I think all the arguments about why this was a dumb issue are on the table. There's a great point to be made with the clap-back that Imane Khelif Is A Woman What The Hell Are You On About, that plenty of others have already made, that the widely accepted Definition Of A Woman is roundly incorrect, pretty baldly racist, and actually serve…
I think all the arguments about why this was a dumb issue are on the table. There's a great point to be made with the clap-back that Imane Khelif Is A Woman What The Hell Are You On About, that plenty of others have already made, that the widely accepted Definition Of A Woman is roundly incorrect, pretty baldly racist, and actually serves to denigrate women who don't fit that ideal. Men are CELEBRATED for their genetic advantages (e.g. Victor Wembanyama being able to do ridiculous things on the basketball court without his knees turning to putty), yet women are borderline-criminalized for theirs (Caster Semenya, Katie Ledecky, Brittney Griner, etc). Sure, it doesn't fully address the issue of trans panic, but it does make an equally important point while also calling out people for being insufferable idiots.
I think all the arguments about why this was a dumb issue are on the table. There's a great point to be made with the clap-back that Imane Khelif Is A Woman What The Hell Are You On About, that plenty of others have already made, that the widely accepted Definition Of A Woman is roundly incorrect, pretty baldly racist, and actually serves to denigrate women who don't fit that ideal. Men are CELEBRATED for their genetic advantages (e.g. Victor Wembanyama being able to do ridiculous things on the basketball court without his knees turning to putty), yet women are borderline-criminalized for theirs (Caster Semenya, Katie Ledecky, Brittney Griner, etc). Sure, it doesn't fully address the issue of trans panic, but it does make an equally important point while also calling out people for being insufferable idiots.