What impact has trans activism had on our society?
In 1995, Martin Ponting, a 50-year-old father of three, was convicted of raping two girls. Then, in 2017, Ponting was moved to a women-only prison as he legally identified as “Jessica Winfield,” a woman. Following this transfer, Winfield was accused of sexually assaulting several female inmates.
In October 2021, Jacob M. Guerrero dressed like a woman to enter women’s bathrooms and recorded at least 12 victims without their knowledge. Five of these victims were under age 18, and some were said to be as young as 8.
In December 2021, University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas dominated at the Zippy Invitational and broke two female national records. Following the meet, Thomas allegedly bragged, “that was so easy, I was cruising.” Thomas is biologically a male.
Today, there’s a push by trans activists to treat transwomen and transmen like biological females and males. Unfortunately, this push to ignore biology and instead focus on subjective feelings erases biological women’s rights.
Women’s Rights and History
Women haven’t always enjoyed the same rights as men. The right to vote, to education, to work as a doctor or lawyer, to body autonomy, to receive the same wage for the same work, etc., was the result of the Women’s Rights Movement, which began in 1848. If it wasn’t for brave women like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, women might still be wholly dependent on men and “robbed of their self-confidence and self-respect,” as Stanton said.
Stanton wrote in the Declaration of Sentiments, “The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman, having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her.” Stanton believed that men’s dominance in public life “disabled and disgraced women” and that women should have the right to fully participate in public and political life.
Luckily, since 1848, women have made enormous strides in equality. However, there’s no denying the biological reality that men are stronger, faster and overall, physically dominant compared to women. Thus, to level the playing field and allow women to compete both in public and political life, women have enjoyed:
- Female sporting teams.
- Specific legal benefits — employers can’t discriminate based on sex or pregnancy and must allow a breastfeeding mother time and private space to express breast milk.
- Safe spaces just for women — these safe spaces include women’s health centers, women’s dorm rooms, women’s shelters, hospital wards, courthouse safe rooms, bathrooms, changing rooms and many others.
Unfortunately, the trans movement is threatening the above hard-won concessions.
Transwomen vs. Biological Women
At the beginning of this article, I listed three examples of biological women falling victim to trans activism. And notice that I used the words “trans activism” instead of “transwomen.” Sadly, these three examples are just the tip of the iceberg. If you go to the websites Women are Human or Woman Means Something, you’ll find hundreds of stories where trans policies led to either biological women becoming victims or biological women losing their place to a transwoman. For example:
- Women who seek shelter from domestic abuse or sexual assault are further traumatized when forced to share their safe space with a male who says he’s trans.
- Women who sacrifice and dedicate themselves to a given sport can’t overcome the muscular advantages of trans women. As I wrote for CNSNews, science shows even after years of hormone therapy, biological males maintain physical advantages over their female counterparts.
- Biological males are identifying as women and receiving awards intended to further female inclusion and recognition.
- Biological males identifying as women insist they receive the same legal and workplace protections as biological women, despite the absence of a cervix, the ability to menstruate, have a baby, etc.
As the Australian parliament paper, “Impacts of Transactivism on the Human Rights of Women and Girls,” concludes, “Enabling men who wish to identify as women to be treated in all respects as women by law, risks undermining institutions and laws that have been hard fought for and established over time for the express purpose of protecting the human rights of women and girls. These changes to law and policy fail to acknowledge the ongoing reality of male violence. These changes also deny women the right to have meetings and spaces exclusively for women who were born and raised female and will thereby impede their ability to organize politically and advance feminist causes. They will undermine temporary special measures or affirmative action strategies that have been put in place to redress the disadvantages experienced by females and may work to reverse progress made in terms of women’s participation in political and cultural life through sport and leadership positions.”
Biological Women Deserve Rights in a Trans Activism World
Biological women deserve the right to fully participate in public and political life and to do so free from the usurpations and dominance of men — even when these men claim to identify as female. If you’re a transwoman who can pass (meaning you’ve completed sex reassignment surgery), using the women’s bathroom is acceptable because you’re not forcing biological women to see something that could be triggering.
However, transwomen are not biological women. They are biologically male and enjoy the physical advantages of that. Further, transwomen don’t experience the same physical realities as biological women, meaning they can’t breastfeed, have a menstrual cycle, or become pregnant.
As such, they shouldn’t receive the same workplace protections that biological women receive. Finally, there’s an undeniable criminal element that’s using the trans label to victimize women. Continuing to ignore this reality is leading to abuse, and the eroding of biological women’s hard-won rights.
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