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Ban urged on rape suspects ‘claiming they are women’

… “The issue of rapists identifying as women is not hypothetical,” she said.

“Documented instances of females being charged with rape as an accomplice are rare. Yet, between 2012 and 2018, the proportion of rape defendants classified as women varied between 1.2 per cent and 1.8 per cent.

“During this seven-year period, 436 individuals prosecuted for rape were recorded as women.”

Sullivan added: “We can respect people’s gender identities without denying the material reality of sex. Ideally, crime statistics should record both.

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