis; the second largest number of convictions were for child pornography.

Also, the UK Crown Prostitution Service says on its website that it doesn't prosecute people for doing "sex work" - it concentrates on going after the johns, pimps, traffickers, criminal gangs that control, exploit, beat up, terrorize and otherwise do harm to prostitutes.

[–]chrysthefeminist 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

UK Crown Prostitution Service

Typo or clever pun?

it doesn't prosecute people for doing "sex work" - it concentrates on going after the johns, pimps, traffickers, criminal gangs that control, exploit, beat up, terrorize and otherwise do harm to prostitutes.

Good - that's more or less in line with the nordic model.

[–]MarkTwainiac 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Typo! LOL. It should be Crown Prosecution Service.