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[–]BEB 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Most of the headlines I've seen regarding the sports billed being introduced and passed in state legislatures make the same claim, not mentioning that transgenders can still play sports with their own sex. It's like there's a concerted effort on the part of the media to lie about everything trans related.

However, there's a lot of push back in comment sections and Twitter so I don't think all is lost.

[–]AugustiJade 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Why though? Because these are men pushing this as backlash to #MeToo? You don't hear them whinging about transmen in sports.

[–]BEB 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I meant that commenters on these articles and on Reddit are pushing back on news media lying in their headlines that these bills would ban "transwomen" from playing sports (instead of the truth, which is that these bills would just ensure males play with males).

I think a lot of the push back is coming from men, and I think that's because many men are sports-obsessed and because sports is so visual, it's easy to spot how unfair it is to have a huge man play against women, so men "get it" in the way they don't get other instances of TiMs colonizing women's spaces and appropriating women's rights.

[–]JulienMayfair[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Ironically, a woman was the one person objecting to the announcement, but it's the same at my undergraduate university. Young women are passionately campaigning for TIMs in women's sports. I truly don't comprehend their motivations.

[–]BEB 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I too have often found that the most passionate defender of trans demands are young women. And they can be really rude.

Whereas, in my experience, men of all ages, especially men who aren't WOKE, tend to be somewhat baffled by the whole trans thing and much more willing to listen to GC thought.