Our Position Statement (thread)
caWsbar asserts that:
1. Sex -- as distinct from gender -- is a material, biological reality;
caWsbar asserts that:
1. Sex -- as distinct from gender -- is a material, biological reality;
2. There are only two sexes – female and male;
3. Disorders of Sexual Development (DSD, sometimes referred to as intersex) exist, but people with DSD are either female or male;
4. Humans cannot change their sex; scientific evidence demonstrates that the sex chromosomes within our DNA are present in every one of our cells and are immutable;
5. Gender identity and expression, which have yet to be defined in Canadian law, are culturally-based, stereotypical degrees of “masculinity” and “femininity” (e.g., men like hockey, women like fashion);
6. All Canadians are free to express and present themselves as they wish; however, the concept of "gender identity and expression" does not negate the material, biological reality of women and girls;
7. Women’s and girls’ sex-based rights to bodily privacy, dignity, fairness and security are enshrined in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, in which sex is a protected characteristic;
8. Canadian women’s sex-based Charter protections are based upon the fact that females have historically been -- and still are -- disadvantaged and vulnerable due to their distinct biological reality;
9. Therefore, women’s and girls’ sex-based Charter rights must be strongly asserted and preserved in public policy, and must take precedence over any concept of gender;
10. The inclusion of males in the definition of “woman” under federal and provincial Human Rights legislation (i.e., gender self-identification) is regressive, unfair and perilous for Canadian women and girls. (end)
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