It is such basic common sense that "Men can’t become women." So much harm has come from those who believe the opposite of that. Thank goodness for Martina and all who speak up to protect girls and women.
I have just reread this months after I read it the first time. I got so much more out of it now that I am so much better informed. Thank you for speaking up. And BTW- I discovered tennis as a 38 year old mother of 4 and I was HOOKED from the first ball. Singles is my gig. 12 years later it’s still such good therapy and fun. Wish I had played in high school and college.
There is no debate, we live in a culture so sexist & ignorant we don't even know how many women die annually because they were born that way. We do however know NO trans woman will have toxic tampon shock, fibroids, menstruation, menopause, gynecological cancers, mastectomies, hysterectomies, endometriosis, pre-eclampsia (which also kills their children) any more than they will die during child birth or complications from pregnancy. Cedars Sinai has the Streisand Cardiac Health Center because our ♥ are different, our pelvises are different & even crash test dummies aren't built for women. Tell wannabe women to stuff it.
Thank you, Martina. Tbis ideology is crushing my daughter and I try to find ways to inform my democrats friends who are ignorant of the depth of this scandal by choice. They choose to look away at the harm and continue to vote D. Women in sport is an acceptable angle. It is so so so so deep the forces pushing this. Please continue to dig and reveal the enormous power of the activism and government influence of the trans agenda.
“Bbbbbut sex isn't gender, but let us change the sex designation on our ID documents, and chop up/rearrange our sex organs, and hassle disinterested people about sexual orientation, and call it a sex change or reassignment, and use sexed terms like "male to female' and basically just contradict ourselves at every turn...but you're a nazi if you poke holes in our rhetoric. you big meanie TERF”
Perfectly said, thank you Martina! You are the reason I started playing tennis in the late 70s, my maternal family is Czech. I can't express how much it means to me that you are putting yourself out there like this. ❤️
There are DSD people who have not undergone male puberty, such as those with Swyer's syndrome, who do not have an unfair advantage when competing with normal biological females.
Martina, you amazing and I’m so grateful to you for standing up for women and girls. I plan to use your point about how no one would ever have heard of you had there been no female category next time someone I know argues for inclusion over fairness.
Sadly, given the level of indoctrination in schools today, I cannot agree that any high schooler could tell you that it’s impossible to have “women with XY chromosomes and high testosterone”. My teenage daughter believes this crap and that she herself is a boy. Sex ed is not what it used to be, and nor is human biology.
Indeed Martina is amazing and I share your gratitude for her and her work.
Hm, yes, these widespread reports from people on the ground in high schools and families are hard to believe, but of course I do. This indoctrination and mis-education happened in such a short time.
I'm sure you're way ahead of me, but just in case, for or you or others: Genspect, Parents of Inconvenient Truths About Trans, and the book When Kids Say They're Trans (by Stella O'Malley and two others) offer valuable resources for parents.
Evidently, all you have to do nowadays is say you are female and WHEEE you are. I’ve come across a number of posts saying that Imane Khelif is a biological woman. It seems that everything to the contrary is either a lie or just people being stupid or, this struck me as weird, misogynistic. There’s a photo of him wearing a groin guard, his trainer says he’s male, there were two independent tests done that said he was male. That does suggest, erm, that he’s male. I don’t care if men want to dress as women, or even live very day as they think a woman lives. I have a trans friend and I always call her her. However, she isn’t into boxing or athletics.
Yes. That's the claim: that any man can simply "be" a woman by saying so. Absolutely misogynistic.
And they're asking us not to see what we see. Which is gaslighting. Also someone else pointed out that they didn't say "assigned female at birth," the preferred term for everyone, according to trans activists, as if such assignments are almost random and often wrong. Somehow this person got to be "born a woman," which of course is absurd on the grown-woman front too.
And yes, re: your trans friend: I too reserve the right to use the pronouns that feel appropriate given the situation and the relationship. And I know males who identify as women who are athletic but deliberately compete only in the men's category. So it can be done.
It is such basic common sense that "Men can’t become women." So much harm has come from those who believe the opposite of that. Thank goodness for Martina and all who speak up to protect girls and women.
I have just reread this months after I read it the first time. I got so much more out of it now that I am so much better informed. Thank you for speaking up. And BTW- I discovered tennis as a 38 year old mother of 4 and I was HOOKED from the first ball. Singles is my gig. 12 years later it’s still such good therapy and fun. Wish I had played in high school and college.
