Transgender man wins women's 100 yd and 400 yd freestyle races.

Well we keep being told they're such a tiny minority that it makes no difference to women, so presumably such a tiny extra number won't require multiple extra individual use toilets either.

In fact I've regularly seen trans activists tell women that if they object to TW in the female toilets or changing rooms, they should use the disabled facilities themselves, and let the non-bigoted women share the female toilets with their "trans siblings". Nobody ever seemed to say that that would concern enough women to require extra facilities - and women are 51% of the population.

Thanks boggles, that made me laugh even more than the Tracy Ullmann video.

From the XX-XY website:

We want all girls and women to know when they
stand up for themselves, they will not stand alone.
We’ll be right there with them.

That’s why we are launching our XX-XY Athletics Fund
and introducing the Courage Wins award program:
a donation-directed program for brave female
athletes who speak up, and stand up for women’s sports.

It’s uncomfortable saying unpopular but true things
out loud, but Courage Wins will help take “monetary cancellation”
off the table, and make doing the right thing a little bit easier.

I suppose I should defer to you - your posts are a testament to your expertise in manufacturing outrage.

I once had a prospective employer pay for my flight to an interview in London (pre-Zoom days). Were they bribing me to attend?

Trans people are disabled now?

Women SHOULD be encouraged to take a stand against men competing in their sports. Why should they lose out on prize money/sponsorship for doing the right and moral thing??

Seeing as the NHS pays for “life-saving” hormones and surgery, I think that’s a reasonable assumption.

Of course. It's such a terrible argument I wasn't sure where to start!

I mean, I could equally have replied that pregnancy is not a disability, yet pregnant women often use the disabled toilets, or that it's very offensive to disabled people to take offence at being associated in any way with them.

It's very like the way trans activists resort so readily to racist and sexist comments about black women. "Be kind", you say?? Not in my experience they aren't - it's very much a one way thing!

It was 1987. They gave me 2 sets of Nomex overalls, a pair of safety shoes and a plane ticket to Nigeria - a case of wellsites rather than websites. Bravery was taken for granted, whether that was having an UZI pointed at me by a corrupt cop or dealing with belligerent oilmen twice my age. I did learn the meaning of bribery though😀.

I'll assume you're deliberately missing the point, as stating the alternative interpretation of your posting would probably be regarded as uncivil. "Bribery" usually refers to offering a financial inducement to get another person to do something illegal, unethical, or corrupt. The word is also used in the context of offering an ice cream dessert if the kids finish their broccoli. In either case it's an arrangement with a specific person, and not at all the same as removing an obstacle that might prevent someone from doing something that they want to do anyway. I got a grant from SEAI - did they bribe me to upgrade my home? And no, I'm not on their website, but I am part of their statistics which they no doubt report on a regular basis.

Is it hypocritical for a someone who has declared their dedication to precise use of language, to use "bribery" when "reward" is a much more accurate description of Sey's actions?

I don't think "bribery" is apt

From Wikipedia - other sources concur:

Manipulation differs from general influence and persuasion.

Manipulation, unlike persuasion, typically involves exploiting the vulnerabilities of an individual.

How is the precision in language coming along for you?

@plodder

Thanks for that article - looks like it was the un-named running club that was guilty of (attempted) manipulation.

The clarification of the law just says female rights refers to sex not gender.

It's not in any way discriminating against transgender people, it just doesn't pander to how they happen to see themselves and why should any law do that.

Well it isn't as much of an issue when you know there isn't a disabled person in your office so nobody is being inconvenienced, bit different than taking a disabled parking space for 30 minutes or more when you don't know how many disabled people may need to use one.

How can people not see the transparency in this grift.

She confirms there she responded to Seys Advert on twitter.

An interview is setup with a conservative Christian podcaster, where she claims the trans athlete is in direct competition with her. Complete lies.

Sey writes an article in New York Post on the of back it.

Outrage manufactured.

Is it any wonder Trump got elected again.

Medics at the British Medical Association’s (BMA) resident doctors conference in London passed a motion stating that “attempting to impose a rigid binary has no basis in science or medicine”.

This rhetoric of 'rigid binary' always makes me laugh. Those who believe know there are only 2 sex's do not have a problem with the concept of naturally occurring sets of things with more than 2 elements. As for the 'rigid' part, well even if there were 5 sex's that would still be a rigid 5, unless they're saying there's 5 today but there could flexibly be more than 5 tomorrow! Then again they probably are saying that 😂.

I'd find it easier to respond if you made up your mind about whether Sey's conduct is transparent or insidious. Btw I didn't need the dictionary for either of those words, and only used wikipedia earlier in case you accused me of manufacturing meanings.

But, during my run yesterday afternoon, I realised that you are absolutely right, I have been a victim of the most egregious bribery, over many years and perpretrated by many agents. The worst transgressors have been the organisers of Dublin City Marathon, who for over 40 years have not only enticed 100's of 1,000's of unsuspecting people into entering their races, but then bribed them to turn up and finish those races with the promise of a t-shirt and a commemorative medal. They have compounded this manipulation by featuring these poor victims in photos and videos on their website, no doubt to further this awfully underhanded corrupt behaviour.

I am hoping the right therapy will help me come to terms with this deception, though I doubt I'll ever get over the realisation that I could have achieved my dream of an Irish champions medal if only I'd had the presence of mind to embrace my inner woman and get a GRC before my last marathon. That would have entitled me to have my bravery celebrated on hecheated.org.