Back in 2017, there was this big movement called “.me too” which aimed to take women’s claims of sexual harassment seriously.
Now, fast forward eight years, and it seems like things have taken a turn. Women are now required to share sensitive spaces like changing rooms with men who identify as women.
Sandie Peggie, a nurse at Victoria Hospital in Kirkaldy, Scotland, faced an unexpected situation when she had her period and ended up with a noticeable stain on her uniform. This is, unfortunately, something a lot of women can relate to. When she went into the women’s changing room to handle it privately, she was taken aback to find a man inside.
This man, a doctor named Upton—originally named Theodore—identifies as a trans woman. Peggie asked him to leave, but instead, he reported her, claiming discrimination.
As a result, Peggie was suspended for what was deemed harassment by Fife’s National Health Service. It’s disheartening, really. After the Me Too movement, a woman now finds herself facing consequences for expressing discomfort about a man’s presence in a female-only space.
Peggie decided she needed to take a stand and is now pursuing legal action against NHS Fife in Employment Court. This all started back in February, and the case is still ongoing. It’s frustrating—it feels like these issues are just dragging out, wasting taxpayer resources. Hopefully, we’ll see a resolution soon.
The Scottish Employment Court has spent quite some time deliberating whether women can have spaces solely for themselves.
I’ve chatted with a few lawyers in the UK, and it’s alarming how one resident described the NHS as “effectively fraudulent now.”
And funny enough, this isn’t just a Scottish issue. Even in America, many may not realize that female athletes at the University of Pennsylvania faced a tough situation—being forced to undress in front of a man in their locker room for months. These young women were told by officials to keep quiet and seek mental health resources if they were upset about it.
So here we are, eight years on from “#MeToo,” and it seems women who voice concern about having men in intimate spaces face ridicule. The narrative often pushes that if a man identifies as a woman, women should just accept it, even if it feels wrong.
This is all part of a so-called “culture war” from both sides about marginalized groups, and there’s this idea that any pushback against transgender ideology comes only from the far right. But that’s not entirely true. There are plenty of everyday Democrats—both men and women—who share similar worries, including myself. Back in 2023, I wrote a book on this topic, and in August 2024, I addressed President Kamala Harris at a convention, asking her to affirm that women are adult human females. You can guess how that went.
The blunt truth is that the transgender debate isn’t merely about civil rights; it often translates into undermining women. The harm targets women and girls primarily, and it perpetuates a broader issue of misinformation regarding sex and identity.
Now, Scottish nurses find themselves resorting to legal action against their own employers just to avoid sharing changing rooms with men while attending to personal matters. Taxpayers are left to foot the bill for such absurd situations, while the National Health Service remains reluctant to confront the reality.
One day, perhaps, accountability will catch up.
Kara Danceky, author of TERF Report, and the books Sex Abolishment: How the “Transgender” Agenda Hurts Women and Girls and Calculation: How the Democrats and the Left Betrayed Women and Girls.
