HOW FAR SHOULD WE GO FOR EQUALITY? DOES THE MAJORITY STILL HAVE A VOICE?

It is argued that transgendered individuals should be treated as equal. Realistically, how far should that “equality” go?

Is it fair that men identifying as woman should be forced to use public restrooms designated for males? I’m sure this would make them feel uncomfortable.

In the name of equality should we then allow men who identify as female to use public restrooms designated for females. I would imagine, and many articles and politicians have said, this would be the ideal solution for those individuals (See Wikipedia ‘Bathroom bill and others). In 2016 President Obama’s Department of Education issued “guidance” to state and private educational institutions stating that these institutions had to allow transgender students to use toilets according to their gender identity. 

It is sometimes difficult to determine a person’s sex based on appearance in our society with gender neutral clothes such as jeans and a t-shirt. Without getting too graphic I have, on occasion, observed a person of smaller stature with medium to short length hair, no facial hair and no obvious gender indicators such as large breasts and been unable to determine their assigned status. It is now much more difficult to determine in this new world with a growing movement voicing the idea that gender is a choice.

I ask this for a couple of different reasons. One of the reasons is the expense, another point population. I found that, per an article found in williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu, only 6 tenths of one percent of the adult U.S. population identify as transgendered. Additionally I found in the January 24th, 2019 issue of The Trevor Project that 2% of high school students identify as transgendered. I know the argument that even though they are far from a majority it is no reason to ignore them. I agree with that sentiment. I believe it should be recognized that this low of a percentage of the population is below the margin of error in most polls.

Why do I bring this up? Good question, I mention it because there are potential victims here who are being ignored and they represent a large portion of the population. These are women and young girls who will be forced to share public restrooms with men who identify, or claim to identify, as transgender. I already covered the point that, I believe, it will be impossible to identify if most questioned people are or are not transgendered. Would, or could, a store security officer question the person’s chosen sexual identity without violating that person rights or causing a public relations crisis for the store? I then ask what proof would be required? Would it be acceptable to require transgendered individuals to carry a card identifying themselves as such? I think you see where I am heading.

Does this argument even touch on a problem I feel would result from allowing men who identify as women to use female restrooms? When I was employed as a police officer I received many bulletins about males using public female restrooms at local parks for the purpose of victimizing women. How convenient would it be for men who are inclined to act this way to take advantage of any change in laws- some of which have already been enacted?

A Scientific American article written by Jack Turban (03/16/21) voices the opinion that transgendered boys identifying as girls should be allowed to participate on girls teams. He notes in the article that in February of 2020 the families of three biological females brought a suit against the Connecticut Association of Schools reference that entity allowing transgendered girls to compete against biological girls. The lawsuit alleges transgendered girls have an unfair advantage and the author disagrees. 

Turban notes in the article that two days after the suit was filed one of the biological girls defeated a transgendered girl. Turban goes on to state, in the article, that “The vast majority of female athletes are cisgender (denoting or relating to a person whose sense of personal identity and gender corresponds with their birth sex), as are a vast majority of the winners.” Turban is referring to the fact that most high school girls run against other biological girls in competition, thus most winners are biological girls. I believe Turban’s statement about a vast majority of the winners being cisgendered is misleading. Weather it is intentional I couldn’t say- but it is definitely misleading. 

If the statement is limited to biological girls running against transgendered girls the transgendered girls win almost every time as evidenced by the pending lawsuit and stated race times and results.

I Googled “What is the win percentage for transgendered girls competing against biological girls?” I didn’t get an answer, although I’m sure there is one. The most promising article I saw was “Bill barring biological boys from girls sports advances.” I attempted to bring that article up and saw, instead, THIS PAGE CAN NOT BE FOUND- I’ve been seeing that a lot more lately.

I next located an Associated Press article titled TRANSGENDER HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES SPARK CONTROVERSY, DEBATE IN CONNECTICUT on-line. That article was published February 25, 2019. Here are some points I gleamed from it:

“(Andraya) Yearwood, a 17 year-old junior at Cromwell High School, is one of two transgender high school sprinters in Connecticut, transitioning to female.” The next paragraph tells us, “She recently finished second in a 55-meter dash at the state open indoor track championships. The winner, Terry Miller of Bloomfield High, is also transgender and set a girls state indoor record of 6.95 seconds. Yearwood finished in 7.01 second and the third-place competitor, who is not transgender, finished in 7.23 seconds.” This is followed with, “Miller and Yearwood also topped the 100-meter state outdoor championships last year, and Miller won the 300 indoors this season.”

