Cathy Larkman ππ€ ππ¦’πββοΈ
@JackMerched
Adult Human Female, Mother, Feminist, football, running. National policing lead and Wales coordinator for WRN. Author of WRNβs State Sanctioned Sexual Assault.
Proud to stand with all these brilliant women, and all the women who will not be silenced. #InternationalWomensDay2024 #IWD2024 @HeatherB_WRN @MForstater @HJoyceGender @RosieDuffield1 @SonyaDouglas @K_IngalaSmith @EmmaBatemanGPW Sally @WDI_Scotland dailymail.co.uk/femail/articleβ¦
Day 6 | PM Session | Peggie v NHS Fife & Dr Upton π§¨Weaponising Narrative: From Fabricated Logs to Hate Reports It began with an email. On 29 December 2023, just hours after a fraught exchange in the womenβs changing room, Dr. Kate Searle sent a message to every consultant inβ¦
I spend so much of my time defending the BBC but this is indefensible. It makes zero sense to anyone who's read even a few lines about this tribunal. A MAN wanted to force a woman to change in front of him. The NHS wanted to punish her for saying no. That's it. That's the story.
The BBC view the tribunal through the lens of the "distress" of Dr Upton. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/β¦
Iβll be honest before you went on national radio & called all female Police Officers βvulnerableβ, it might have been a better idea to go out on patrol with themβ¦π No aids or chaperons, actually see them doing their job and how admirably they do it every day. #ThinBlueLine π¨
"I once, while testifying to a tribunal, pretended that the sex of babies is decided by the delivery team..oh god just make this stop why did I ever get involved with that stupid fucking man and his fucking delusions be kind they said it costs you nothing oh sweet merciful god"
Trying to imagine my reaction if someone had reported this to me as a βcrimeβ. Same reaction when I realise that some forces would seriously entertain it.
KS - discussed police report as that's in policy. Beth said would think. Looked at shift patterns and if she felt safe. Ensured had all support needed JR - which events? KS - Xmas eve. She mentioned 2 others with Sandie, miss Peggie, where DU felt interactions were about trans
We welcome the return to lawful, fair and impartial policing by @NorfolkPolice, leaving Norwich Pride & itsLGBTQIA+ pledge & Progress flag that promotes gender ideology and denies same-sex attraction and women's sex-based rights to safety, dignity, privacy and fairness. @EDP24
Why are we living in a world that doctors say this sort of foolishness? Are we in a dystopian alternate universe??
An actual medical doctor is saying out loud, in front of a judge, that someoneβs sex is decided by the people who deliver the baby and that she is not an expert. Oh. My. God. π€‘ π€‘ π€‘
It's a decision made at birth by the ppl delivering the baby, I believe. I'm not an expert at it. NC So sex assigned at birth is whether u have a M or F body? Yes NC Bio sex is very important [lists re responses to drugs, normal ranges for bld results] KS Yes
Obviously it would take time away from tweeting vapid slogans and hiring men to be women's representatives, but perhaps @UN_Women might consider addressing the desperate situation of women in Afghanistan.
Very important and urgent :- As the Taliban continue mass arrests of women, our greatest concern is for widowed womenβthose who have no man in the house and are too afraid to leave their homes. We are working to deliver essential food and supplies directly to their doors duringβ¦
The new progressive misogyny: One manβs identity is greater than the material reality of 200 women
CM: Wd really have to think about this - can't answer now. NC : Not fair to compromise 200 women to satisfy 1 man. CM: Dr U identifies as a woman, that's how I think, so that's not what it was.
Witchfinder General: How many volunteered for the ducking stool other than the one currently getting a right ducking? Service Manager: Not aware of any others WG: Quelle surprise
JR: You said 200 women use the room. How many complainted other than SP CM: Not aware of any others.
On the nature of searching and the fallacy of βconsentβ π
NEW: Our latest blog looks at Police Scotland's Interim Transgender search policy. This allows detainees to request to be searched by an officer of the opposite sex, subject to written consent from the searching officer, authorising officer and detainee. murrayblackburnmackenzie.org/2025/07/21/a-rβ¦
British Weightlifting has announced new rules that comply with the Equality Act 2010 and restrict the female category toβ¦ females. Additionally BWL clearly states that no males are permitted into female changing rooms and single-sex spaces. We call on @BritishWL to use itsβ¦
Urgent and important please share:- WDI Afghanistan online program program has been suspended indefinitely due to the sudden arrests of girls by the Taliban. There is a high possibility that one of our teachers has been arrested by the Taliban. Please pray for Afghan women pleaseβ¦
Breaking news:- The Taliban have begun arresting women in Afghanistan and taking them to unknown locations. One of our teachers has gone missingβher phone is off, and she never arrived to teach her scheduled class. All her students waited, but she never came. We fear for herβ¦
Many of the replies to this are just insane. Some might say βswivel eyedβ. Men and handmaids alike, fervently denying thereβs any issue with men in the bra fitting area. Weird. Good men DONβT want, or try, to be in there. They know itβs weird.
Was trying on a bra today on M&S changing rooms and overhead the wonderfully doughty middle-aged assistant running the place very frostily turn away a man who insisted that it was the only place he could try on a shirt. This is why we need protected female-only spaces.
Even though my quote π was about police workplace facilities at the time, it could apply anywhere. A changing room for female nurses at a hospital, for instance.
βWe used to call men intentionally exposing their genitals to women, indecent exposure. We used to call men watching women undressing, voyeurism. In the brave new world of 2025, we punish women for objecting to these behaviours.β I mean every word. 1/6 sundaypost.com/fp/polices-chaβ¦