Religion Magazine
The State today told the High Court that it will no longer require an actual sex change operation in order to be allowed to change one's official gender status in the population registry, but it would allow people to choose as they wish whatever gender they want to be listed as.
source: INN
Seems ridiculous to me.
Makes me wonder though what the best uses of this new rule would be:
* women could change their status when they want to sit in the front section of the bus
* women could change their status and then demand a higher salary, similar to the male salary instead of the normally lower womens salary
* the Haredi MKs, or some of them, could change their status to women in order to preempt the need for the new womens party. no more hadarat nashim in the haredi parties!
* the Haredi MKs could change their status to women and avoid all the criticism of not including women in the party (thanks SB!)
* religious men looking to get out of army service could change status to female and then apply for the exemption for religious women
* aliyot in shul will become a headache as the gabbai will have to ask to see an updated identity card before calling anyone up, but women will be able to get aliyot in their reclassification as men
what other ideas do you have?
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