"Betsy DeVos Attacks Trans Athletes Again": New Statesman

I actually agree that the way Title 9 has been used in the US Before the changes was bad and did NOT help victims. It was basically a CYA clause for universities. As long as they had a “process” on the books it didn’t matter how many rapes happened on their campuses. In many cases during the process victims were encouraged not to make a police report And brush things under rugs. under title 9 “protections” women who are assaulted have to keep going to class with their rapists. Not to say that the criminal justice system is helpful a lot of the time, but at least in those cases an arrest and immediate removal is at least possible (and with an arrest a rapist can be expelled or suspended).

With A title 9 office you have to Wait for a tribunal Process (which can take years) before your Rapist is removed from campus.

In sum. I do not think that title 9 has helped victims of sexual assault much if at all. It has protected universities and perpetrators. I’d be happy to see data that shows I’m wrong.

I disagree with Devos on her plans to gut public education but I agree with her mostly on title ix use in SA allegations. And I certainly agree with her on using it to protect sex based right to sport.

Regardless, she is not someone I'd want on my side for any cause or position, and referring to her as a voice of truth is a risky thing to do if you don't want to be seen as an ignorant, regressive, oppressive bigot.

" I don't think that's really all that relevant tbh. I haven't done a huge amount of research into the issue of trans women in women's sports, so i don't really have a fixed opinion on that, "

Why do you need research when everyone knows that someone with a male body has an overwhelming advantage over someone with a female body when it comes to almost all sport? Pretending that transwomen are somehow different because they may have lowered their testosterone to 5times higher than the average women when it has as been proven to make little or no difference to their athletic ability is absolute nonsense.

DeVos opposes the trans ideology for a different reason than women here. She is not a feminist. Anti-feminists want the term 'woman' to remain sex-based because they wish to prove that the female sex is inherently different and lesser in various ways, and that it is best suited for various support tasks at home and in low-paid occupations.

Gender critical feminists disagree with her on all other aspects of her belief. She altered the US campus rape policies to be kinder for the men who are accused of rape and harsher for the women who are raped, for instance.

As someone said, both the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) and Ku Klux Clan need a name for blacks as a race, but the reasons for that need are opposite.

Hard nope. We can do better.

Ohalrightthen

Do you agree with what De Vos had to say though?

Even a busted clock etc, but she is a loathesome woman.

Thread on it here:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/4052806-University-Forced-to-Rescind-Transgender-Sports-Policy

If she is a voice for truth, I guarantee you it is not motivated by any feminist, women-centered ideology. Betsy deVos is a horrible woman.

Unfortunately the only people in the US consistently speaking up for women in this arena are rightwing evangelicals who loath all the letters of the LGBTQ. Frankly it isn't doing the cause any good.

A voice for truth!? The woman who is systematically defunding education across America? Allies like this do you no favours at all.