Galloism wrote:Threlizdun wrote:Women's shelters do not discriminate based on gender. They are established for the specific purpose of combating violence against women, and specialize in genered violence and women's services. Trans women undergo gendered violence at rates similar to or above those of cis women. It makes sense having trans women in women's shelters because they're women and experience violence in ways similar to cis women.
So men who are victims of gendered violence are permitted in women's shelters? Source?
I never said that. I said they are shelters for women who have generally been victims of gendered violence. Not arguing that violence against men doesn't happen, as it clearly does, but gendered violence does not occur against men at anywhere near the level of women. These shelters do not accommodate men because they are serving a specific demographic of abused persons, one in which a majority of have experienced male violence.
Historically, women's shelters developed largely due to the fact that both marital rape and domestic violence used to be legal, and that such shelters offered one of the only escape routes for women victimized by their intimate partners. While the legal situation has thankfully improved, domestic violence victims still make up the majority of individuals in women's shelters.