Roxanne Tickle: Australian court rules in case that asked 'what is a woman?'
Roxanne Tickle: Australian court rules in case that asked 'what is a woman?'
Roxanne Tickle has won a landmark case which questioned who can legally claim to be a woman.
A transgender woman from Australia has won a discrimination case against a women-only social media app, after she was denied access on the basis of being male.
The Federal Court found that although Roxanne Tickle had not been directly discriminated against, she was a victim of indirect discrimination - which refers to when a decision disadvantages a person with a particular attribute - and ordered the app to pay her A$10,000 ($6,700; £5,100) plus costs.
It’s a landmark ruling when it comes to gender identity, and at the very heart of the case was the ever more contentious question: what is a woman?
In 2021, Tickle downloaded “Giggle for Girls”, an app marketed as an online refuge where women could share their experiences in a safe space, and where men were not allowed.
Wait, what is this? Positive news coming from Australia?? Is the world about to end? I'm scared.
What even is a woman?! Aren’t we all just humans? What does it all mean?! 🤯
A woman is drinking coffee.
What is a celt?
Wouldn't this apply to dating sites/apps in the same way too?
Dating is literally discrimination, you are picking a partner by discriminating.
Would this ruling not mean you can't filter out (either by registration or search) people with certain traits?
I'd think no. This is barring someone from using an app entirely. But when it comes to dating, everyone has a preference of gender, even if that preference is "no preference".
And dating isn't discrimination. It's picking a person that you want to spend extra, and frequently intimate, time with. It's a billion subconscious factors that your brain interprets as love, affection, or whatever other emotion your brain wants. Can some of those factors be discriminatory? Sure.
I like men and women and everything in-between and around, and I'm sure I have plenty of biases and discriminations of my own, but that's not enough to outright call all dating discrimination
I think you asked a good question, but I also think the answer is no. As I understand this situation, the platform in this case did the discrimination. So in a dating app the user simply specified preferences on an individual basis. It might mean that certain selectors become an issue.. can you offer a racial filter???.. But this is for another lawsuit I guess.
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I'm pretty sure he got emotionally hurt
You meant she, right?
Right?
Of course they don't. Shitty people gonna be shitty.