Exhausted from screaming into the void but not going to stop. Feeling awkward waking up next to these strange bedfellows. Falling behind in the Red Queen’s race
There is so much that has already been said about women and girls sports but something I finally noticed today is the lack of seriousness with which this is discussed.
These pro-trans organizations and politicians talk about women’s sports like one would speak about picking up the hobby of knitting, or playing tea party with their peers.
When in reality, women’s sports, just like men’s, is highly competitive.
Women train their entire lives to play at the highschool and college level.
They get up early. They hurt themselves. They eat right. They keep their grades up.
They compete for scholarships so that way they don’t have student loans.
They play professionally, and even try out for the Olympics.
This isn’t some poor innocent kids who just want to play on the playground with the other kids and have fun.
This is serious, and actual money and entire futures are at stake.
And every time a man is allowed on the women’s sports team, they take a spot from a woman.
It shouldn’t matter about athletic advantage.
What matters is that this funding, and those spots, are for women and girls.
And no man or boy should be able to steal funding, scholarships, or opportunities away from women with his presence.
And personal beliefs about who his peers are and who he is should be of no consequence.
We are not our beliefs about ourselves. We are simply ourselves.
This infantilization of women’s sports is just another aspect of the misogyny surrounding this topic in the first place.
And the fact that his beliefs are given any consideration whatsoever is yet another example of the misogyny surrounding this topic.
@Reuters The article is paywalled, but if hospitals are committing insurance fraud, and there is evidence that they are by by faking icd-10 codes for insurance coverage of hormones, then they should be able to access the information.
@JamieWhistle@nytimes This is laughable. She said that BPJ went through a typical female puberty. Really?! Did he get his first period? Have to deal with that while playing sports?
@Glinner Fuck. Scott . Wiener. I am appalled that my fellow San Franciscans are voting for this abomination. Sorry, USA we are trying our best to keep this abhorrent excuse for a politician out of office 😭
Scott Wiener is nothing short of monstrous. As his constituent I have been following the unconscionable bills he has stealthily been passing for years. Please SF do the right thing and sweep this contemptible predator into the dustbin of history. 🙏
I said I felt sorry him after the restaurant and trans march harassing. I take that back. They hate him for the wrong reasons, but he really is despicable.
@MaudMaron I am in his district. Have been following the devastation he has wrought for years now. It makes my skin crawl that he has managed to convince people that he is a victim. He is one of THE most dangerous legislators to hold power in generations.
@MDKanin@ZavalaA Sex offenders are not necessarily known to the public bc Wiener’s SB 145 makes it so there is not automatic sex offender registry for adults who have sex with minors.
Make it make sense @Scott_Wiener
Why are people convicted of felony sex crimes against children OK to run for office, but those who commit sex crimes against adults prohibited?
Shouldn't raping children be disqualifying?
@ZavalaA - Am I understanding this correctly?
I'm both baffled and disgusted.