“Do you support the dissemination of material through schools and popular culture that encourages a false understanding that it is possible to change sex?”
This is one of the . . . questions on a survey sent by Women’s Declaration International (WDI) to political candidates and politicians, in regard to the upcoming Australian federal election.
According to their website, WDI is a “group of volunteer women from across the globe dedicated to protecting women’s sex-based rights.”
Principal solicitor at Feminist Legal Clinic, Anna Kerr, on behalf of WDI Australia, stated that the survey’s purpose is to “raise awareness of the Declaration on Women’s Sex-Based Rights.”
Survey Asks For Definition of Woman
The survey consists of nine yes or no questions with the option to comment further.
The first question in the survey, under the heading, “Definition of woman” reads as follows:
“Do you agree that legal recognition of sex should be based on chromosomal, gonadal and anatomical characteristics rather than on self-declaration?”
Other questions in the survey include:
“In your view can a man ever give birth?”
“Do you agree with the inclusion of males who identify as women in women’s sports?”
“Do you recognise the right of lesbians, as same-sex attracted women, to exist and to meet, socialise and partner with other women free from harassment by males who identify as women?”’
Kerr: Misogynistic to Suggest Survey is Transphobic
Kerr disagreed that the survey is transphobic, telling Star Observer, “There is nothing transphobic about urging political candidates to take account of women’s rights. To suggest this is not only deeply misogynistic but also offensive to the many trans people who share these concerns.”
Speaking about the point of the survey, Kerr emphasised, “We hope to educate political candidates about the concerns held by members of [WDI] about a range of issues, including the importance of women having reproductive autonomy, the need to resist commodification of women and children and the multiple harmful impacts of extreme trans ideology.”
Source: Women’s Group Sends Anti-Trans Survey To Candidates – Star Observer
Anna,
What a shame there were so few women protesting with you outside the ABC.
If there was prior notification I must have missed it, because I would have been there.