I watched this on you tube, It was heartbreaking. To have our identity, primal instinct, reality, lived experienced, right to consent, safety and bodily autonomy denied, in the name of not being offensive to the opposite sex is literally DADAISM. This is insanity, cruel and unfair. HOW IS THIS NOT SEXUAL HARASSMENT? A man cannot be naked in front of women in women's locker room but a fully intact, 6'4 male bodied, "woman" can? This makes no sense. This is psychological abuse. And then we can't have an opinion about it. We aren't allowed to "feel" yet required to validate the feelings of the patriarchy? The lobbyists and politicians who passed these laws, tanking women's rights need to be put in prison. They are a danger to society. Equality is validating the feelings of the patriarchy and women are ordered to obey and be silent. THIS IS PROGRESS?!!! Hell to the No!
That was a great press conference! And thank you, Kara, for your remarks, including a shout-out to those of us of your Mom’s generation: “I am a daughter of the second-wave movement for women’s liberation, which hailed from the political left. Those feminists didn’t fight to secure women’s sex-based rights, including Title IX, only to have them all thrown under the bus at the altar of the regressive concept of “gender identity.” Thank you so much for carrying the torch, and for all you do.
Kara, thank you also for flagging Nadler’s opening remarks in a congressional hearing 3/21. I would never have seen this, had you not flagged it. He is my Congressman, and I have written to him about what he said.
BTW, something concrete to do for anyone who resides in New York City: Community Education Council District 2 (the largest school district in Manhattan) passed a good resolution “Calling for a Comprehensive Review and Redrafting of NYCPS Guidelines on Gender with Regard to the Application and Impact on Female Athletes Participating in Physical Education, Intramural and Competitive Public School Athletic League (PSAL) Sports.” The vote was 8 in favor, 3 opposed, I believe. The resolution is here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1M69tBZm6fD18XTr7SAGYgZojgo28AfLj/view?pli=1
As I understand it, 2 of the 3 opposing were Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine appointees. Levine himself sent out a statement in opposition which you can find here: https://twitter.com/MarkLevineNYC/status/1770765417088188582 Brad Hoylman, Debbie Glick, and two others also put out a statement in opposition. (I don’t have a link for that, but will supply if I find it.)
I recommend to all Manhattan residents to contact Levine’s office to state your view and also recommend to anyone residing in NYC to write CEC District 2 to show your support. The CEC email addresses are here: https://www.cecd2.net/our-members. I recommend including, in addition to the general email, emails to the resolution sponsors, who are Leonard Silverman, Allyson Bowen, Maud Maron, and Sabine Serinese. If you are not in CEC District 2, consider writing to New York City Public Schools (NYCPS) Chancellor David C. Banks to indicate your support for the resolution and asking the NYCPS to adopt it.
If you are a Democrat, I recommend stating that, as Levine and others of course paint this as MAGA. Here is some of the text from what I wrote, if you want it to use as a starting point (though I strongly recommend individualizing what you write):
This should be a non-partisan issue. That it is not has been particularly dismaying to me, as a lifelong Democrat. I share strongly the concerns contained in the resolution, and particularly, as Allyson Bowen stated, that the voices of women and girls who share the concerns stated in the resolution have not been properly included in the discussion about these issues. The resolution offers an excellent, worthy, and non-ideologically inflected path by which we can assure both fairness to women and girls and inclusion of all young people, however they identify, who wish to participate in school athletics, a goal I am sure we all share.
The resolution, if adopted by the NYCPS, would go a long way toward correcting the impasse in which we currently find ourselves. Nothing in the resolution prejudges the outcome: it merely requests that there be a full examination of the facts that includes all the relevant stakeholders, not merely a subset.
Good question. Perhaps Kara can advise on that? I am very concerned, in NY, because there is a ballot proposition that will likely pass because it addresses abortion, but also, in another typical stealth move, changes the definition of sex to include gender identity.
"All employers, housing providers, places of public accommodation and schools must offer terms, conditions, and benefits equally, regardless of gender identity or expression."
I watched this on you tube, It was heartbreaking. To have our identity, primal instinct, reality, lived experienced, right to consent, safety and bodily autonomy denied, in the name of not being offensive to the opposite sex is literally DADAISM. This is insanity, cruel and unfair. HOW IS THIS NOT SEXUAL HARASSMENT? A man cannot be naked in front of women in women's locker room but a fully intact, 6'4 male bodied, "woman" can? This makes no sense. This is psychological abuse. And then we can't have an opinion about it. We aren't allowed to "feel" yet required to validate the feelings of the patriarchy? The lobbyists and politicians who passed these laws, tanking women's rights need to be put in prison. They are a danger to society. Equality is validating the feelings of the patriarchy and women are ordered to obey and be silent. THIS IS PROGRESS?!!! Hell to the No!
