Mar 17, 2023·edited Mar 17, 2023Liked by Kevin Beck
Wellesley should admit trans men because they are, afterall, women. I think they headline writer got their terms backwards.
Its the trans men issue that shows the idiocy of the "trans women are women" discourse. Someone please show me the trans man (that is, natal woman) that is saying "Goddamn it, I am a man, not a woman, so I must compete in men's sports/go to men's prison!". Nope - it is only trans women trying to gain access to women's sports - the fact that it is never the reverse tells you both that it isn't transphobia wanting to preserve women's sports because precisely nobody cares if trans men want to compete in men's sports and that it is wanting an unfair advantage that compels trans women to compete in women's sports. Wellesley would have all along admitted trans men because they know they are women and no trans man anywhere who wanted to go to Wellesley would have said "Aw damn! I wanted to go to Wellesley, but I am a man so I guess I can't". We have a trans man power lifter at our gym and guess where they don't compete - in the men's division. And they are on gear and test yet I can bench press their max 20 times and I am a skinny runner and all they do is powerlift. They do have a better deadlift and squat, but I don't do either of those things. And they aren't even close to as strong as Rachel. So much for "male puberty/fetal development doesn't matter".
Wellesley should admit trans men because they are, afterall, women. I think they headline writer got their terms backwards.
Its the trans men issue that shows the idiocy of the "trans women are women" discourse. Someone please show me the trans man (that is, natal woman) that is saying "Goddamn it, I am a man, not a woman, so I must compete in men's sports/go to men's prison!". Nope - it is only trans women trying to gain access to women's sports - the fact that it is never the reverse tells you both that it isn't transphobia wanting to preserve women's sports because precisely nobody cares if trans men want to compete in men's sports and that it is wanting an unfair advantage that compels trans women to compete in women's sports. Wellesley would have all along admitted trans men because they know they are women and no trans man anywhere who wanted to go to Wellesley would have said "Aw damn! I wanted to go to Wellesley, but I am a man so I guess I can't". We have a trans man power lifter at our gym and guess where they don't compete - in the men's division. And they are on gear and test yet I can bench press their max 20 times and I am a skinny runner and all they do is powerlift. They do have a better deadlift and squat, but I don't do either of those things. And they aren't even close to as strong as Rachel. So much for "male puberty/fetal development doesn't matter".
If an all women's college begins admitting trans men isn't that a tacit admission that trans men are really women?