Thread by @HairyLeggdHarpy

Hey kids, shall we do a worked example to see how "hostility based upon sex *or gender*" manifests differently?

Let's!

https://twitter.com/helensaxby11/status/1371512333781065730

1. A woman is lifting weights in a gym. A man starts following her around all the equipment, making disturbing and sexist comments about her. She feels threatened.

That's hostility based on sex. She can report him.

2. She retreats to the women's changing rooms and cries in the shower. He follows her in to the changing room, smirking. She tells him to get out. He tells her he identifies as a woman. He reports her to the police.

That's hostility (from her) based on his 'gender'.

The only reason to include 'gender' in anything is if you want to disarm protections based in sex.

So, let's not use gender, ok?
Ever.