DeadGator401
Yeah I get the general jist of it - but is there a specific instance that started it?
I had no idea about any Bud Light controversy until seeing it on here. Call me insensitive or whatever, but it is clearly a mental condition these people are dealing with and the topic itself should be treated that way IMO. For many, it is not a choice of theirs, their brains are telling them they are the other gender. I can't say that is for all, but for many that is the case. There have been tremendous strides through the autism awareness campaign in the past 2+ decades and inclusion of those with down's syndrome and other conditions mental/physical before that and continue today. Why is it unacceptable or "woke" to be sensitive of the feelings of families and individuals dealing with transgender conditions, but not these conditions? It seems that depression and anxiety disorders are more and more accepted now than they were 10-20 years ago. Is that woke too? If someone that I know is being treated for depression, I don't treat them any different than I would anyone else. In my past interactions with anyone transgender (that I am aware of being transgender) have been very limited. I had a client many years ago that an employee that had input on a project that I was working on for them. I did feel uncomfortable with her, but I know she was dealing with issues on a scale that I have never had to. I treated her as you know "do unto others" and go along with my day collecting other data for the project. Should I have called her a man and refused to work on the project, to not be woke?
I agree 100% on there being transgender rules in women's competitive sports. NCAA got caught with their pants down, not having rules in place when that swimmer decided to change. I truly feel bad for any girls that were effected by that. From my understanding, they have fixed it now. I do not see the need to ban any kids under a certain age though. Young boys that are going through some sort of identity crisis prior to puberty, I highly doubt are claiming to be girls for competitive advantage. Allowing them to participate in sports with the other gender at a young age, may help them and their parents through a pretty difficult time. After a certain age/competitive level, there should definitely be an assigned at birth rules allowed. Even if that "age" is puberty, if you were born a boy, you play with the others born as boys, because after puberty on average boys will dominate girls in sports. Sports at the youngest levels is about learning something new, being social outside of school and basics of that sport. Each sport changes as the kids develop through them. When they get to puberty, sports are no longer learning basics and something to do outside of school, they become competitive and need to be regulated in born genders. If there are highly competitive youth leagues that people leave their communities to seek out, I see no reason for them to have specific rules either. For recreational sports, many that I know of, have mixed gender options already at those youngest ages (due to registration numbers and nothing to do with gender advantages). Maybe not in all sports, but many. Though it is nice for the timid girls at any age to not have to play against the out of control boys. I was a board member for many years in our local soccer club. We didn't have a single transgender athlete. Or at least any that we were notified considered themselves transgender, if any, they played in their birth assigned gender.
The banning of assignment surgery before 18 is a topic that I see the validity of arguments on both sides. I thank God that I don't have to deal with that dilemma. Not only the horror these kids go through, but their parents is something that I am not sure how I would handle. "Normal" teenage drama and our society as a whole that we live in, is already challenging enough to handle.