That article also touches on power lifting and cycling. If your’e interested in this topic I encourage you to check out that commentary.

A third source I found was published 06/25/21, its’ title/heading is “The rundown-Articles-Wizard of Vegas.” There are many points covered in this piece that, I’m sure, are of interest to sports betters. I went to page 9 of 18 where the story switched to practical points of transgender athletes in sport . On page 11 the article gets to Miller and Yearwood (Mentioned in the previous paragraphs). The author speaks of Miller and Yearwood’s times and mentions that 100ths of seconds doesn’t seem like a big deal. It is then pointed out that places 3-7 in that race had a spacing of .16s (16 100ths of a second). The article then mentions that Miller’s time of 6.95 seconds broke the girls Connecticut state record. The author offers, “Simply put, the biological girls got absolutely smoked in this race.”

Towards the end of the article the “Wizard of Vegas” writes, “This is not a matter of opinion. Simply look at the records and results for any given athletic (timed/measured) event for girls and boys and you will see that the girls get smashed almost every time.”

While I could not find any official percentage numbers of transgendered girls success against biological girls The Wizard of Vegas offers in this essay that “The clear conclusion to draw here is that the girls were absolutely smoked and only the fastest girls in the country would have any chance of beating the transgender athletes, and might even lose on a given day.”

My point on this is that, I believe, in our zeal to protect any minority our “woke” society is starting to take protections away from average citizens who represent the large majority.

 I raised four girls. I often waited outside of public restrooms for one of my potty-trained girls to take care of their business. I can’t imagine what feelings would go through my head if I had sent one of my completely innocent children into a ladies restroom and sometime after seen a man come out. I can’t imagine how any of the girls would have reacted to sharing a restroom visit with a man.

Police have been trashed in the press recently, by groups like BLM, politicians and editorials. I can’t imagine how difficult the men and women who are doing my old job will find it if they are faced with an additional problem of sorting out what men can go in a ladies room and what men should be kept out. 

Even though most readers have never “walked in my shoes” I don’t think it would be difficult to put yourself in this situation. 

As a police officer you are called to a fight in progress at a local store. You arrive and are told by the manager as you run to the back of the store with him that there are two men yelling at each other in front of the ladies room and there may be other people involved. You separate the men without much problem. They both seem to be cooperative. Your back up arrives and you ask them to interview one man while you interview the other. 

As you start walking away with your guy, for privacy, three little girls start yelling, “Daddy! Don’t arrest daddy!.”

Your guy says, “Those are my daughters. This #$* *&%# starting walking in the restroom and I directed him to the men’s room. He pushed me aside and told me to ‘F off’.” The man continued. “He’s dressed in jeans, looks like a football player and I’m not about to let him go in there while my girls are in there vulnerable! I tried to ask him to wait until my girls came out and he shoved me and tried to push through.” 

You look at the other guy and observe a person about 6’04” maybe 250 to 300 pounds and in reasonable shape wearing tight fitting blue jeans and a very loose fitting neutral colored sweatshirt. Hair is medium length and face is clean shaven with a small amount of stubble. You see obvious female breasts, jewelry or make up.

Other officers have arrived and you ask them to watch the two subjects while you talk with the other officer. 

She tells you that her person identifies as a female and she was just trying to go to the bathroom when she was accosted. 

Gee! I wonder why more and more police officers are retiring early and why less people are applying for police jobs. 

Have you solved the “riddle” yet? Should you arrest the man who said he was protecting his girls? Should you arrest the person who said they identify as a female? What further investigation should you do? Can you make an arrest? If you don’t make an arrest will one of them complain? Which one? Both? One of them is lying, which one? Can you just flip a coin? What questions can you ask to clarify?

You check with the manager and find there is no security footage of that area. You run both of the subjects and find neither one has a criminal history, not even traffic. 

I hope you liked this. I am not saying that I know what way we should go, I have an opinion, but who doesn’t?

I hoped you liked this. 

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