Obama statement mentions sex discrimination in tribute

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Justice Ginsburg helped us see that discrimination on the basis of sex isn’t about an abstract ideal of equality; that it doesn’t only harm women; that it has real consequences for all of us. It’s about who we are—and who we can be

Supposedly TRAs are already calling her a TERF on twitter. https://www.ovarit.com/o/GenderCritical/4333/rbg-did-so-much-for-womyn-and-presenting-girls/4bdb0c60-a849-41ce-a7e4-9209776ecc0a#comment-4bdb0c60-a849-41ce-a7e4-9209776ecc0a

[–]TwinTeaLeaf 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Seeing this makes me nauseated... so vile. I'm planning to correct any TRAs that make her legacy about them, be it positive or negative.

[–]BEB 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

At least one legal scholar I've read thought that Ginsburg would have ruled in favor of "gender identity" being included in the legal definition of "sex" - so she might not have been as much of an ally at the end as we would have wanted.

I think that very old feminists (Catherine McKinnon, RBG, Gloria Steinem) are still of the mindset that today's transgenders are the harmless gay transvestites of old: they have no idea that often powerful and wealthy, violent, women-hating autogynephiles are now steering the boat of trans activism.

[–]missdaisycan 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I placed this in another sub: It was SEX based discrimination!

The real Ginsburg made this point in her majority opinion in United States v. Virginia, which ordered Virginia Military Institute, the state’s all-male military school, to become coed. There, she wrote that “[p]hysical differences between men and women … are enduring,” and, quoting Ballard v. United States, added, “[t]he two sexes are not fungible.”

Also, that same case:

Ginsburg wrote that the Virginia Military Institute “would undoubtedly require alterations necessary to afford members of each sex privacy from the other sex in living arrangements.”

https://www.intellectualtakeout.org/article/why-ginsburg-fought-discrimination-basis-sex-not-gender-identity/

This case was mid 90s, so she was aware of transsexuals. Yeah, people change their views, if those positions are weak, but draw your own conclusions.

[–]BEB 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

What's ironic is that it was Obama who changed Title IX from "sex" to "gender identity" and then battled against school districts who wanted to keep locker rooms sex-segregated

Title IX was the law that gave women fairness in education, including school sports. I remember when Title IX was passed and it had NOTHING to do with gender identity. No one even used those words back then because transgenders didn't exist - I don't even remember the word transgender. It was trans-sexual, transvestite and cross-dressers and they had nothing to do with women's rights.

I've read speculation that Obama changed Title IX because he's a creature of the billionaire, very trans-supportive Illinois (Obama's state) Pritzker family, so maybe he was paying them back for helping him get elected?