The word “female” is so objectionable to our federal government that it cannot even be used in a court case involving women being sexually abused in prison.
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it → use → prison
“Cisgender woman” is the preferred term used by the Canadian government allegedly for reasons of “clarity and accuracy.”
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woman → use → clarity
Cisgender woman, as opposed to female, is used “to refer to individuals whose gender identity corresponds to the gender assigned to them at birth based on observed sexual characteristics,” says the government in a recent statement of defence.
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government → oppose → defence
It adds that the “use of the term ‘female’ to refer solely to cisgender women risks mischaracterizing or misgendering gender diverse inmates, and this Defence avoids that usage for clarity and accuracy.
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Defence → add → clarity
Having erased female as a category, is it any wonder that the government goes on to argue that putting biological males into women’s prisons is fine as long as they identify as women?
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they → erase → women
Further, the government insists that if the women inmates — the biological females — are sexually assaulted by the “gender diverse” prisoners — the biological men — that it is not a breach of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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it → insist → Rights
This is not just madness, it is unhinged, demented and dangerous lunacy.
“The erosion of women and sex specific language, the conflation of sex, gender and gender identity” was weakening protection for mothers, women and girls, she said in a speech before producing her report.
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she → weaken → report
She might have added that it has weakened protection for female prisoners in Canada.
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it → add → Canada
“Canada’s accommodation of the needs of gender diverse inmates does not infringe the rights guaranteed to cisgender women under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms or the Canadian Bill of Rights,” says the statement of defence.
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statement → infringe → defence
“Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of the person,” says Section 7 of the Charter, but that doesn’t apply to female inmates, according to our Liberal government.
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that → say → government
The government was forced to file a defence after the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) helped launch a lawsuit challenging the Correctional Service of Canada’s policy of allowing “trans-identifying male inmates” to be housed in women’s prisons.
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inmates → force → prisons
The policy “exposes female inmates to physical and psychological harm and violates their Charter rights,” argues the JCCF.
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JCCF → expose → rights
“The lawsuit claims that this practice is cruel and unusual punishment and violates the Charter rights of female inmates, including their right to be protected from mental, physical, and sexual abuse,” the JCCF says in a statement.
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JCCF → claim → statement
The lawsuit was filed last year on behalf of the Canadian Women’s Sex-Based Rights (CAWSBAR), a coalition working to preserve the rights and protections of women and girls.
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lawsuit → file → women
The lawsuit “references an extensive list of physical and psychological harms female inmates have suffered as a result of being forcibly confined with trans-identifying male prisoners, including sexual assaults, sexual harassment, beatings, stalking, and grooming,” says the JCCF statement.
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statement → reference → assaults
An attempt by the federal government to kick out the claim was denied by the federal court in May this year.
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attempt → kick → May
This month the government filed its defence and remarkably, as the JCCF noted in another statement, “the federal government confirmed that complaints by female inmates against trans-identifying male inmates have resulted in sexual-assault charges.
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complaints → file → charges
Still, this does not deter the Canadian government from trying to wash its hands clean.
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this → deter → hands
“To the extent that state conduct may have caused a deprivation of the life, liberty, or security of the person of cisgender inmates, which it is not admitted, any deprivation is consistent with the principles of fundamental justice under section 7 of the Charter,” argues the government.
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government → cause → Charter
The government goes on to say that if any of the women’s Charter rights were violated “any such breach is justified under section 1 of the Charter as a reasonable limit demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.”
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breach → go → society
In other words: if women were hurt, tough luck.
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women → hurt → words
In the JCCF statement, constitutional lawyer Chris Fleury is quoted as saying, “The government’s Defence shows that female inmates have made serious complaints about what has happened to them in women’s prisons, including complaints that resulted in sexual-assault charges.
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that → quote → charges
“Female inmates are being exposed to real risks and real harm.
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inmates → expose → risks
This case is about protecting their safety, dignity, and constitutional rights.
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case → protect → safety
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While the government’s defence casually dismisses the rights of women prisoners, it makes sure to strictly adhere to the correct gender terminology.
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it → dismiss → terminology
“The term ‘gender diverse’ is an umbrella term for gender identities or gender expressions that differ from dominant cultural or societal expectations based on sex assigned at birth, and encompasses all gender identities, including transgender, non-binary, and two-spirit,” says the defence before adding, “the term gender diverse offender or inmate will be used throughout this Defence.”
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term → differ → Defence
The very next paragraph explains why the word female is now effectively outlawed.
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word → explain → ?
We have known for a while that women were being sacrificed on the altar of gender ideology.
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women → know → ideology
Now we know that our own government actively supports such an obscene policy.
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government → know → policy
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