Women's rights

As a man, it is difficult to comment on women's rights issues. Many of these issues e.g. right to abortions will physically not affect a man directly. His fertility rights are not affected. A driving force behind feminism is that women's rights are inalienable and not in the gift of men to agree or disagree to. They just are.

For the record I agree with this principle. I say this not to validate the view but to give some idea of where my sympathies lie.

So I start this piece in trepidation  lest I overstep my boundaries 

Whilst the recent judgement does provide clarity from a legal viewpoint, I do feel for the trans population. All they are trying to be is normal and they will be discriminated against by the very people they hope to/have become

 

However I am more interested about what this does for feminism. If feminism is about equality one interpretation is that For Women Scotland do not see themselves as equals but in some sense special

 Has this harmed feminism in the long run? By claiming a reserved status and all the benefits that go with it are they, inadvertently, falling  into a trap where by they have proclaim that they are not equal at all?