Elizabeth Adinolfi

@alhpaquead @KirstiMiller30 It isn't a matter of finances, it is that most transwomen don't want to have bottom surgery. The statistics vary from 5% to 13%. So a small number of a very small number would have qualified, especially in terms of international competitions.

@Eava71 @KirstiMiller30 orchiectomies have a 2 week recovery peroid and costs less then 10k which is a less then the average Olympician spends in one month on training this is a non issue for Olympians

There have been 13 Olympics that have allowed trans women to compete in the female category if they meet the hormonal and physical requirements of the trans sports policy. The results over 13 Olympic games suggests trans women massively underperform in elite womens sports. Since the IOC has created a rule for trans athletes to compete in 2003, over 81,000 people have become Olympians. Out of those 81,000 Olympians a total of 2 have been trans women & one came dead last the other came 37th out of 42. There isn’t a single trans or intersex woman dominating her sport. Even Caster Semenya, the most famous, & most successful, intersex woman athlete doesn’t “dominate” her sport. Caster has won a total of two Olympic golds medals & holds no world records.  By contrast, Katie Ledecky has won a total of 9 Olympic gold medals and has broken 19 world records since 2013. Why is Katie Ledecky treated like a marvel, and Caster Semenya and transgender women are treated like mutants? There currently exists no evidence to suggest that trans women who elect to suppress testosterone (through, for example, gender affirming hormone therapy and/or surgical gonad removal) maintain disproportionate advantages over c_swomen indefinitely. More specifically, current evidence suggests any physical performance advantages  trans women do not fall outside the range observed among XX women after 2 years of testosterone suppression. transresearch.org.au/post/trans-wom… youtu.be/B8CzqxhZk7I?si…

@GeorgeDORS @FionaMurphee @awalmsley11 @sappholives83 Any time a woman brings up male violence against women.

@FionaMurphee @awalmsley11 @sappholives83 when did you here about it?

When Anne Marie Boyle turned down MMA fighter Sean McInnes, he punched her in the face so hard that he broke her eyesocket, broke her cheekbone, knocked her unconscious, and left her with a life-altering brain injury. She now lives with constant pain and tremors. He was sentenced to 19 months. The British court system continues to demonstrate its disregard for the female victims of male violence. glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-n…

@GeorgeDORS @sappholives83 Yeah, women regularly break a man's face and damage his brain if he turns a woman down.

@sappholives83 have a look at female on male violence its even worse-lets agree the system is broken and not blame it on men only

@Whynotgoforit1 @hecheateddotorg oyez.org/cases/1987/86-…

@Eava71 @hecheateddotorg Lol, a private club can establish whatever rules they like, because by being a club, the members agree to the terms of the club, and are otherwise subject to arbitration. Membership can be subjective, because they are private, not public.

Once again, a court, this time the Ninth Circuit court, has made a decision that actually violates state law. By allowing males with a "woman gender identity" into the spa but not other males, they are discriminating on the basis of "gender identity." What they are saying is that some males are given rights because they have one "gender identity," but other males with a different "gender identity" are not. This is a textbook case of discrimination.

But the issue isn't how disputes with members are handled. It is who is allowed to become a member. If you aren't allowed to join because of a characteristic protected by anti-discrimination law, arbitration is irrelevant, you sue in the courts. At that point, just charging a membership fee isn’t enough to be exempt from the law.

@Whynotgoforit1 @hecheateddotorg But they're not private clubs, they are not exempt from anti-discrimination laws. I can't open a gym and refuse to allow black people to join because I charge a membership fee. Having members does not make a business a private club.

@Eava71 @hecheateddotorg The best case example is actually Gyms. Membership applications, direct control of their own rules and ability to terminate memberships, and yet still a for profit business.

@Whynotgoforit1 @hecheateddotorg California smoking lounges aren't trying to do an end run around anti-discrimination laws. The state interest is very different. Just imagine if a for profit business became a private club to keep Jews or African Americans out.

