Flexibility on the definition of "man" and "woman" simply won't work.
If you ban discrimination on the basis of "gender identity" (as the Equality Act would), and you don't define "gender identity" (it currently has no specific legal definition and the Equality Act also does not provide one), then anyone can claim to be any gender at any time for any length of time. A man can, for example, enter a womens' professional sporting event (with prize money), and it would be illegal to stop him, unless and until a more restrictive legal definition of "gender identity" is passed into law or is imposed by the courts. A man can enter any womens' locker room and ogle to his heart's content, and it would be illegal to remove him.
That's what "flexibility" gets you.
This 66-year-old lifelong Democrat is going to start voting Republican (for the first time ever) to help stop this madness.
Flexibility on the definition of "man" and "woman" simply won't work.
If you ban discrimination on the basis of "gender identity" (as the Equality Act would), and you don't define "gender identity" (it currently has no specific legal definition and the Equality Act also does not provide one), then anyone can claim to be any gender at any time for any length of time. A man can, for example, enter a womens' professional sporting event (with prize money), and it would be illegal to stop him, unless and until a more restrictive legal definition of "gender identity" is passed into law or is imposed by the courts. A man can enter any womens' locker room and ogle to his heart's content, and it would be illegal to remove him.
That's what "flexibility" gets you.
This 66-year-old lifelong Democrat is going to start voting Republican (for the first time ever) to help stop this madness.