Should Biologically Male Police Officers Be Able To Strip Search Women?
Treating biological men like women has consequences in the criminal justice system. Biological women being searched by men and biological men having to be searched by women is the latest example of a society confused about gender.
Courts recently made a landmark decision in the UK: Male police officers who identify as female are allowed to strip search women who are arrested. Previously, women could only be strip searched by biologically female officers, likewise men could only be strip searched by biologically male officers. But in an effort to have gender-affirming norms for police officers, trans officers will no longer be required to search suspects of the same biological gender, meaning biological men need only identify as women in order to strip search them.