Strange position, both because it seems to implicitly assume verifiability as a requirement as well as the implied process to meet that requirement.
Verifiability isn’t a problematic issue in sport, only for bathroom/locker access. There are many freedoms we have today (e.g., guns) that can be abused to cause much greater harm than the acts of a perverted man going into a women’s bathroom. There isn’t anything preventing such a man from doing the same act today other than the yells and screams of the lone woman victim trapped inside. The assumption that allowing people to choose their bathroom would suddenly lead to a significant increase in sexual crimes by male perverts feigning to be transwomen is just that, an assumption, and goes against the “innocent until proven guilty” principle practically everywhere else in society.
Citizenship policies are in the constitution and administered by the state department, not by existing citizens, not directly at least. The government could just as well determine what forms the basis of access to women-only spaces: gender or something else. In any case, there is no practical nondiscriminatory way for cis women to decide whether a trans woman is allowed into women’s private spaces, like the position reads as implying.
The requirement for naturalization was determined in the federal law, which was written and voted on by the members of the Congress, which was elected by the citizens of the United States. It is implemented by the federal government employees who are also citizens of the United States. There is no involvement of people who are trying to become citizens at any part of the process.
It sounds like what you are advocating is that whether or not a trans woman gets to use a woman-only space should be decided by cis women. Exactly what form does that take in a practical implementation? Vigilante justice?
The requirement for naturalization was determined in the federal law, which was written and voted on by the members of the Congress, which was elected by the citizens of the United States. It is implemented by the federal government employees who are also citizens of the United States. There is no involvement of people who are trying to become citizens at any part of the process.
It sounds like what you are advocating is that whether or not a trans woman gets to use a woman-only space should be decided by cis women. Exactly what form does that take in a practical implementation? Vigilante justice?
No. Access to women only spaces should be determined by the organizations that own and manage those spaces, whether it is the government or private institutions. And only women should be involved in the decision-making.
If opinion polls are correct, excluding men from the decision-making will significantly improve the chances that the policy will be more inclusionary.
Strange position, both because it seems to implicitly assume verifiability as a requirement as well as the implied process to meet that requirement.
Verifiability isn’t a problematic issue in sport, only for bathroom/locker access. There are many freedoms we have today (e.g., guns) that can be abused to cause much greater harm than the acts of a perverted man going into a women’s bathroom. There isn’t anything preventing such a man from doing the same act today other than the yells and screams of the lone woman victim trapped inside. The assumption that allowing people to choose their bathroom would suddenly lead to a significant increase in sexual crimes by male perverts feigning to be transwomen is just that, an assumption, and goes against the “innocent until proven guilty” principle practically everywhere else in society.
Citizenship policies are in the constitution and administered by the state department, not by existing citizens, not directly at least. The government could just as well determine what forms the basis of access to women-only spaces: gender or something else. In any case, there is no practical nondiscriminatory way for cis women to decide whether a trans woman is allowed into women’s private spaces, like the position reads as implying.
But since the only thing a man has to do to become and qualify as a so-called "transwoman" nowadays is say that he is one, male perverts, rapists and other kinds of sex criminals don't have to engage in any elaborate "feigning to be transwomen."
In many places nowadays, all men and boys with malevolent intent have have to do is say "I'm transgender" and voila, just like that, they are given a free pass to go into women's and girls" restrooms, locker rooms, changing rooms, spas, shelters, rape refuges, prisons and do as they please in there.
For the past decade or so, malevolent boys and men like Richard Kenneth Cox, above, have been able to use the magic words "I'm transgender" to gain access to girls' and women's spaces knowing full well that when/if girls and women object, we'll be branded evil, hateful bigots and transphobes and scolded for being unkind, disrespectful and mean to the poor pitiful so-called "transwomen."
On top of that we'll be accused of exercising "privilege" and "punching down" on a group of blokes we're supposed to feel sorry for because - according to trans activists and "allies" - today's so-called "transwomen" and "transgirls" in Western countries like the USA supposedly are the most vulnerable, vicitimized, marginalized, opppressed, bullied, disadvantaged, misundertood, put-upon, pitiful, helpless and hapless minority group that ever lived.
Even worse, we'll be slagged off as prudish fussbudgets and old-fashioned fuddy-duddy pearl-clutchers who are over-reacting and being unfairly discriminatory to so-called "transwomen" because we hold views about sex and gender that that trans activists and their allies claim are outmoded and misandrist. Such as the belief that girls' and women's privacy, safety, dignity, comfort, physical wellbeing and peace of mind matter more than the supposed "right" of males with identity issues, sexual fetishes, mental health problems and maladaptive behaviors to go into women's and girls spaces to perv on the females who are in there and get off flashing their naked "lady dicks" at us.
But no matter how many times peverted, malevolent men and older boys convicted of sex crimes - such as Richard Kenneth Cox, Katie Dolatowski, Darren Meragher, Adam Graham/Isla Bryson and the skirt-wearing 15-year-old boy who raped and sodomised a 14-year old girl in a girls' school restroom in Loudon County, VA - take advantage of the "trans" loophole that their enablers in contemporary Western societies have created for them, those who cape for these creeps will continue to claim that the increase in the harms done to girls and women will never be "significant" enough to matter.
Sounds like you don’t have any data-based evidence showing that “allowing people to choose their bathroom would suddenly lead to a significant increase in sexual crimes by male perverts feigning to be transwomen”, just cherry-picked anecdotes and irrelevant verbose barfing as usual.
