A more morally bankrupt position

Man casually dismisses women’s rights.

Funny that he puts the words in the mouth of a mommy of an athlete instead of the athlete herself. There are adult female athletes, you know, and they do lose prizes and awards and wins if they are forced to compete against men.

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10 responses to “A more morally bankrupt position”

  1. Sastra Avatar

    “I’m going to take your hard-earned victory away so my son gets to feel validated.”

    Sooo much better.

  2. iknklast Avatar

    I cannot imagine a more morally bankrupt position: “I’m going to adopt a gender that is not my own so I can win against weaker players.”

    Actually, I can imagine more morally bankrupt positions, like, the idea that it’s okay to gas millions of Jews, or the idea that it’s okay to incite a riot on the ground of the US Capital to steal an election. But…trans advocates are given to hyperbole, so I played along.

  3. Acolyte of Sagan Avatar
    Acolyte of Sagan

    As a social psychologist, I understand why using women’s sports to argue against transgender rights works.

    Understands the argument but doesn’t understand that not letting men who identify as women compete against women does not equate to forcing men who identify as women to stop identifying as women.

    I suspect that he does understand the lack of logic in his argument, as it happens, but just as with clownfish it’s a useful fiction that will be swallowed whole by those who mistake superficial soundbytes for deep truths.

  4. Ophelia Benson Avatar

    I don’t know. People seem to get drunk on this bullshit, and lose all their faculties for seeing that it’s bullshit.

  5. Acolyte of Sagan Avatar
    Acolyte of Sagan

    That’s true, but there has to be someone making up each bullshit idea to pass on to the terminally hard of understanding – bullshit by definition requires a bull to produce it.

  6. Arcadia Avatar

    And yet again, my question is WHY the idea is so widespread that anyone ever created a sports league to affirm genders? Or that anyone who is GNC competing with their own sex is debilitating and unacceptable? Or at least, less acceptable than forcing female athletes to compete with male athletes who could potentially even kill them in some sports.

  7. Screechy Monkey Avatar
    Screechy Monkey

    Arcadia,

    Well, of course, I only play men’s tennis to affirm my masculinity. I get nothing else out of it. One time I played against a woman, and I had to stop after thirty minutes because my testicles were atrophying. Mixed doubles, of course, renders me temporarily non-binary.

  8. GW Avatar

    Well, of course, I only play men’s tennis to affirm my masculinity. I get nothing else out of it. One time I played against a woman, and I had to stop after thirty minutes because my testicles were atrophying.

    Ouch! Poor you! So invalidating. You must feel so persecuted, even though you probably won the tennis match.

  9. Your Name's not Bruce? Avatar
    Your Name’s not Bruce?

    And yet again, my question is WHY the idea is so widespread that anyone ever created a sports league to affirm genders? Or that anyone who is GNC competing with their own sex is debilitating and unacceptable? Or at least, less acceptable than forcing female athletes to compete with male athletes who could potentially even kill them in some sports.

    It’s not just sports teams, though. It’s a war on many fronts and sports is just one of them. Any female-only spaces or positions are up for grabs, with the blessings of the woke. It’s groundbreaking to be able to compete against women as women in any field. You’re not just some guy any more. Suddenly you’re brave and stunning. Magazine covers. Prizes. Diversity hires. And playing on the girls’ and womens’ teams proves TWAW. Forcing their way into female spaces is part of the buzz. That doesn’t happen in mixed or male teams. TIM’s are much less likely to win in competitions against their own sex. Against females, you get validation and a medal. Women and girls aren’t even collateral damage. They’re the background, scenery andwall paper, in front of which the True Champion gets to pose. With a head tilt.

  10. Ophelia Benson Avatar

    Sums it up exactly.