Semanticlemur

Partner with the EU, make peace with Russia, play nice with China, and leave the US to its mess.

Highly organized cells = women talking to one another

That’s the part the “we just want to pee” crowd won’t acknowledge. Women don’t want to be in that situation.

The term 'two spirit' was coined by an activist in the 90s. The indigenous term in hundreds of native languages roughly translates to "wanting to be like a woman", "man living as a woman" etc. There was no confusion about whether a man actually became a woman.

I'm genuinely concerned that right-wing, fascist-leaning parties throughout the West are gaining traction. And I sincerely believe the mishandling of this issue ('accept our maximalist position or be cancelled/fired' etc) has helped them to some extent because it alienated a lot of voters.

10 years ago a lot more people were against bathroom bills etc. The 'no-debate' approach and extreme stances of activists have lowered approval of all things gender.

true...they don't care about polling when it comes to economic issues.

It's true, Republicans have been very successful at disenfranchising Democratic party voters. But that's in no small part because the Dem establishment has been incredibly weak about countering it. Biden could have twisted arms a lot harder to get the voting rights bill passed.

The Democrats lost to the least popular presidential candidate in history...twice.

They shivved the real populist, fielded terrible candidates that Wall Street loved, but who came across as fake and elitist, and they lost to the fake populist.

'Trans women' are male, and also rape women. Cases of female people sexually assaulting other women are vanishingly rare to nonexistent. You can't honestly equate the risk to females with the risk to males.

Politicians tend to follow the polls. www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/blogs/ec_tra...

This is a common--and misogynistic--take, that fundamentally translates as "women are going to get raped anyway, so stop fussing about males in women's spaces."

That is possible, and it is something we should all try to prevent. But it's not fair to ask all women (50% of the population) to accept greater risk of violence for the sake of a tiny group of people.

Here's some data on football in general. hecheated.org/Soccer_resul...

List of Female Athletes by Sport | She Won This website is dedicated to archiving the achievements of female athletes who were displaced by males in women’s sporting events.

It's happened in a lot of sports. So probably only a matter of time. Official data is hard to come by, but there are sites tracking the issue.

www.shewon.org

Unfortunately you can't write 'good' or 'passing' into policy and law.

High school volleyball player says she suffered concussion after being injured by trans athlete, calls for ban North Carolina high school volleyball player Payton McNabb spoke about the injuries she sustained in a game after getting spiked by a trans athlete during a game in September.

www.foxnews.com/sports/high-...

High school girls’ field hockey player loses teeth, injured by shot from male opponent “Seeing the horror in the eyes of our players and coaches upon greeting their bus last night is evidence to me that there has to be a renewed approach by the MIAA to protect the safety of our athle…

nypost.com/2023/11/04/n...

Bearded trans athlete who injured rival was suspended from rowing team for ogling topless girl in changing room: report The student went viral after being filmed knocking down a female basketball player.

You can certainly find plenty of examples. nypost.com/2024/04/03/u...

So we agree that the new approach leaves no way for women to differentiate between perv and nice trans.

10 years ago, *any* male person (or non-passing trans) in the ladies' room was a major red flag, and that in itself was a major deterrent that offered a greater level of safety.

How is keeping males out of women's sports violent? Many would say that women's right to fair competition is being violated here.

Comparing this issue to slavery and child labor is ridiculous.

Well with self-ID laws, there's no difference. Anyone, pervert or just deluded, can get a certificate saying they're the opposite sex and barge into the women's changing room. I didn't make it that way. Trans activists did.

Men playing in women's sports is hugely unpopular. 75-80% against, in the US and the UK. You think people will change their minds? Why?

That's a lot to ask when you consider @susan's comment above, which you brushed off. There are people under the 'trans' umbrella who are just classic dirty old men, not shiny pretty enby types. Women shouldn't have to accept them in our private spaces. No deal.

Stonewall’s policy of ‘no debate’ on trans rights was a mistake | Letters Letters: The LGBTQ+ rights charity’s former head Ben Summerskill and the parent of a trans-identifying young person respond to coverage of the recent supreme court ruling

'Sadly, a significant contribution to the prevention of sensible, two-way discussion of this sensitive issue was Stonewall’s 2015 decision to adopt an approach of “no debate” – online, on public platforms and in the broadcast media.'
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www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

What a good pair of letters in the Guardian on the trans issue. Together they thoroughly address the carnage that has been created by activists.

Men are much stronger than women, and engage in violent crime at vastly higher rates than women. This is obvious.

It shouldn't be up to women to act as human shields. Men need to work on making the world safer for their trans-identifying brothers so they feel welcome and secure in male lavatories and changing rooms.

At last, a moment of clarity – the UK supreme court has upheld the rights of women | Susanna Rustin It is vital that we give credit to the tireless campaigners who brought us to this point, says Guardian writer Susanna Rustin

'The resulting “loss of autonomy and dignity for lesbians” ...part of the court’s reasoning is one of the most significant elements of this judgment. Resistance to trans ... rights activism from lesbian and gay groups has been alternately dismissed and denounced.'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...