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In fairness, in some languages "things" do have a gender but that's grammatical gender, not sexual gender.
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French, Le & La, among others.
Even a tinge of it in English. The pronoun for a nautical vessel is "she".
In the U.S. Constitution the word she is not present. The pronoun "he" is.
he  (hē)pron. 1. Used to refer to the male person or animal previously mentioned or implied. 2. Usage Problem a. Used to refer to a person whose gender is unspecified or unknown: Someone left his umbrella in the lobby. b. Anyone: “He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence” (William Blake). Usage Note: Historically, the pronouns he, him, and his have been used as generic or gender-neutral singular pronouns ... The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2022 by HarperCollins Publishers. All rights reserved. |
Men In Black is a well made movie.
But there's a twist at the very end some viewers may have missed.
In the final half-minute or so the camera zooms out farther and farther and farther ...
to the scale where entire galaxies are mere tiny baubles.
The final few seconds show strange aliens gambling with these cosmic baubles, as if poker chips.
The message:
not only is the game you perceive in life not the real game, a fundamental plot premise of the bulk of the movie. Even the real game isn't the real game.
Will Smith starred in this movie before he dope-slapped Chris Rock at the Academy Awards.
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Philly schools will continue to allow transgender athletes to participate in sports that match their gender identity
The move breaks with PIAA, which passed a policy that sides with an executive order from President Trump.
www.inquirer.com
This article is behind a paywall - if anyone has access can you share
Transgender Athletes Could Be At A Physical Disadvantage, New Research Shows
An IOC-funded study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine earlier this month suggests transgender athletes could be at a physical disadvantage.
www.forbes.com
This one isn't
New research suggests trans athletes could experience physical disadvantages
A new study has suggested that trans athletes may actually be at a physical disadvantage compared to cisgender athletes.
New research suggests trans athletes could experience physical disadvantages
A new study has suggested that trans athletes may actually face physical disadvantages compared to cisgender athletes.www.gaytimes.com
It's silly to present this issue as a single profile.
Properly applying established analytical techniques some statistical predictions can be accurately made with decimal precision.
But among individual competitors such mathematical precision is illusory.
Weather forecasters may be able to accurately predict how many sunny days there will be in 2026.
They cannot as accurately predict whether any one specific day in 2026 will rain or shine.
One of two things is true.
Either both sides of this debate seek legitimate utilitarian solution, or not.
If so, the question is how best to serve the needs of the many, without sacrificing the rights of the few.
Imposing the will of the few, or of one, on the many is rarely perceived as utilitarian.
* Advocates of either side of this debate may perceive their position to be decisive.
Some may have argued competition should be allowed because there's no difference, a position perhaps seeming more plausible before this "new research" #567.
The following is not a final conclusion, but an objective inquiry.
If high school student wishes to transition, but first had to decide to choose only one of two, which would any one of them choose?
- to transition? Or
- to join a school sport team?
If they want both, more choice,
then shouldn't such generosity with choice be extended to the others in the league? If trans-competitors are unanimously accepted, where's the problem?
If not, whose preference shall prevail? That of the many? Or that of the few?
From Roe v. Wade:
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Could have posted this under the "Second Term ...." thread but figured it belonged here as well
mombian.com
Watch the LGBTQ History Videos Removed from the PBS Website Because of Executive Orders - Mombian
PBS has removed a series of videos about LGBTQ history from its website for educators, under pressure from recent presidential executive orders---but the videos, aimed at middle and high school students, have found a new home.
mombian.com
PBS obtains minor funding from congress.
It's a continuing debate, whether the government subsidy PBS & NPR receive worth the burden.
If I read #569 correctly, that debate has just been revised.
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Within wide latitude, yes.
But U.S. culture is more forgiving of women cross-dressing than men.
A woman showing up at work in suit & necktie may be tolerated, if not welcomed.
A man showing up at the same office in a woman's dress, likely not.
#571 depicts school-aged children.
That means "public" school, a euphemism for "government" school.
And here to fore that's included restrictions on a variety of legitimate student presentations:
reported violations include:
- one female student providing Midol to a schoolmate
- repercussion for hair style violation
- etc
There's a plausible institutional argument to be made, to restrict female oriented (style) clothing to females.
The principal, superintendent, or school board may believe such cross-dressing may increase risk of playground injuries.
