> Just more protection stuff afaict, in the case of sports around sex-based physical differences leading to unfair advantage and possible physical harm.
To be clear, women have been asking conservatives for specific changes to the law that would better protect themselves. Conservatives have been largely deaf to these requests, and instead have just completed their 50 year political project of gutting Roe v. Wade, which has been a huge step back for women's health and rights. So the idea that conservatives who are championing bathroom bans and sports bans are doing so to protect women doesn't pass the laugh test. In 2022, conservative politicians and SCOTUS justices are far more dangerous to women's health than anything else.
The bathroom and sports bans being made into law by conservatives are not to help women; they are to hurt trans people as a signal to their political base, because they can't signal with gay people anymore. Indeed, they tried the same thing in the decades past with gay people, labeling them a danger to society, the army, public health -- anything. Now being gay is more acceptable in society writ large, but the political animus against them still exists in conservatives circles. So just dusted off the old playbook, crossed out "gay", replaced it with "trans", and they ran it again like it's 1985. Saddest part is that is that it works so well.
It works so well b/c people are ignorant of the past. If you copied your last sentence to anyone who rails on trans people with crazy comparisons, their response would be "huh"
To be clear, women have been asking conservatives for specific changes to the law that would better protect themselves. Conservatives have been largely deaf to these requests, and instead have just completed their 50 year political project of gutting Roe v. Wade, which has been a huge step back for women's health and rights. So the idea that conservatives who are championing bathroom bans and sports bans are doing so to protect women doesn't pass the laugh test. In 2022, conservative politicians and SCOTUS justices are far more dangerous to women's health than anything else.
The bathroom and sports bans being made into law by conservatives are not to help women; they are to hurt trans people as a signal to their political base, because they can't signal with gay people anymore. Indeed, they tried the same thing in the decades past with gay people, labeling them a danger to society, the army, public health -- anything. Now being gay is more acceptable in society writ large, but the political animus against them still exists in conservatives circles. So just dusted off the old playbook, crossed out "gay", replaced it with "trans", and they ran it again like it's 1985. Saddest part is that is that it works so well.