# Trans-gender question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trans-gender-question/763216>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 18, 2016, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trans-gender-question/763216 "2016-08-18T21:06:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vicsage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e68b1a/32.png) [@Vicsage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vicsage)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trans-gender-question/763216/1 "2016-08-18T21:06:11Z")

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Since the government has decided to accept people’s gender by how that person perceives themselves, and prisons are usually government run, Does a biological male who considers himself a female, go to a female prison or male prison? And does a biological woman who considers themselves a male go to a male prison, if that person breaks the law? For the government to be consistent, they would have to.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trans-gender-question/763216/2 "2016-08-18T22:12:35Z")

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To which government are you referring? The US has at least 51 different governments, not all of which have the same policies concerning transgendered individuals.

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**Author:** ![Vicsage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e68b1a/32.png) [@Vicsage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vicsage)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trans-gender-question/763216/3 "2016-08-18T23:22:28Z")

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Just to simplify, make it a federal prison.

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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trans-gender-question/763216/4 "2016-08-19T01:11:58Z")

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I have heard so take it for what it’s worth that you would be in your non-birth gendered facility only if you were actually undergoing hormone treatment.

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**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trans-gender-question/763216/5 "2016-08-19T03:24:11Z")

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I kind of think it goes without saying that any physiologically-sexed female, regardless of how they identify themselves, would last, oh, maybe, about 15 minutes in a male prison before being gang-raped to death. And as far as the opposite is concerned, I would hazard a guess that 98% of them would merely be men who see the advantages of serving a long (or life) sentence in a women’s prison as opposed to a man’s.

But hey, call me jaded… 😃