Or it may simply prove a distraction during classroom instruction.
Our society, or culture is not static. It's a dysequilibrium.
Contesting such issues helps solidify, substantiate the limits, the boundaries we challenge, & thus determine, define. "Calm seas do not a skillful mariner make."
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There are any number of reports on line of girls and boys being punished because their hairstyle was deemed "inappropriate". The school's actions range everywhere from sending the student home until they change things to a teacher coming up behind them and hacking off things like ponytails, etc.
The only experience I have had with that - during the summer between her sophomore and junior year she died a strip of hair fire engine red (about an inch and a half wide and running from her forehead to the end of her hair (which was halfway down her back). A couple of days after school started the headmaster came up to her in the hall and asked her to tone it down a bit. Unfortunately the only way to do that was to bleach all of her hair and then die it midnight black - she liked it so no harm done.
The next summer she died the bottom two inches of her hair bright blue so when she started her junior year a slight trim solved the issue.
And as a senior she ended up with bright multi-colored highlights in her hair and nobody said a word to her. Not sure how much of that was due to the fact that seniors had a relaxed dress code (a lot more flexibility - polo shirts with the school logo, slacks or skorts if they wanted, didn't have to wear their blazers, etc)
Yes. We may have read some of the same headlines.
You make me feel like Rip Van Winkle. I didn't know "skorts" was a word, even though I've dined with a spork at Taco Bell before.
Skorts not culottes? I am soooo glad I'm not a chick !
On the broader topic of inculcating social standards into our successive next-gens:
"The Devil's in the details."
My English teacher told the class slackers, if you don't care, if any passing grade is good enough, aim for a B.
That way, if you miss, you've still got some room, a C will be good enough.
So it is in life.
Some reports indicate home-schooled children score on scholastic achievement tests about as well as their public-schooled grade-mates. BUT
those test results may not reveal other important parameters of public school attendance, social skill development necessary to succeed in our hierarchical, densely populated society.
All that means setting limits, educating our budding citizens on how to keep it in bounds.
Humans are messy.
Pull up your pants Bradley !
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While the article says he harassed and discriminated against, it never does tell us what exactly his coworkers were doing. Whether that's because he (and his lawyers) aren't willing to make that information public (at least at this time) or whether there's another reason remains to be seen.
A longtime Starbucks manager is suing the coffeehouse chain for discrimination, retaliation, and intentional infliction of emotional distress, accusing his bosses of ignoring the “extreme and outrageous” harassment he claims he suffered on the job because he is straight.
Christopher Thevanesan, a “heterosexual, gender typical man” in Rochester, New York, claims supervisors at his location treated him “in a materially different manner” than employees who were “not heterosexual and/or gender typical men,” according to a lawsuit filed under New York State’s Human Rights Law and obtained by The Independent.
The suit, which was served on Starbucks in late February, describes the 47-year-old Thevanesan as “a model employee who performed the essential functions of his employment in an exemplary fashion.” However, it contends, his LGBTQ+ coworkers created a “hostile” work environment for Thevanesan due to ....
www.independent.co.uk
Fired Starbucks manager claims he faced ‘egregious’ discrimination for being heterosexual
Exclusive: Christopher Thevanesan’s straightness was “weaponized” against him, attorney Neil Flynn claimed to The Independent
Justin Rohrlich in New YorkA longtime Starbucks manager is suing the coffeehouse chain for discrimination, retaliation, and intentional infliction of emotional distress, accusing his bosses of ignoring the “extreme and outrageous” harassment he claims he suffered on the job because he is straight.
Christopher Thevanesan, a “heterosexual, gender typical man” in Rochester, New York, claims supervisors at his location treated him “in a materially different manner” than employees who were “not heterosexual and/or gender typical men,” according to a lawsuit filed under New York State’s Human Rights Law and obtained by The Independent.
The suit, which was served on Starbucks in late February, describes the 47-year-old Thevanesan as “a model employee who performed the essential functions of his employment in an exemplary fashion.” However, it contends, his LGBTQ+ coworkers created a “hostile” work environment for Thevanesan due to ....
Starbucks manager claims he faced ‘egregious’ discrimination for being heterosexual
Exclusive: Christopher Thevanesan’s straightness was “weaponized” against him, attorney Neil Flynn claimed to The Independent
www.independent.co.uk
