Thread by @JohnnyCiucci

Regarding @millar_marion A thread:
An Open letter to Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister for Scotland.

June 6th 2021
Dear First Minister,
I’m writing to you regarding some of the issues around the case of Marion Miller. I have a B.A in psychology, a master’s degree in social work
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and additional qualifications in child protection, risk assessment, supervision and therapeutic play.

I have worked in social work for 31 years, primarily in the fields of risk assessment, fostering, adoption and the treatment of adults and children who sexually abuse others.

I have worked in the UK, mainland Europe and for four years, in Asia advising Governments.
I shan’t comment on the legalities of the case, for I am not a lawyer.
Instead, I’ll focus on some of the child protection issues.

Firstly, when Marion was asked to come to the Police Station to discuss the alleged offence, Marion stated that she could not attend on the date specified as it was a Bank Holiday and she would be with her autistic sons.

The Officer dealing then told her that if she did not comply, they would attend Marion’s home with two social workers. Why would Social Workers have to go to Marion’s house? There is no welfare issue here. Nobody has made a complaint about her care of her kids.

But the implication is that Marion is an unfit mother, due to committing the alleged offence. One could also ask if there is an abuse of power issue here? Now, the image of social workers, accompanying police and turning up to a mother’s house is not the best look for us.

It conjures up images of us as ‘child snatchers’ ready to steal people’s kids (usually from their beds, in the middle of the night) and being hell bent on destroying families for the most minor infraction. The reality is somewhat different.

Removing children from their families is only used as a last resort when all other support avenues have failed or when the children are at risk of:
‘Immediate and significant harm.’ There was no such reported risk to Marion’s children from her in this instance,

or as far as I know, ever previously. The conduct of the Officer dealing and the Police Procedures generally, around when to deploy social workers, clearly need a review and on first analysis, this intervention appears both disproportionate and inhumane.

Turning to the wider issue of why Marion has come to prominence here. As you are no doubt aware, Marion has what are termed ‘Gender Critical’ views in that she is cautious around the policies of people being able to self-identify as the opposite sex.

Those with such cautious views, and this includes myself, are often labelled as ‘Transphobic’, this stems from a perception that we must have a problem with Transpeople generally.

Whereas the truth is that we have an overall issue with those that are born a male and show male patterns of violence towards women and children. By violence here, I am talking about adult female and child rape.

A proportion of male born people will show a male capacity for violence. If they identify as women, a proportion of those male born people will still offend against women and children as if they are men. The male pattern of violence continues regardless of identification.

Thirdly, there is a tacit agreement or social contract in society that women are trusted around other women and children, on the whole, more than men are. There are good reasons for this;

namely that the majority of violent offences towards women and children are overwhelmingly committed by male born people (statistics range from 85 to 99 per cent of sexual offences against women and children being committed by male born people).

Thus treating male born people who say that they are women ‘AS IF’ they actually are women, is fraught with issues.

Firstly, if a Transwoman rapes a born woman, are we saying that that crime is now a female crime in terms of the perpetrator ?

Secondly, is it thus possible that a manipulative perpetrator, some of them will use very cunning strategies to get to their victims, could state that they are Trans to abuse women and children? ie. They could lie.

if so, how do you tell the difference between a genuine Trans Person and someone who is pretending? Thirdly, there is a tacit agreement or social contract in society that women are trusted around other women and children, on the whole, more than men are.

There are good reasons for this; namely that the majority of violent offences towards women and children are overwhelmingly committed by male born people (statistics range from 85 to 99 per cent of sexual offences against women and children being committed by male born people).

Self-Identification, by suggesting that women and trans women are the same, shakes the very foundation of this. I can cite you numerous incidences of TransWomen showing male patterns of behaviour including: threats, physical violence, adult female rape and child rape.

They are not committing these crimes because they are Transwomen, but rather because they are male-born.

In summary, a Transwoman is as likely to show male patterns of violence as a man. Not all men, not all Transwomen, but some.

The caution with which we treat men should thus apply equally to Transwomen as they are also male born.

I would thus urge caution in opening up all safe spaces to Transwomen. It is inevitable that some will be dangerous, because a proportion of all male born people are.

I am happy to discuss further, should you or your advisers wish. And if it wasn’t completely clear, I am a male born person who remains a man, and always will.

Best Wishes

Johnny Ciucci
B.A. (Psychology with Honours), M.A. (Social Work).

@jo_bartosch @abiroberts @brokenbottleboy @millar_marion @joannaccherry @leokearse If you could read this for me, that would be great. Any questions let me know. Good luck Marion, Best wishes, Johnny

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