If I were a politician this is what I would say about right-wing groups demand to examine the genitals of athletes:
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If I were a politician this is what I would say about right-wing groups demand to examine the genitals of athletes:
While it is gratifying to think their motivation for doing this is to hate on Trans folk, (Because at least then they see you - even if it's seeing you and hating you), I think the motivation is much baser.
I think this whole spurious hysteria over Trans athletes is simply window dressing for their perverse desire to examine children's genitals with the blessing of the state.
sexual abuse of children
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sexual abuse of children
@samiamsam Well, that seems to be their thing... right?
Anyone who spends that much time working themselves up over who has what tackle in a washroom at a school is very clearly imagining a lot of stuff that only someone with a taste for that sort of thing would allow to inhabit their brain more than a second.
I think a fair percentage of the population probably has underage fantasies. A much smaller percentage ever acts on it. But if a movement legitimises the obsession, then yuck.
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@samiamsam Well, that seems to be their thing... right?
Anyone who spends that much time working themselves up over who has what tackle in a washroom at a school is very clearly imagining a lot of stuff that only someone with a taste for that sort of thing would allow to inhabit their brain more than a second.
I think a fair percentage of the population probably has underage fantasies. A much smaller percentage ever acts on it. But if a movement legitimises the obsession, then yuck.
Repression leads to obsession
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Repression leads to obsession
@samiamsam Always!
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If I were a politician this is what I would say about right-wing groups demand to examine the genitals of athletes:
While it is gratifying to think their motivation for doing this is to hate on Trans folk, (Because at least then they see you - even if it's seeing you and hating you), I think the motivation is much baser.
I think this whole spurious hysteria over Trans athletes is simply window dressing for their perverse desire to examine children's genitals with the blessing of the state.
True.
Also it's the patriarchy at work. Who in their right mind would let their daughters participate in sports if it meant that someone could demand to inspect their genitals?
And so, girls' sports become rarer, and girls' options in society become more limited.
All in the "service" of protecting girls.
Trans-rights are a wedge issue, and women are always next i line for the hit. Misogyny at work.
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If I were a politician this is what I would say about right-wing groups demand to examine the genitals of athletes:
While it is gratifying to think their motivation for doing this is to hate on Trans folk, (Because at least then they see you - even if it's seeing you and hating you), I think the motivation is much baser.
I think this whole spurious hysteria over Trans athletes is simply window dressing for their perverse desire to examine children's genitals with the blessing of the state.
When the pedophiles tell you who they are, believe them the first time.
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True.
Also it's the patriarchy at work. Who in their right mind would let their daughters participate in sports if it meant that someone could demand to inspect their genitals?
And so, girls' sports become rarer, and girls' options in society become more limited.
All in the "service" of protecting girls.
Trans-rights are a wedge issue, and women are always next i line for the hit. Misogyny at work.
All in the service of making girls (and women) disappear from public life and focus all attention on the “success” and activities of white, Christian boys and men.
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All in the service of making girls (and women) disappear from public life and focus all attention on the “success” and activities of white, Christian boys and men.
@Dhmspector @SuneAuken While all that might be true politically, with people who ride this bandwagon as a way to power, cynically or ideologically, the obsession among the MAGA voters, with their hysterical fantasies of evil Trans folk - sorry, but that is just a sublimation and projection of their own perverse desires being whitewashed by the political class.
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@Dhmspector @SuneAuken While all that might be true politically, with people who ride this bandwagon as a way to power, cynically or ideologically, the obsession among the MAGA voters, with their hysterical fantasies of evil Trans folk - sorry, but that is just a sublimation and projection of their own perverse desires being whitewashed by the political class.
@Remittancegirl @SuneAuken agreed.. but I’d suggest it goes deeper and darker than that — these people are annihilationists. Their goal is to control — or exterminate — any one and any thing that violates their white supremacist worldview and sense of “god given” rights to dominate.
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@Dhmspector @SuneAuken While all that might be true politically, with people who ride this bandwagon as a way to power, cynically or ideologically, the obsession among the MAGA voters, with their hysterical fantasies of evil Trans folk - sorry, but that is just a sublimation and projection of their own perverse desires being whitewashed by the political class.
Hard agree.
