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louise johnson's avatar

I have yet to see a debate on this subject where the pro trans side didn't rely in one of two points: "we tolerate differences in women's bodies when they compete against other women, so the competition can absorb the differences between women's and mens bodies", and "the unfairness of biologically advantaged males competing against women is tolerable in service of the higher goal of inclusivity" Of the two, the first is a naked lie that no one truly believes and the latter, while galactically misogynistic, unfair and weak logically is, at least well intentioned. (I should say, by well intentioned by some ... lots of women fall over themselves to win the kindness olympics at the expense of other women.) But here is what I just cannot understand. Someone please help me with this. How can a trans identified male (TIM) athlete maintain any self respect at all with the inclusivity over fairness argument? First, he is conditioned to believe that he is so fragile that people have to be kind to him. I cannot imagine that he doesn't know that this kindness isn't voluntary but enforced. And then, he is told that his inclusion, though not fair to the other female competitors, is necessary so he can feel good about himself, when, if one single sliver of logic or conscience existed in his brain, it should actually make him feel worse because he is a cheat. And the absolute kicker is that everyone knows it! And he has just got to know that everyone else knows it - how can he not? I am embarrassed for these pathetic men every time they cross the finish line first because their very existence in female completion is as a result of being the object of pity. I am not capable of imagining the level of delusion that is required of TIMS that enables them to believe that they deserve their place on the podium at these competitions.

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Bev Jo's avatar

This is so true. Men certainly acknowledge size/weight differences among each other with their "heavy weight" to "feather weight" boxing categories. The focus is on the skill in that sport. But now some of the contact sports allow men, like Fallon Fox, who says how he enjoys breaking a woman's skull. (Boxing is not safe and might have led to Magdelene Berns' brain tumor.)

I remember being told in grade school that we were taught so slowly (which is why school was so boring) was because the boys could not keep up mentally. Then of course in a few years they were running everything, but I still believe that mentally they are very different, as well as emotionally, ethically, etc. The fact that females have more of a connection between the sides of our brains is one explanation, but there is more. I can guess within a minute or less when starting to read something if a woman wrote it. There tends to be more depth, compassion, sense, thoughtfulness. One of the reasons that men have tried to keep women out of so much of what they control, is because they can't compete. And then there is the fact that most males have sexually harassed most females, even when it's supposedly just a joke, and many assault. Very few girls and women escape being assaulted by males, often within their own families. Of course women then devote their lives to males to help them be less dangerous, which never works because it often makes them worse, and male violence is across species. Yet again, it's women and girls who need the support, which includes our own spaces for everything, where no male is accepted as female, ever.

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