# Should transwomen be allowed in women's prisons?

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**Created:** [February 15, 2023, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-transwomen-be-allowed-in-womens-prisons/979830 "2023-02-15T13:51:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-transwomen-be-allowed-in-womens-prisons/979830/104 "2023-02-17T17:12:50Z")

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> [@Babale](#):
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> I would argue that if you’re designing jail to be stressful, you’re doing it wrong. Yes, there are stress factors inherent in being held captive in the company of other criminals; but jails should be built with the goal of mitigating this to the greatest possible extent.

Yes, they should, but they are not. And I believe the OP asked whether transwomen should be allowed in women’s prisons because of the feeling that this would cause distress to one group if it was allowed and to another if it was not. The question being: which group deserves more protection.  
Assuming there is a universal answer for that. I think this discussion has not reached an agreement yet.

Concerning the bonobos and the chimps I am afraid continuing this debate here would be a hijack, so I found an old thread to follow that theme: [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-chimp-bonobo-human-hybrids/379823). I’ll give it a bump.

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