I have lost count of the number of times it has been demanded of me that I define ‘woman.’

And I won’t do it.

I certainly wouldn’t talk about our ‘sex,’ and ‘female’ would be the last word I would use.

Here’s why.

Female, adjective: ‘Of or denoting the sex that can bear offspring or produce eggs, distinguished biologically by the production of gametes (ova) that can be fertilised by male gametes.’

- Noun: ‘a female animal or plant’ OR ‘an individual of the sex that is typically capable of bearing young or producing eggs’… erm, is that it?

‘Female’ is a scientific term that refers to the sex of a species that is capable of reproduction.

It is positively mammalian.

As a lesbian woman with no desire to give birth, or to be considered in relation to men, I of course take issue with a narrow definition.

The Supreme Court in London (Image: Archive)

The Supreme Court did not in fact define women in everyday social life either.

It stated that the word "sex", as used in part of the Equality Act 2010, refers to "biological sex."

That is the "sex" (aka penis or vulva, nothing else) that can be seen and is written down at birth.

Binary and deeply problematic.

They also confirmed that trans people are still protected in law under the Equality Act, and elsewhere.

The narrative that has been spun since is often flawed and misconstrues what was said, quite epically.

To be clear, the judgment did not define women, nor does it say that trans women are not women.

It made clear that it would not settle any ‘debate’ around........

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