From: andal@andal.org   
      
   The UK supreme court is currently addressing this ancient riddle, one that   
   has perplexed the greatest minds throughout the ages...   
      
      
   It was known as the sphinx: a terrifying hybrid with a lion’s body and a   
   human head. According to the legend, the sphinx was sent to guard the city   
   of Thebes by the goddess Hera who wanted to punish the citizens for some   
   ancient crime. It perched on a nearby mountain, and whenever anyone   
   attempted to enter or leave the city it would pose a riddle. If the   
   traveller failed to answer, he or she would be devoured, but the riddle   
   was so confounding, so esoteric, so abstruse, that even the greatest   
   intellectuals of the day soon found themselves reduced to snacks for the   
   mighty sphinx.   
      
   And what was this riddle? What was the question that foxed even the   
   sharpest of minds? It was simply: “what is a woman?”   
      
   And now, a hearing at the UK’s supreme court has taken place to solve the   
   sphinx’s riddle once and for all. The campaign group For Women Scotland   
   raised the case in order to challenge the Scottish government’s contention   
   that the word “sex” in the Equality Act includes men who identify as   
   female and hold a Gender Recognition Certificate. We can expect the   
   results of this hearing over the next few months.   
      
   And yet I’m sure most of you are thinking to yourselves: “How will these   
   judges possibly answer such a metaphysical conundrum?” And you’re not   
   alone. Many valiant and learned individuals have fallen in the attempt.   
   Take a look at this from a group of representatives for Australia’s   
   Department of Health…   
      
   https://www.andrewdoyle.org/p/what-is-a-woman   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)