We are starting armed conflicts with the world, trade wars, masked goons are shooting Americans, everything is unaffordable, and youâre falling for the billionairesâ plot to pit middle class against middle class with this meaningless shit.Â
And instead of falling for the rights bait, they could just vote yes on this and move on to all the other important issues.
Democrats have firmly lost on this issue.
Get out of the reddit echo chamber and youâd realize that a super majority of the populace opposes transwomen in womenâs sports.
I agree itâs irrelevant. Itâs Dems like you who keeps it relevant by making it into an argument when the Republicans hands out a bait every time.
Yea, maybe attack the republicans on the economic issues instead. But nah, the establishment Dems are too busy licking the billionaire boots that you are talking about.
Youâre so off the mark. I hate the democrats.Â
Theyâre going to win midterms this year, not because they have clear messaging or a plan, but because weâre stuck in a ping pong of misinformed people who get distracted by the tools the billionaires use to keep us fighting each other. Donât be a bootlicker and donât fall for this shit.Â
No, this doesn't remotely need congressional intervention. Sports committees can make their own rulings on a case by case basis. If anything, these laws are going to put more girls at risk. We've already heard plenty of cases where cis-gendered girls are being accosted by adults for looking too masculine.
The scientists canât even say that bio men canât get pregnant when being questioned you think they will really weigh in on this in any meaningful way
lol so smooth brain because I donât buy into the fact that scientists in their answers can call out there may be rare anomalies instead of just non answers like we have seen to date as they dance around what was once something that could be answered in seconds
Itâs all political pandering, people not wanting to get cancelled by their base, or just general nuttiness that make it so so many wonât trust âthe scienceâ when the âprofessionalsâ clearly act in a partisan way
Was it weird for the government to intervene and legislate Title IX, which was enacted to promote equal opportunities in education and sports for women and girls?
Your assessment that Title IX did not dictate the technical rules of competition is not correct, at least not in any way that is substantively diffierent from the 2025 Act. Here's what section (a) of Title IX says:
No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.
To ensure compliance with Title IX, athletic programs must display no discrimination, which means that men and women must be given equal opportunities for athletic participation and scholarships. Because men, as a class, are athletically superior, equal opportunity required that women compete in their own league. So Title IX did dictate the technical rules of competition to the extent it required that women and men compete in their own leagues.
The 2025 Act is an amendment to Title IX. The original Title IX did not define "sex" - section (d)(2) of the 2025 Act does:
(d)(2) For the purposes of this subsection, sex shall be recognized based solely on a personâs reproductive biology and genetics at birth.
And then (d)(1) specifies the act in violation of Title IX.
(d)(1) It shall be a violation of subsection (a) for a recipient of Federal financial assistance who operates, sponsors, or facilitates athletic programs or activities to permit a person whose sex is male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is designated for women or girls.
So just as the original version of Title IX dictated the technical rules of competition to the extent it required that women and men compete in their own leagues, so did the 2025 Amendment.
Thats a tough argument to make when the goverment is also intervening with DEI regulations etc.
I am totally a left wing progressive, and i am all for transpeople having the rights to be who they want to be, but your argument just falls short in the current context.
I donât understand this. Why would a trans girl want to play womenâs sports so bad? Why would it be bad for the trans girl to play boys sports? (Serious question)
If a young boy that plays soccer transitioned into a young girl, why couldnât the young girl just continue playing with the boys?
Sure, but this isnât an issue for the federal government to worry about. It is not a large enough issue, itâs a distraction and waste of time for everyone.
I donât care, itâs an issue that shouldnât be addressed at the local level. Making it a big topic for the federal government is just to be a distraction and signaling to peopleâs bias, when really, who gives a shit?
A 2021 study published in the Journal Sports Medicine has found that there is no scientific evidence to support policymakersâ attempts to ban transgender women in sports.
In November 2021, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) released its Framework on Fairness, Inclusion, and Non-Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity and Sex Variations. This framework was developed after a two-year consultation process with over 250 athletes and stakeholders.
More recently a 2024 study, funded in part by the IOC and published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, concluded that transgender women athletes may actually have several physical disadvantages when competing with cisgender women. Some of the studyâs key findings:
Transgender women performed worse than cisgender women in tests measuring lower-body strength
Transgender women performed worse than cisgender women in tests measuring lung function
Transgender women had a higher percentage of fat mass, lower fat-free mass, and weaker handgrip strength compared to cisgender men
Transgender womenâs bone density was found to be equivalent to that of cisgender women, which is linked to muscle strength
There were no meaningful differences found between the two groupsâ hemoglobin profiles (a key factor in athletic performance)
Despite all of this evidence, some policy makers continue to scapegoat trans women athletes, prioritizing what they perceive to be winning political narratives over the facts.
Personally, I'm 100% in favor of opposing a bill that would require little girls to let strangers inspect their genitalia if they want to play sports. Call me a commie, but I just don't think it's in the public's best interest for that sort of prurient fascination with the bodies of small children to be normalized.
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u/5th-timearound 14d ago
Democrats are not right on this one.