NZ are a fair and open minded country.
Are you from New Zealand then Mishy? Is this like telling an Australian that Australian’s believe in ‘fair go’! Because, we can also assure you that many, many women, including female weightlifters from NZ disagree with including any male in their sports.
So, unless you are from NZ, do not presume to speak for them either. If you are from NZ, then perhaps you can tell us which NZ female weightlifters have supported this move openly?
If you wish to change criteria, then go to the governing body and change the sport rules.
The nature of protests are, I am sure you realize, aimed at showing that there is an issue. It applies pressure on organisations to acknowledge there are issues that need to be resolved.
The OIC is very aware of the issues and has announced they are looking at new solutions. Protests like this show there is a need to consider females in this discussion. The committee that finalized the latest regulations had 4 out of 20 females. Rather shocking in itself.
Even Harper, who wrote the 8 person study used to influence the OIC decision has hesitation about its use now.
Don't play the sports person just trying to play by the rules.
If the sportsperson was at all interested in fairness, instead of their own glory, they would accept that their participation is unfair.
Calling them a man, when they dont identify as or are legally gendered as, is just poor. man = adult human male. Perhaps males who don’t identify as being men should have come up with a new word instead of acquiring the words for females.
Posie and her followers do little to help the progression of women and feminism.
On the contrary. People like KJ force discussion and have worked hard to overcome the lobbyists and small minded people who declared ‘no debate’. And it is small minded to silence people who actually have a right to discuss the negative impacts on their own rights.
They are just trying to be regressive and pick on anyway who is different to their narrow definition of biology.
And as usual, we have someone telling us what we believe in without actually understanding what many of us do believe.
She does the trans cause a lot of good, as she is just so far off kilter to main stream thinking.
I guess you haven’t watched this video or if you have you have chosen to ignore that the overwhelming majority of the other protest joined in.
That is a real life example of just what the majority believes.
It perversely helps strengthen anti-segregation and diversity thinking. Every hate sticker up, is an own goal.
On the contrary. It allows people to understand that they are allowed to ask for segregation when sex matters. It actually allows traumatised women to feel heard and supported.
I have watched this in action and I have listened to traumatised women state clearly why they need single sex spaces. Yesterday in fact.
Not for validation. For them to actually get on with their lives and sometimes, for them to heal from the actions of males. If males need separate spaces away from other males, that is what they should be campaigning for. Luckily some of them are campaigning just for this.
Not riding roughshod over females and their needs. Sports included.