There is no debate, we live in a culture so sexist & ignorant we don't even know how many women die annually because they were born that way. We do however know NO trans woman will have toxic tampon shock, fibroids, menstruation, menopause, gynecological cancers, mastectomies, hysterectomies, endometriosis, pre-eclampsia (which also kills their children) any more than they will die during child birth or complications from pregnancy. Cedars Sinai has the Streisand Cardiac Health Center because our ♥ are different, our pelvises are different & even crash test dummies aren't built for women. Tell wannabe women to stuff it.
Fantastic essay. Clear, powerful and to the point, in language everyone can understand. Please don’t stop. You are an inspiration. Thank you!
Thanks for speaking up Martina!
Thank you, Martina. Tbis ideology is crushing my daughter and I try to find ways to inform my democrats friends who are ignorant of the depth of this scandal by choice. They choose to look away at the harm and continue to vote D. Women in sport is an acceptable angle. It is so so so so deep the forces pushing this. Please continue to dig and reveal the enormous power of the activism and government influence of the trans agenda.
There's no such thing as "transgender" women because there's no such thing as "transgender."
They're just men.
Calling a man a woman in the first place is the source of confusion. The language is the battle.
Just call them men. That's what they are.
“Bbbbbut sex isn't gender, but let us change the sex designation on our ID documents, and chop up/rearrange our sex organs, and hassle disinterested people about sexual orientation, and call it a sex change or reassignment, and use sexed terms like "male to female' and basically just contradict ourselves at every turn...but you're a nazi if you poke holes in our rhetoric. you big meanie TERF”
There's no such thing as "gender" for humans. It's a linguistics term for words only.
That's why there's no such thing as "transgender."
There's one type of woman--an adult human female.
Everything else is untreated mental illness.
Transwo-men =
Males who claim to be women.
Imane = male claiming to be a woman.
Both are 🐂💩
Bring back swab test!
Perfectly said, thank you Martina! You are the reason I started playing tennis in the late 70s, my maternal family is Czech. I can't express how much it means to me that you are putting yourself out there like this. ❤️
There are DSD people who have not undergone male puberty, such as those with Swyer's syndrome, who do not have an unfair advantage when competing with normal biological females.
Thank you Martina! You are an inspiration as an athlete and as a woman.
Martina, you amazing and I’m so grateful to you for standing up for women and girls. I plan to use your point about how no one would ever have heard of you had there been no female category next time someone I know argues for inclusion over fairness.
Sadly, given the level of indoctrination in schools today, I cannot agree that any high schooler could tell you that it’s impossible to have “women with XY chromosomes and high testosterone”. My teenage daughter believes this crap and that she herself is a boy. Sex ed is not what it used to be, and nor is human biology.
Indeed Martina is amazing and I share your gratitude for her and her work.
Hm, yes, these widespread reports from people on the ground in high schools and families are hard to believe, but of course I do. This indoctrination and mis-education happened in such a short time.
I'm sure you're way ahead of me, but just in case, for or you or others: Genspect, Parents of Inconvenient Truths About Trans, and the book When Kids Say They're Trans (by Stella O'Malley and two others) offer valuable resources for parents.
Great post!
Evidently, all you have to do nowadays is say you are female and WHEEE you are. I’ve come across a number of posts saying that Imane Khelif is a biological woman. It seems that everything to the contrary is either a lie or just people being stupid or, this struck me as weird, misogynistic. There’s a photo of him wearing a groin guard, his trainer says he’s male, there were two independent tests done that said he was male. That does suggest, erm, that he’s male. I don’t care if men want to dress as women, or even live very day as they think a woman lives. I have a trans friend and I always call her her. However, she isn’t into boxing or athletics.
Yes. That's the claim: that any man can simply "be" a woman by saying so. Absolutely misogynistic.
And they're asking us not to see what we see. Which is gaslighting. Also someone else pointed out that they didn't say "assigned female at birth," the preferred term for everyone, according to trans activists, as if such assignments are almost random and often wrong. Somehow this person got to be "born a woman," which of course is absurd on the grown-woman front too.
And yes, re: your trans friend: I too reserve the right to use the pronouns that feel appropriate given the situation and the relationship. And I know males who identify as women who are athletic but deliberately compete only in the men's category. So it can be done.
Thank you, thank you, thank you ❤️❤️❤️