ikt to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agoUK Supreme Court rules ‘woman’ means biological femalewww.politico.euexternal-linkmessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up1301arrow-down18
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minus-square@CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 months agoI get what you’re saying, but no. The ruling is specifically “woman” means “biological female”, not “everything is a woman”.
minus-square@Danquebec@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish8•2 months agoA baby girl is a biological female.
minus-square@CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 months agoYes. I have a feeling you think you’re saying something different than what I said.
minus-square@Danquebec@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 months agoOh, ok. Not a synonym “All women are biological females, but not necessarily all biological females are women.” Got it.
minus-square@PlaidBaron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish-1•2 months agoSo a biological female child is a woman per this definition. As OP said.
minus-squareacargitzlinkfedilinkEnglish8•2 months agoOnly if you assume that the word “means” defines a symmetric relation.
minus-squareacargitzlinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 months agoI don’t think anything in the ruling hinged on the semantics if the world “means”. That said, there is nothing ambiguous in saying that a logical relation is not symmetric. Symmetry, like reflexivity, transitivity etc, are well defined in algebra.
I get what you’re saying, but no. The ruling is specifically “woman” means “biological female”, not “everything is a woman”.
A baby girl is a biological female.
Yes.
I have a feeling you think you’re saying something different than what I said.
Oh, ok. Not a synonym “All women are biological females, but not necessarily all biological females are women.”
Got it.
So a biological female child is a woman per this definition. As OP said.
Only if you assume that the word “means” defines a symmetric relation.
Laws need to be explicit.
I don’t think anything in the ruling hinged on the semantics if the world “means”. That said, there is nothing ambiguous in saying that a logical relation is not symmetric. Symmetry, like reflexivity, transitivity etc, are well defined in algebra.