Tag: gender
It's Pop
port1080.
Posted to Etcetera on Thu Jul 02, 2009 at 05:34:16 PM EST (promoted by 1fastdog). RSS.
It has recently come to light that a Swedish couple has, for the last two years, been raising their first child (referred to by the pseudonym "Pop" in the press coverage) without revealing its gender. While the child's parents obviously know, as well as a select few caregivers, the parents refuse to reveal the child's gender identity to friends, and have taken to dressing the child in clothes appropriate to both boys and girls, refer to it in gender neutral ways, and generally have attempted to let the child pick its own identity.
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When Women's Sports Becomes Women-And-Former-Mens' Sports
MayorBob.
Posted to Sport on Sat Mar 21, 2009 at 10:08:52 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
There are reasons why women aren't allowed to compete against men in most competitive sports. They don't because of stuff like body mass, strength, speed, and endurance. Thus, that's why there are separate professional leagues for basketball, golf, soccer, and tennis. But this is the 21st century where a guy doesn't necessarily have to remain a guy all his life, and vice-versa for the ladies, of course. So, what happens when you have a woman, who used to be a man (or at least had the "toolbox" that men customarily have), who wants to compete with the ladies at a sport at the professional level? Should all the ladies the changeling is competing against accept her as a natural competitor or should they treat her as an unnatural threat to their earnings and status?
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Science: From beakers and bacteria to quorums and quotas?
pO157.
Posted to SciTech on Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 07:10:19 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Title IX has long been recognized as a tool for equality in schools and sports between the two sexes. Should it be extended to into the hard sciences of higher education?
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The Politics Of Race & Gender: Is The US At A Turning Point?
port1080.
Posted to Politics on Wed Oct 24, 2007 at 11:37:25 AM EST (promoted by 1fastdog). RSS.
On Saturday, October 20th, US Representative (and son of two Indian-American immigrants) Robert Jindahl won the governorship of Louisiana, running on the ticket of the Republican Party. With 53% of the vote, he won an outright victory that allows him to avoid having to compete in a Nov. 17th runoff election.
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Use Whatever Restroom Your Gender Identity Tells You To Use.
MayorBob.
Posted to Etcetera on Sat Oct 28, 2006 at 08:32:03 AM EST (promoted by Acefantastik). RSS.
Wars are rarely won in one fell swoop. They must be won battle by battle. As it is in combat, so it goes in civil rights. Recently, another battle was won in the battle to gain dignity and civil rights for transgendered people in the Big Apple. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) reached a settlement allowing a transgendered person to use the ladies room where she works.
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