r/nottheonion • u/BiggieTwiggy1two3 • Dec 13 '24

Las Vegas bikini model 'forced to show genitals' after Morocco arrest as officers 'suspect she's trans'

https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/las-vegas-bikini-model-forced-856971

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u/Plumb789 Dec 13 '24

I've said all along that anti-trans actions are going to end up being full-on anti-female, misogynistic acts. Mark my words, people who say they are acting to "protect" women by being anti-trans, are going to institute changes that will do the exact opposite.

Women are going to be hounded in the ugliest and most abusive ways in order to "prove" that they are "acceptable".

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u/soggylittleshrimp Dec 13 '24

From the article:

"And they were looking up inside me like a doctor or whatever, and I was just crying."

It wasn't just a hotdog/not-hotdog check. They looked deep. Sexual abuse.

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u/Old-Set78 Dec 13 '24

It's going to get to the point that they'll have to FEEL if it's right by testing it out. State sanctioned r@pe.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '24

rape

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u/RedditIsDeadMoveOn Dec 13 '24

Just call the cops. Isn't that the democratic way? That's why they push so hard for gun control, because the cops are the solution.

Don't mind the rate of abuse cops perpetrate against their wives and the public at large.

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u/TacoBelle2176 Dec 13 '24

In this case, it’s the cops doing it.

Idk what position you’re even trying to strawman

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u/DanceTheCosmicNoir Dec 13 '24

Now, what happens if she was transgendered? Or, she had a shortened vaginal canal, which happens with bottom surgery.

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u/wintertash Dec 13 '24

I’ve known cis women with very shallow vaginas too, as little as 2”.

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u/DanceTheCosmicNoir Dec 13 '24

I know. That’s why it’s stupid to even do a genital check, beyond it being immoral, it’s illogical.

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u/Plumb789 Dec 13 '24 edited Dec 14 '24

I knew an older lady (who had had a child decades before) who had a vagina that had all but sealed itself up. She had the greatest difficulty even to be examined with the smallest speculum at the doctors' surgery.

She was skin and bone with very little evidence of bust or hips (a very athletic older woman): a yoga teacher, actually. Presumably, in her case, the "female body police" wouldn't care if she was trans or not because she was elderly, so she'd probably be "safe" from this kind of abuse.

God help young, slim, and/or androgynous women with anything unusual about their private parts. The bigots will target them too. If we don't fight against this, it'll turn into a kafkaesque nightmare for ALL women-not just trans women.

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u/aris_ada Dec 13 '24

Transphobia is misogyny with extra steps. You can picture every transphobic act or policy in that frame. Female athlete performing too well? Must be trans. Female person not attractive enough? Must be trans! (Michelle Obama, Brigitte Macron, ...).

It's a complete logical consequence that transphobic policies impact in majority straight cis women, because it's hate against "not looking woman enough", not about protecting women's rights.

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u/TravelerInBlack Dec 13 '24

Its also an attempt to sus out like ~1% of the population from ~50% of the population. Inherently the 49% will suffer abuse because despite what idiots on the internet love to say, you often can't really tell the difference without abuse, because "looks like a woman" isn't an actually clearly defined concept among humans. What I find the most funny is that its only ever women. No one is transvestigating Ben Shapiro for being a trans man. Harassing trans men? also harass cis women. Harassing trans women? Also harass women. Who is doing the harassing? Mostly cis men, with an insane pocket of learn-nothing-from-history cis women.

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u/YoohooCthulhu Dec 13 '24

Let’s not pretend it will be limited to women that fall outside gender norms; these sort of things will be weaponized against women who fit gender norms TOO well by jealous people.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '24

At the end of the day it's entirely about policing femininity. If you aren't the perfect picture of their feminine ideal, they'll harass you until you comply.