Charlotte Clymer: "This is the first time a presidential election victory speech has specifically mentioned the word "transgender" and made a commitment to us. Joe Biden has got our back."

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[–]BiologyIsReal 23 insightful - 1 fun23 insightful - 0 fun24 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

What the most scary in this, is that USA are always exporting their politics and ideas to other countries, so this will mean that it will be pushed in many other countries as well.

This. Lately, I've seen many American women getting angry with foreigners who are not thrilled with Biden's win. It's like they don't understand how influential their own country is. Biden will push the TRA agenda in many other countries besides the US.

Here is an news article where Biden says he will continue the age-long American tradition of lecturing other countries about human rights.

Edit: Also, I think several of us are puzzled about how many American women are so conviced the Democrats care about women's rights and they just don't have all the facts about the Equality Act and TRA.

[–]purrvana[S] 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Yes, all the women I've seen in GC circles who lean toward Trump are from UK, Canada, etc... places where trans laws have already gone too far, and we're all trying to warn US women not to go down that road because once the US goes down the trans rabbit-hole it'll be harder for the rest of us to scale it back. But many American women are completely set on Biden being better for women than Trump.

Posie Parker is a good example. She's very anti-Biden and said she'd vote for Trump if she were American despite being pro-choice and liberal-leaning all her life.

edit: Or who knows, maybe if the USA goes full TRA it'll peak a lot more people and things will push back. Maybe next year if a bunch of trans laws are passed followed by trans-women entering the Olympics, we'll see some major peaking. I'm not super hopeful though considering how much the media drooled over the "stunning and brave transwomen" who were elected this past week.

[–]forwardback 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I am saying my own opinions here.

I believe a large percentage of US women who either vote Republican, or are willing to consider, research, and vote any/all parties on their ballot, are persons who may be less likely to announce their vote in public forums. Or, perhaps it is a function of age, or regional customs.

Casting one's vote has traditionally been a private issue. I remember the large, metal, mobile, voting booths which had mechanical curtains that would close via a large lever to set the machine to vote. After selections were made, the large lever was thrown back to the original position, logging the votes and opening the curtain. Even today, in my region, cardboard tabletop "cubicles" are set up for privacy. I know my own opinions on discussing my votes casts have been heavily influenced by my mother, who had me with her in the booth when she voted until I was old enough to look out for my own safety (13 yo?). She emphasized the importance of voting, women's history, and how she evaded my father's influence on, and inquiries of, her votes. ;)

I am most grateful women from UK and Canada have spoken up and worked to keep women from being erased and used/abused. Personally, I believe women are DONE if we have no language, visibility, or respect. I try to imagine (especially political) trends and movements to their potential conclusions, and this "gender not sex" protections threat is TERRIFYING. Evil people do exist, and women themselves MUST admit dystopia IS possible, nah, I submit: probable.

Edit Why don't women have x, y, or z that some women rant about not having? Because, there was a previous time when most women said "we'll get to that later"... Edit2 redundancy corrected

[–]redditbegay 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Edit Why don't women have x, y, or z that some women rant about not having? Because, there was a previous time when most women said "we'll get to that later"... Edit2 redundancy corrected

'The true enemy of the progressive is the political Moderate" paraphrased from a great civil icon of the civil rights era.