April 30, 2024
As many readers certainly know by now, on April 19, the US Department of Education issued its final rule amending the Title IX implementing regulations by redefining the word “sex” to include the nebulous and sexist concept of “gender identity” for all Title IX purposes. The US chapter of Women’s Declaration International (WDI USA) issued a statement explaining the implications for women and girls as a sex class.
Reem Alsalem is the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls and she opposes the Title IX changes. On December 27, 2023, she issued a statement denouncing the proposed changes and calling them a contravention of international human rights obligations. On April 29, after they were finalized, she issued a new statement, saying, “The erroneous redefinition of ‘sex’ through these implementing regulations constitutes a grave setback that will increase the vulnerability of the majority of women and girls to incursions into their privacy, including voyeurism, sexual harassment and physical and sexual attacks, by effectively removing single sex spaces.” She noted further, “It is my hope that the U.S. Government will act swiftly to reverse course. My mandate stands ready to provide support and advice in this regard.” Meanwhile, the lawsuits have begun.
But that’s not the only thing the Biden Administration has been up to this month in furthering its relentless assault on the material reality of sex …
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