That was a great press conference! And thank you, Kara, for your remarks, including a shout-out to those of us of your Mom’s generation: “I am a daughter of the second-wave movement for women’s liberation, which hailed from the political left. Those feminists didn’t fight to secure women’s sex-based rights, including Title IX, only to have them all thrown under the bus at the altar of the regressive concept of “gender identity.” Thank you so much for carrying the torch, and for all you do.
Kara, thank you also for flagging Nadler’s opening remarks in a congressional hearing 3/21. I would never have seen this, had you not flagged it. He is my Congressman, and I have written to him about what he said.
What did Nadler say?
I think this link will get you to his remarks: https://twitter.com/KDansky/status/1771323438382166040
I was not there, I did not hear this in person, but I am overwhelmed with pride and gratitude at every word you said. Thank you.
BTW, something concrete to do for anyone who resides in New York City: Community Education Council District 2 (the largest school district in Manhattan) passed a good resolution “Calling for a Comprehensive Review and Redrafting of NYCPS Guidelines on Gender with Regard to the Application and Impact on Female Athletes Participating in Physical Education, Intramural and Competitive Public School Athletic League (PSAL) Sports.” The vote was 8 in favor, 3 opposed, I believe. The resolution is here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1M69tBZm6fD18XTr7SAGYgZojgo28AfLj/view?pli=1
As I understand it, 2 of the 3 opposing were Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine appointees. Levine himself sent out a statement in opposition which you can find here: https://twitter.com/MarkLevineNYC/status/1770765417088188582 Brad Hoylman, Debbie Glick, and two others also put out a statement in opposition. (I don’t have a link for that, but will supply if I find it.)
I recommend to all Manhattan residents to contact Levine’s office to state your view and also recommend to anyone residing in NYC to write CEC District 2 to show your support. The CEC email addresses are here: https://www.cecd2.net/our-members. I recommend including, in addition to the general email, emails to the resolution sponsors, who are Leonard Silverman, Allyson Bowen, Maud Maron, and Sabine Serinese. If you are not in CEC District 2, consider writing to New York City Public Schools (NYCPS) Chancellor David C. Banks to indicate your support for the resolution and asking the NYCPS to adopt it.
If you are a Democrat, I recommend stating that, as Levine and others of course paint this as MAGA. Here is some of the text from what I wrote, if you want it to use as a starting point (though I strongly recommend individualizing what you write):
This should be a non-partisan issue. That it is not has been particularly dismaying to me, as a lifelong Democrat. I share strongly the concerns contained in the resolution, and particularly, as Allyson Bowen stated, that the voices of women and girls who share the concerns stated in the resolution have not been properly included in the discussion about these issues. The resolution offers an excellent, worthy, and non-ideologically inflected path by which we can assure both fairness to women and girls and inclusion of all young people, however they identify, who wish to participate in school athletics, a goal I am sure we all share.
The resolution, if adopted by the NYCPS, would go a long way toward correcting the impasse in which we currently find ourselves. Nothing in the resolution prejudges the outcome: it merely requests that there be a full examination of the facts that includes all the relevant stakeholders, not merely a subset.
Here’s the statement in opposition to the resolution by Hoylman, Glick, Simone, and Bottcher. I encourage anyone who resides in their districts to write them about their stance: https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2024/brad-hoylman-sigal/statement-regarding-community-education-council
Maud Marin has now written an article relating to the resolution in City Journal. It’s very good, and you can find it here: https://www.city-journal.org/article/will-new-york-stand-up-for-girls
What happens in blue states like California and New York (and many others) where discrimination against "gender identity" is already the law?
Good question. Perhaps Kara can advise on that? I am very concerned, in NY, because there is a ballot proposition that will likely pass because it addresses abortion, but also, in another typical stealth move, changes the definition of sex to include gender identity.
Isn't that already the law in NY?
"All employers, housing providers, places of public accommodation and schools must offer terms, conditions, and benefits equally, regardless of gender identity or expression."
https://dhr.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2022/04/nysdhr-genda-guidance-2020.pdf