@Eava71 @hecheateddotorg California smoking lounges would beg to differ. They don't even charge a fee. Membership comes with the first drink, but you do have to sign documents agreeing to their terms.

@Whynotgoforit1 @hecheateddotorg Becoming a private club isn't that simple. It is very hard for a commercial business to become a private club and make money. You can't just tack on a "membership fee" and become a private club.

@Eava71 @hecheateddotorg There's 2 paths forward, one is the appeal path, the 2nd is make the club private, no longer a matter of public accomodations, no longer subject to the law at all.

The better path would be a new challenge to the law at the state level, one that challenges how the law has been interpreted, not one that assumes the HRC is correctly interpreting the law. The existing case is a legal mess, the issues people want decided are not raised and can't be reviewed by the Appellate courts. And this case should be in state court, it is a question of interpreting state law. This never should have been in federal court. The perfect test case would be a man who identifies as a man challenging the Spa's policy for discriminating against him based on his gender identity. That would give the courts the right framework for grappling with what it means to discriminate based on gender identity vs. sex, and whether the statute really means that access to single sex spaces must be based on gender identity and not sex.

If only the Plaintiffs had made an equal protection argument. But they didn't and Courts don't decide questions of law the parties didn't raise. The Plaintiffs attorneys made this about religion, and ignored every other legal argument they could have made. The Plaintiffs never argued that the Human Rights Commission misinterpreted the law, that the Spa was discriminating based on sex, which the HRC did not have an issue with, not gender identity, and if the HRC was interpreting the statute correctly and the Spa was discriminating on the basis of gender identity, then the statute violated a provision of the Constitution other than the 1st Amendment.

@Eava71 @hecheateddotorg Have you read the 14th Amendment? Equal treatment under the law. If some men are permitted, then all men are. Unless they decide to be a private club and set membership criteria, then they would no longer be public accommodation, and can make whatever rules they want.

@Whynotgoforit1 @hecheateddotorg What federal law? There is no federal law that prohibits places of public accommodation from discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

@hecheateddotorg Actually that would be violating federal law.

The problem is the Plaintiffs never made this argument or challenged the interpretation of the statute. Plaintiffs conceded the issue and only argued that they were entitled to an exemption from having to follow the rule because they were Christians. The issue of whether under Washington law a business discriminates if it does not provide access to single-sex spaces or services on the basis of claimed gender identity vs. sex was never before any court. Even the Washington Human Rights Commission never made this determination because the Spa settled before having a hearing.

@EmekaofX @HannahDCox Get pregnant, give birth, breastfeed and then you'll understand sacrifice.

@HannahDCox Women are prone to self-sacrifice. For example, we see them fighting in wars and sometimes even trying to rescue men and children from burning buildings.

A lot of misery comes from making sacrifices no one asked you for and that no one will notice. This is why the matching energy advice is mostly good for women (because they’re more prone to self-sacrifice). If he’s golfing on the weekend go get a facial. If he’s not helping with chores, hire a housecleaner. If he doesn’t cook, make girl dinners. And if he objects then you can negotiate a mutually beneficial arrangement and he’ll start to see the other side of the coin. I’m convinced that men are best communicated with through actions, not words, and not you getting passive aggressive over things they don’t notice because they’re less attuned to the world around them.

@CharlotteTempl @KeruboSk Venmo, Zelle, there are multiple ways to send someone money if you just know their name, phone number and/or email address.

@KeruboSk You had a random guy's bank details ready on your phone/in your bank payment list 🤔

A guy invited me to a concert and bought the tickets. Halfway through the show he leaned over and said, “You owe me big time for these seats.” I asked, “What do you mean?” He said, “Well… you know.” So I pulled out my phone, transferred him the full ticket price and said, “Cool. Now I don’t owe you anything.” Then I moved closer to the stage and enjoyed the rest of the show. Did I overreact or was that fair?

@philipe_the_don @Vinniegee34 @OtitoNosike The whole point of a prenup is to avoid what is legally mandated. And yes, I have seen prenups that leave a woman with nothing except child support.

