I have this question. You can join a political movement, but how do you join a sex? The seasoned actor Alan Alda used to call himself a proud feminist, but would it be reasonable for him to announce that he is now a woman, if he was so inclined? The thought came to mind after reading about some celebrity leftists coming to the conclusion that the ultimate of identity politics, self-identity, has its limits. The prospect of former men, now declaring themselves to be women, shattering women’s NCAA and Olympic records and sidelining women who were born women may have revitalized the obvious truism that chromosomes matter in physical activities. At some point, politics must face reality.
J.K. Rowling was one of the first lefties to the realization of the reality. She noticed that trans-ideology was the invasion route of men into women’s athletics and the obliteration of the athletic prowess of “menstruators”. As such, she has come under withering fire from hyper-activist “trans”-women. Other brave female voices have joined her as they too confront “cancellation” from the usual sources. That’s why they are courageous.
Recently Bette Midler tweeted the following: “WOMEN OF THE WORLD! We are being stripped of our rights over our bodies, our lives and even of our name! They don’t call us ‘women’ anymore; they call us ‘birthing people’ or ‘menstruators’, and even ‘people with vaginas’! Don’t let them erase you! Every human on earth owes you!”
The singer Macy Gray was succinct when she stated in an interview, “I will say this and everyone’s gonna hate me, but as a woman, just because you go change your parts, doesn’t make you a woman, sorry.”
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NY Times columnist Pamela Paul, no right-winger by any stretch, echoing Gray, said, “Even the word ‘women’ has become verboten.” And further, “In its place are unwieldy terms like ‘pregnant people,’ ‘menstruators’ and ‘bodies with vaginas . . . . [this is a] bitter way to mark the 50th anniversary of Title IX.”
The Left may be unhinged in many of their social, economic, and political views, but they aren’t so crazy as to accept the move to make women’s sports an offshoot of men’s sports. Call these brave voices the un-unhinged Left.
RogerG
*Bette Midler’s tweet: https://twitter.com/BetteMidler/status/1543979948611981313?s=20&t=O37Tc0ny2mm7Zx2ooddPzg
*Macy Gray’s comment on Piers Morgan’s “Uncensored” show: https://youtu.be/K3eWYEaOqDk
*Paul’s statement: https://news.yahoo.com/pamela-paul-criticized-anti-trans-192133188.html
*Great piece by columnist Madelein Kearns on the subject: https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/07/trans-skepticism-goes-mainstream/