Lalú Brotóns #XX

Caster Semenya only appears to be an elite athlete because Caster Semenya is a male who has been misclassified as female. Many thousands of males would appear to be elite athletes if they were classified into the female category. This does not mean those thousands of males would or should be elite athletes if they were classified into the male category. There is precisely no reason to believe that these males would or should be able to keep up with elite males. Trying to argue or prove that individuals like Caster Semenya do not have male advantage because they do not put in elite male track times is bizarre. I have no idea where this leap of non-logic comes from or why sensible people cannot see the glaring gaps in the premise. And there is even less reason to argue that Semenya et al must be female because they don't run like elite males. This is clearly a batshit assertion. (Reposted as a standalone)

This peaked me more than any other single incident. The man pictured, “Gabrielle” Darone, spent 9 months simulating a pregnancy, including feigned morning sickness and the wearing of a fake belly, with the intention of play-acting the loss of the imaginary baby. He also joined a support group for grieving mothers who had lost children, seeking validation and “support” for his planned “stillbirth.” He even went so far as to rent a machine that simulated contractions, and bought a plastic “baby” which he inserted into his rectum and then “gave birth to.” Afterwards, he took two weeks off from work to “grieve.” Women who objected to his presence in the group - women who had actually lost children - were kicked out so that this man could feel supported in his game of ‘let’s pretend.’ Their very real grief was considered less important than this man’s sexual fantasies. To top it all off, he did all of this in the house he still shared with his unconsenting soon-to-be-ex-wife and their minor children. He even roped his 7 year old into taking “maternity pictures.” Mr. Darone also convinced his doctors to provide him with drugs to induce lactation. He asked the members of an online breastfeeding group he’d joined if any of them would be willing to let him “breastfeed” - that is, sexually assault - their babies, and attempted to donate the chemical-laced sludge he pumped out of his moobs to “other mothers.” These men have proven over and over again that there is no aspect of women’s pain that they will not twist into a prop for their sickening deviancy, from rape to oppression to sexual objectification. Even the loss of a child in the womb is fair game to them: a perverted, selfish, hyper-sexualized game of make-believe that must always take priority over the real pain and real needs of real women.