[Making the terrible decision to wade in on this]
The Janice Turner article everyone is mad about is harmed by being behind a paywall – the actual text of the article is making the more narrow point that Democrats/liberals handed Trump an easy win by taking the position they did on women's sports.
The Janice Turner article everyone is mad about is harmed by being behind a paywall – the actual text of the article is making the more narrow point that Democrats/liberals handed Trump an easy win by taking the position they did on women's sports.
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Note that Trump's EO deliberately omits saying "trans women" & simply says "men". Now read Turner's piece; it does the same.
Everybody knows terfs did this and everything else us gaslighting trans people, cis women, survivors and all other allies blamimg us for their actions and the consequences.
I'm part of everybody, and I 'know' nothing of the sort.
And nobody supports males in female sports except anti-trans activists who force trans men to compete against women.
But I don't see many successes there.
Trans women are male. In your lingo, being "assigned male at birth" also means "are still male at death", no matter what surgery or hormones you take, because your genes decide your sex. Peer-reviewed studies prove the advantage of male puberty is never removed.
https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/58/11/586
Contrast: male advantage retained. https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/55/11/577
And no, it doesn’t. Hence why transexuality exists.
Genes (except for the SRY gene) do not decide your sex. Cell reception to hormones do.
If you don't understand that the genotype determines sex, I really do question your grasp of biology. What do you think happens - the magic sex fairy visits in the delivery room?
https://archive.is/csCrP
And it’s totally understandable that members of the gender critical religion who erroneously call themselves feminists while opposing women’s rights would defend Trump and blame Harris’ loss on Dems supporting science & civil rights
The point she makes is entirely reasonable and worthy of reflection by the more vociferous voices in the debate.
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Same thing here.
Whose defenders thought he should have some sort of free pass, but could never coherently explain why?
We're supposed to believe that cis-male sexual predators are rendered unable to access female only spaces by the sign on the door.
Or that such men aren't liable to use this as an excuse to turn vigilante.
Out of 500,000 women college athletes in the US, how many are trans women?
LESS THAN TEN
Trans women have been allowed to compete in the Olympics since 2004. Six games. How many medals, Alex?
ZERO
Where’s this alleged takeover of women’s sports, Alex?
Basic point.
As if he wouldn't have lied and taken anything apart from the policies we're seeing happening right now and made the Dem position out to be completely unacceptable.
Away and bile yer heid
One day this moral panic will be over and, just like when Section 28 was repealed, a lot of people will have a great deal of egg on their face
You see a moral panic; others see a social reaction against an identity politics that is absurd on its face and unscientific beneath.
It doesn’t have majority support among Dems. The oft cited GC stat is blatantly misleading. Ppl are stupid.
She won those medals before she transitioned, so what relevance do they have to this discussion?
What misogyny?
Also, if you think that Caitlyn Jenner is heralded as a hero among trans people, you’re in for a surprise. She’s as beloved by trans ppl as JK Rowling is by feminists. Absolutely reviled.
Same comments on JK Rowling yesterday
I don't think I should be on lesbian dating apps is lesbians don't want me there
I think women can say "no Gordon" and if they do I should say "ok"
Not sure why people are in such a tizzy.
Because just as Jews were not actually out to destroy the German race, trans women haven’t taken over women’s sports.
1/3
Total medals: ZERO.
500,000 women college athletes in the US, where trans women have just been banned.
Total number of trans women athletes: “less than ten”
2/3
You think that’s good?
3/3
(And if any of these stats and facts are new to you, have a good think who’s been lying to you about this and reevaluate their good faith appropriately.)
There's so much wrong, not least that the hospital management gave him permission to use the communal Women's change.
He should have never been permitted access to the Ladies and this would have never been an issue.
There is never a time - or a context - where you cannot bang out an article asserting that the actions of Authoritarians are *really* simply the result of Commission/Omission by Social Liberals.
The fact authoritarians will loudly claim to have slammed a door shut whether or not you left it open, does not mean actually leaving it open won't make their claims more convincing.
If someone wants to make that argument, it's going to stick because any govt *must* spend money on crims and foreigners.
Also dorian makes a good point
It's distraction journalism from right wing billionaire client journos
"Democrats/liberals handed Trump an easy win by taking the position they did on women's sports."
If they didn't actually take much of a position.
https://bsky.app/profile/womensportfeminism.bsky.social/post/3lhntqui4ck26