Posted on 04/19/2018 8:54:50 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
New York Mayor Bill De Blasio has announced that prisoners in the city will be housed according to the gender with which they identify instead of biological sex.
"In New York City, we believe transgender rights are human rights. And we'll fight to protect those rights in city jails as well," he tweeted Monday.
"It's the city's responsibility to protect the rights and safety of all New Yorkers, and that means protecting transgender individuals in city jails as well," the mayor said in a statement, according to AM NY. "New York City is one of the first major cities to commit to taking this step, and it's crucial to ensuring all our facilities are welcoming and safe for all New Yorkers, no matter their gender identity."
Anne Rettenberg, a New York City-based psychotherapist and feminist is concerned about the safety of female inmates in light of the policy change.
She explained in a Wednesday phone interview with The Christian Post that she is familiar with these prison and detention facilities in the city, having gone to see clients there, and recounted that they are often violent places.
"It's not a safe place to put biological males in with females, biological males who, at the very least have been charged with a crime serious enough not to allow them to be released on their own recognizance. We're talking about potentially violent criminals," Rettenberg said.
Doing this is "just asking for trouble, it's a disaster waiting to happen, I think," she observed, adding that although it is hard to predict how many people will take advantage of the new policy "someone is eventually going to get raped, statistically it's going to happen at some point."
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What could possibly go wrong with that idea!
Hope NYC residents are ready to fork out $$$$$$$$$ in rape lawsuits.
“......Well sometimes I get the menstrual cramps real hard.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k2FkUF41AA
Great idea! I am transitioning, for sure!
Just because someone is a criminal doesn't mean they are too stupid to play the system.
Well that’s it...If I’m ever arrested in NYC, I’m identifying as a woman.
I think I would immediately identify as a female. Just think how popular I would be with all those lonely women. Heck, I may just go commit a minor crime that lands me in city lock-up for 30 days. Think of it as a sex vacation.
Great. Now we’re going to have to build a thousand different prisons?
Doing this is "just asking for trouble, it's a disaster waiting to happen, I think," she observed, adding that although it is hard to predict how many people will take advantage of the new policy "someone is eventually going to get raped, statistically it's going to happen at some point."
Oh well, you can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs. Just the price of progress. Standing in the way of history. And so on....
men’s prisons will be empty in short order. Well, except for bull dykes.
This should be interesting.
Why would you be so concerned Anne? As a feminist, and no doubt far leftist, you should celebrate those testosterone laden male criminals who "self identify" as a female!
"She explained in a Wednesday phone interview with The Christian Post that she is familiar with these prison and detention facilities in the city, having gone to see clients there, and recounted that they are often violent places."
Anne, how racist / sexist / prisonist of you!
Off to diversity training for you!!
Well that’s it...If I’m ever arrested in NYC, I’m identifying as a law-abiding US Citizen.
i have a bad feeling about this Chewy.
Radical feminists have been up in arms against men who claim to be women for decades.
Heck...you don't even need to transition. All you need to do is "self identify" so your free to go back and forth any time you'd like!
Yep it’s important that a jail be welcoming........
Sarcasm......
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