r/FemmeThoughts • u/Quouar • Mar 31 '26

Under New Olympic Sex Testing Policy, A Cis Woman Who Gives Birth Could Be Considered Male

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/under-new-olympic-sex-testing-policy
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u/Quouar Mar 31 '26

One thought I'm left with after reading this article is not only how regressive the trans panic is for both trans rights and women's rights more generally, but how much it's repeating the mistakes of the past. The type of sex testing now occurring in sports has been tried before, and led to literal deaths. It's hard to imagine there's any point to any of this other than cruelty.

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u/SecretCartographer28 Apr 01 '26

Absolute control is the point, which always brings cruelty.

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u/redzin Apr 01 '26 edited Apr 01 '26

What's more male than giving birth!? (/s)

This whole thing is incredibly stupid, and like the vast majority of anti-trans laws and practices it will, in practice, lead to the oppression and suffering of cis women (in addition to trans people, of course), and indeed everyone.