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Transgender cyclist accuses woman she defeated of ‘poor sportsmanship’ for failing to link arms

Transgender cyclist Rachel McKinnon has accused rival Dawn Orwick of “poor sportsmanship” after winning her second world title.

McKinnon, 37, won gold in the 35-39 age category spint at the Masters Track World Championships in Manchester on Sunday, beating Orwick into second place.

On the winners’ podium, Orwick opted to hold her left arm behind her back rather than around winner McKinnon, prompting an angry response from the champion.

Source: Transgender cyclist accuses woman she defeated of ‘poor sportsmanship’ for failing to link arms – Mirror Online

BREAKING: Jessica Yaniv loses cases against women who wouldn’t “wax her balls”

Jessica “Jonathan” Yaniv, who infamously brought human rights complaints against multiple British Columbia estheticians for declining to perform services on her male genitals has lost her cases.

The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms today issued a news release declaring victory on behalf of their clients, as an early ruling in favour of the mostly home-based salon workers was announced just one day after the Canadian federal elections.According to the news release, The decision noted, “human rights legislation does not require a service provider to wax a type of genitals they are not trained for and have not consented to wax.”

The decision further found that Yaniv “engaged in improper conduct,” “filed complaints for improper purposes,” and concluded Yaniv’s testimony was “disingenuous and self-serving.” Finally, noted the Tribunal, Yaniv was “evasive and argumentative and contradicted herself” while giving evidence.

Most significantly, the Tribunal ordered costs of $2,000 payable each to three of the five women represented by the Justice Centre, including one woman, Mrs. Hehar Gill, who had been forced to close her business due to Yaniv’s vexatious litigation.

 

Source: BREAKING: Jessica Yaniv loses cases against women who wouldn’t “wax her balls” – The Post Millennial

Philosophers should not be sanctioned for their positions on sex and gender (opinion)

We acknowledge that philosophical arguments can lead to pain, anxiety and frustration when they challenge deeply held commitments — whether pertaining to gender identity, religious conviction, political ideology or the rights and moral status of fetuses or nonhuman animals. Moreover, some of us believe that certain extreme conditions can warrant restrictions of academic speech, such as when it expresses false and hateful attitudes or incites violence or harassment.

Yet none of the arguments recently made by our colleagues can reasonably be regarded as incitement or hate speech. Policy makers and citizens are currently confronting such metaphysical questions about sex and gender as What is a man? What is a lesbian? What makes someone female? Society at large is deliberating over the resolution of conflicting interests in contexts as varied as competitive sport, changing rooms, workplaces and prisons. These discussions are of great importance, and philosophers can make an essential contribution to them, in part through academic debate. Philosophers who engage in this debate should wish for it to be pursued through rational dialogue, and should refuse to accept narrow constraints on the range of views receiving serious consideration.

Source: Philosophers should not be sanctioned for their positions on sex and gender (opinion)

What This Researcher Discovered After Years Of Studying Matriarchal Societies

Matriarchal societies predate patriarchy, says Groettner-Abendroth, who founded the International Academy HAGIA for Modern Matriarchal Studies, an association that focuses on matriarchal societies, mythology, medicine and spirituality. She created the academy after she became fed up with the male-dominated power structures at conventional institutions, and she has no problem saying her approach centers women.

In your view, what is the founding principle of each of these matriarchal societies?

It is the power to give life. If women do not give life, the society dies out. In our societies, this power is not considered very valuable. Women are left to their own devices and have to tackle maternity alone. They are not respected. Matriarchal societies are anchored in maternity. An abandoned child or woman is unheard of within them.

Source: What This Researcher Discovered After Years Of Studying Matriarchal Societies | HuffPost

Plan unveiled to ‘strengthen’ sexual consent laws in NSW

NSW may follow the lead of Victoria and Tasmania in amending sexual assault laws to make it clearer that saying or doing nothing does not amount to consent.

In a centrepiece reform, it proposed changes to bring NSW into line with Tasmania and Victoria, where the criminal law states explicitly that a person does not consent to sex if they do not “say or do anything” to “communicate” or “indicate” consent.

The new law would recognise that “a person who ‘freezes’ out of fear and is unable to communicate does not consent”, the commission said.

Source: Plan unveiled to ‘strengthen’ sexual consent laws in NSW

The idea that gender is a spectrum is a new gender prison

The idea that ‘gender is a spectrum’ is supposed to set us free. But it is both illogical and politically troubling.

Gender as a hierarchy with two positions operates to naturalise and perpetuate the subordination of female people to male people, and constrains the development of individuals of both sexes. Reconceiving of gender as an identity spectrum represents no improvement.

The solution to an oppressive system that puts people into pink and blue boxes is not to create more and more boxes that are any colour but blue or pink. The solution is to tear down the boxes altogether.

Source: The idea that gender is a spectrum is a new gender prison | Aeon Essays

Why I invited Meghan Murphy to speak in New Zealand

OPINION: I hold firm in my belief that feminism is a movement for the rights and liberation of women and girls.

Meghan Murphy, Speak Up For Women, and many women like us around the world are not popular because we stand for something. We are still challenging society. Like the suffragettes who withstood immense hatred from men and other women as they fought for our vote, we will continue to fight for women’s rights, whether they like us or not.

Source: Why I invited Meghan Murphy to speak in New Zealand | Stuff.co.nz

Franciscan Alliance v. Azar

In May 2016, the federal government issued a mandate that would require a doctor to perform gender transition procedures on any patient, including a child, even if the doctor believed the procedure could harm the patient. The mandate required virtually all private insurance companies and many employers to cover gender reassignment therapy or face severe penalties and legal action.

But there were two major insurance plans exempted from HHS’s mandate—the plans run by HHS itself: Medicare and Medicaid. Why? Research shows that not only are there significant risks with gender reassignment therapy – especially in childhood – such as heart conditions, increased cancer risk, and loss of bone density, but studies show that children with gender dysphoria found that fewer than 1-in-4 children referred for gender dysphoria continued to experience that condition into adulthood. Some grew out of it, but many of the children ended up realizing that they were not transgender but instead gay. The government’s own panel of medical experts concluded that these therapies can be harmful and advised against requiring coverage of these medical and surgical procedures under Medicare and Medicaid.

Source: Franciscan Alliance v. Azar – Becket