But since the only thing a man has to do to become and qualify as a so-called "transwoman" nowadays is say that he is one, male perverts, rapists and other kinds of sex criminals don't have to engage in any elaborate "feigning to be transwomen."
In many places nowadays, all men and boys with malevolent intent have have to do is say "I'm transgender" and voila, just like that, they are given a free pass to go into women's and girls" restrooms, locker rooms, changing rooms, spas, shelters, rape refuges, prisons and do as they please in there.
For the past decade or so, malevolent boys and men like Richard Kenneth Cox, above, have been able to use the magic words "I'm transgender" to gain access to girls' and women's spaces knowing full well that when/if girls and women object, we'll be branded evil, hateful bigots and transphobes and scolded for being unkind, disrespectful and mean to the poor pitiful so-called "transwomen."
On top of that we'll be accused of exercising "privilege" and "punching down" on a group of blokes we're supposed to feel sorry for because - according to trans activists and "allies" - today's so-called "transwomen" and "transgirls" in Western countries like the USA supposedly are the most vulnerable, vicitimized, marginalized, opppressed, bullied, disadvantaged, misundertood, put-upon, pitiful, helpless and hapless minority group that ever lived.
Even worse, we'll be slagged off as prudish fussbudgets and old-fashioned fuddy-duddy pearl-clutchers who are over-reacting and being unfairly discriminatory to so-called "transwomen" because we hold views about sex and gender that that trans activists and their allies claim are outmoded and misandrist. Such as the belief that girls' and women's privacy, safety, dignity, comfort, physical wellbeing and peace of mind matter more than the supposed "right" of males with identity issues, sexual fetishes, mental health problems and maladaptive behaviors to go into women's and girls spaces to perv on the females who are in there and get off flashing their naked "lady dicks" at us.
But no matter how many times peverted, malevolent men and older boys convicted of sex crimes - such as Richard Kenneth Cox, Katie Dolatowski, Darren Meragher, Adam Graham/Isla Bryson and the skirt-wearing 15-year-old boy who raped and sodomised a 14-year old girl in a girls' school restroom in Loudon County, VA - take advantage of the "trans" loophole that their enablers in contemporary Western societies have created for them, those who cape for these creeps will continue to claim that the increase in the harms done to girls and women will never be "significant" enough to matter.
Sounds like you don’t have any data-based evidence showing that “allowing people to choose their bathroom would suddenly lead to a significant increase in sexual crimes by male perverts feigning to be transwomen”, just cherry-picked anecdotes and irrelevant verbose barfing as usual.
Please explain why girls and women should have to put up with any guys like the ones in the video below in restrooms, locker rooms, changing rooms, showers, saunas, nude spas, shelters, refuges, sleeping quarters and other "intimate spaces" originally designed and designated for members of the female sex and meant to be exlusively for us (with the only exception being male babies and little boys in the company of their mums/female carers).
Spell out all the ways you think girls and women benefit when the facilities outside the home where we are at our most vulnerable are opened up to any and every Tom, Dick and Harry.
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NCAA didn't have courage to do this on its own. They had to follow the lead of the bravest of the brave, DJT.
Calling a draft dodger "brave" is rich. Bully's aren't brave, they're weak and insecure. And this is coming from someone who doesn't support bio men in women's competitions.
The burden of proof is on YOU to provide material evidence that a subset of males who perform a magical speech act are different than other males. There is substantial cross-cultural data showing that violent crime is committed disproprotionately by males and that the vast majority of sexual crimes against women are committed by males.
Please explain why girls and women should have to put up with any guys like the ones in the video below in restrooms, locker rooms, changing rooms, showers, saunas, nude spas, shelters, refuges, sleeping quarters and other "intimate spaces" originally designed and designated for members of the female sex and meant to be exlusively for us (with the only exception being male babies and little boys in the company of their mums/female carers).
Spell out all the ways you think girls and women benefit when the facilities outside the home where we are at our most vulnerable are opened up to any and every Tom, Dick and Harry.
I don’t need to do squat. Come back when you have the humility and intellectual honesty admit that you don’t have any quantitative evidence for the claim in question despite jumping up and down about it like a TERF monkey.
"TERF monkey"? Really? Is that the best response you've got? Sounds like something a toddler would say whilst banging his highchair with his wee little kiddie spoon.
But you've reminded me that a couple of years ago I wrote a remake/remodel of the lyrics to Roxy Music's hit "To Turn You On" as "To Terf You On" in honor of JK Rowling. Now you've given me a perfect opportunity to share the lyrics. Enjoy!
I could show you in some words As I’m wont to do A window on the world With a woman’s view From close up, insights I illume I’m an open book, clear-eyed Bright, nobody’s fool Misogyny it grieves me Won’t hold my tongue I’ll do anything to terf you on Anything to terf you on
It keeps raining down brickbats Sexist gender woo Women, kids, gay rights attacked Safeguards, fairness in the loo
I could squawk “I’m all right Jack” If I wanted to Shrug “whatever” But I’ve probed, taken measure Duty has called I’ll do anything to terf you on Anything to terf you on
I could keep mum, tweet “who cares?” If I wanted to Still I’d wonder, How’s this fair? Women, children harmed Who’ll dare to speak up - who If not me - god help me Put right what’s wrong I’ll do anything to terf you on
They’ll scold me, they’ll stone me Tough shxt, I'm strong I’ll do anything to terf you on
Introduction On February 6, the NCAA announced a new “Participation Policy for Transgender Student-Athletes,” effective immediately on that date. The new policy is out of alignment with Title IX, the global Declaration on Wom...