@Vinniegee34 @OtitoNosike You really think these prenups with people this rich leave the mother of his child with nothing? Alimony and child support are still a thing, so it would make no sense to offer a prenup which offers less than what would be legally mandated without a prenup

This thing is quite hilarious when you think about it. You claim to love a person, yes? That person signs a multi-million-dollar contract and, having seen what has happened to others before him, decides to protect himself by initiating a prenup agreement. You say you love him. You want forever with him. Most importantly, you insist you are not after his money. So why not simply sign the agreement? But you refuse. And in that refusal the truth reveals itself. It was never really him you loved; it was what being with him provided, and what it promised to continue providing.

@RAScott324 @BowtiedQueenBee My daughter knows she has my permission to just go if that ever happens and I'll deal with the school.

@BowtiedQueenBee Imagine feeling your period start in the middle of class and just having to bleed through your pants because a teacher read on the internet that they needed to "normalize" not letting kids use the bathroom during class.

My kids didn’t know that kids can be denied permission to go to the bathroom. Once in Sunday school, my son was denied and almost peed his pants. My girls were so furious, they decided not to go to Sunday school when that particular teacher was teaching… and I said that that’s ok. It was a rude awakening.

@Amandafaye27 @RAScott324 @BowtiedQueenBee You can bleed through your pants sitting down for a 45 minute class.

@RAScott324 @BowtiedQueenBee If your period is heavy enough to bleed through your pants right after it starts, then you should go to the doctor. That much bleeding isn’t normal.

I don't think your opinion is unpopular. I think you were speaking with someone who lives to put her life on Instagram and hasn't has the soul crushing experience of student loan debt, and the anxiety of knowing your mode of transportation could fail and you don't have the resources or knowledge to repair it. When it comes to love and "romance" actions matter more than shiny things you can post on social media.

It was my birthday last week, and I was sitting in the breakroom at work when a younger coworker asked what my partner had gotten me. She already had her phone out, completely ready to see a picture of a designer bag, a massive $500 floral arrangement, or a viral-worthy dinner receipt. I told her the truth: He spent his entire weekend covered in grease, replacing the alternator and brake pads on my car, and then he quietly paid off the remaining balance of my student loan that had been giving me rolling panic attacks for six months. She gave me this deeply tragic, pitying look. “Oh. Well, that’s practical, I guess,” she said. “But you deserve to be spoiled. You know, the princess treatment. A man who really loves you wants to show you off, not just do chores. That's kind of the bare minimum.” I just stared at her. What she didn’t see was that for the last half of the year, I had been losing sleep, my hair was thinning from financial stress, and I was terrified to drive my car on the highway. My partner took his only two days off from his own grueling job, completely wrecked his hands under my hood, and drained his own savings, just to hand me back my peace of mind. The internet has completely rotted our definition of romance. We have been brainwashed to believe that if a man isn't performing his love for an audience, buying things that look highly aesthetic on a TikTok reel, then he isn't doing enough. We are out here casually calling a man's literal blood, sweat, and absolute financial sacrifice "the bare minimum" just because it doesn't come in a shiny box with a ribbon.

I don't think people appreciate how the "real food" that complies with the federal nutrition guidelines tastes due to the very strict sodium and fat requirements. Our elementary school cafeteria really did try to have healthy, interesting options, things like chickpea salad, quinoa, etc. Then the District decided to opt into the universal free lunch program and the recipes for the food had to be revised because our "real food" wasn't "healthy" enough. Suddenly the kids weren't eating it. I doubt people who cook real food at home do it with so little salt and fat. No one likes underseasoned food.

That looks great. I wonder if they pressure the kids to eat. When I lived in Brooklyn, I used to do a lot of work around school food. One of the issues is many kids just won’t eat it, no matter how well made it is, unless it’s pizza and french fries. I read an article by an American who was raising her son in Japan. The preschool teacher called her, very concerned that about a behavioral issue. Her son wasn’t eating the peas in his school lunch. It was a problem.