RunRagged wrote:
When most women look at Will Lia Thomas, we see a big, strapping, cocky, confident specimen of mighty, muscled-up manliness who measures 6'4 in height, oozes male entitlement and male egotism from every pore, and looks at women with the proverbial "male gaze." We see a man of intimidating, even frightening size and strength who could easily kill any one of us with his bare hands without working up a sweat.
This is why I get campaign donation solicitation emails from multiple GOP candidates that prominently feature the big photos of Thomas. This is also why rightwing media websites use the photos of Thomas when they are reporting on other transgender athletes in college or high school. Thomas is the perfect "bogy man." Some other trans athletes cannot invoke the same visceral reaction.
