American author Lionel Shriver has declared she "doesn't care about being a woman" following the UK Supreme Court's landmark ruling on the definition of women under equality law.
The acclaimed writer criticised the current focus on gender identity as "regressive" and "putting a huge emphasis on sex, and making it your whole self."
Her comments follow the unanimous ruling by the UK Supreme Court that the terms "woman" and "sex" in the Equality Act refer to a biological woman and biological sex.
The five judges, led by Justice Patrick Hodge, delivered a clear definition that has significant implications for equality legislation across the UK.
American author Lionel Shriver declared she "doesn't care about being a woman"
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The landmark decision establishes that for equality purposes, a woman is defined as someone born biologically female.
This interpretation aligns with what the court described as the "ordinary, everyday language" understanding of sex.
American author and journalist Lionel Shriver told GB News: "You accomplish absolutely nothing. We have enough men and women in the world we don’t need to keep swapping places.
"So, in social terms, it’s a tremendous waste of resources.
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"And on top of that, chances are you’re going to create more problems than you solve medically, emotionally, psychically. It’s just going to f**k you up. It’s the wrong answer.
"What you should be doing is asking the question we all ask: Who am I? I just showed up in this place, and I don’t have very long before I disappear again.
"I have to figure out how to spend my time. And in order to spend my time profitably, I have to have some understanding of myself how other people see me, how I feel.
"All of that that’s one of the most fascinating things about being a temporarily alive person.
The Supreme Court revealed the outcome earlier this week PA"But this [gender identity focus] is a regressive answer. And I say that politically, psychically, emotionally it’s going backwards.
"It’s putting a huge emphasis on sex, and making it your whole self.
"And honestly, I don’t care about being a woman. I really do not give a s**t.
"If I could have chosen, I might have preferred to be male, because I find being female physically inconvenient it has more downsides.
"But I don’t think it’s vital to who I am. I think I could be more or less the same person if I’d been born male.
"And most of all, I just want to de-emphasise it. I have close friends of both sexes, and I don’t separate them in my head as ‘these are my female friends, and I especially like them’. It’s not like that.
"I like people. And I thought that’s where we were going when I was growing up.
"But now... we’ve gone backwards."
