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Digital Canary πŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺπŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ—½'s avatar

Thank you, Sarah.

I’ll be agog if they respond, but witnessing to the institutional misogyny & dismissiveness is critical too, assuming they don’t.

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PJ Punkhammer's avatar

Well done. Dripping water wears away stoneπŸ‘

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DulyNoted's avatar

You go, girl. Can we find who are willing to hop in and substitute as plaintiffs once the complaint is filed?

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Ken's avatar

There is no hope for society. Far too many people have lost their minds. Why is it so hard for males to get the hint that they are not wanted in female sport.

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Grace Under Fire's avatar

Why do you think they care if they aren’t wanted? I suspect many rather like the fact that they aren’t wanted but do it anyway, supported by the leagues and other institutions that are set up for women. Their power is such that they get these very institutions to punish the women for calling them out. That really is quite a win for them.

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Digital Canary πŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺπŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ—½'s avatar

There certainly isn’t any hope if the likes of Sarah, K., and so many other brave women aren’t vocally supported by men like us β€” online, but more crucially IRL.

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Brave Female Athlete's avatar

Thank you Sarah. You are making a difference!

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Maximus295727's avatar

That is a great piece of journalism. Thanks.

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Sweet Caroline's avatar

As always, thank you for Informing all of us about these atrocities.

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Crimson's avatar
10hEdited

Your daily reminder that misogyny is not causing this. That’s not what’s motivating a women’s hockey league to allow men. It’s terrible for women, yes. But not everything bad for women is motivated by misogyny - see the massive number of women who insist there’s nothing wrong with pornography for more details.

This is caused primarily by a deranged ideology bent on overthrowing β€œheteronormativity” and β€œ the patriarchy” by denigrating everything normal as oppressive.

It’s blown up in women and gay people’s faces, yes - but it was radical sex-positive feminism and queer theory that got us here. Not misogyny and certainly not normal men. This is part of the war on all social norms by feminists and lgbtq, and now the horse has left the barn and they want to close the gate.

This is what a degenerate, porn-sick normal-hating society looks like. πŸ‘πŸ»

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Jules's avatar

Any chance you can ask POTUS to apply the EO and stop WHAM from using any sports facilities that are federally funded? I would also include the pro level in that so as to focus minds even more, that men in women’s hockey is totally unacceptable. I also wonder whether women could sue this man personally for assault/grievous bodily harm towards opposing team members or even for sexual assault through voyeurism? Otherwise, I would advise the women to form a women only league themselves and walk away - becoming a paraplegic is not a risk I would want to be taking! Begs the question of how these teams stand regarding insurance and whether he knows he may be personally liable if things go terribly wrong! Which he seems to be toying with, hearing about this aggression and his total unwillingness to rein himself in! Wishing you all the best with getting this nonsense stopped!

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Sarah Barker's avatar

Oh, as to your suggestion of forming a women's only league--this is Minnesota, where women's only anything is against the law. They could call it women's only but if any man identified himself as a woman, they could not by law keep him out.

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Jules's avatar

That is an awful situation! But, if a man turned up, you could perhaps leave him sitting on the bench permanently until he gets the message!!

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Sarah Barker's avatar

You bring up many good points. I'm not sure if any of the rinks where WHAM plays are federally fundedβ€”I kind of think not. Owned by the city. I have always thought women/girls could sue for sexual harassment/voyeurism but I think (this is strictly nonlegal conjecture) that because these men are able to play and use the locker room according to the "gender identity" then they are considered "trans women" and not fully male. And they are there by WHAM/USA Hockey policy. Of course, sexual harassment could, I guess, be perpetrated by a "trans woman." At any rate, very very few women have attempted a legal gambit for whatever reason. WHAM/USA Hockey policy makes "misgendering" (words are violence) equally deserving of discipline as actual violence. Which of course removes women's ability to talk about rights violations. Male or not, the player who made a violent threat should receive harsh discipline. That's what I am hoping to make happen. If I have to escalate to SafeSport (not just Hockey SafeSport) I will.

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Jules's avatar

Perhaps start asking questions about insurance? I would definitely be asking who is culpable and pays out when this man hurts someone! Also, perhaps they could β€˜concede’ without playing the teams with men in them so that the whole competition falls apart! (Short term suffering for long term gain?) Get male relatives to β€˜id’ for hockey matches and give him a very strong dose of his own medicine, which could also solve the problem short term! The time for being nice has passed and girls need protecting - in any way that can be done!

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Jules's avatar

Good luck with your quest!

Ps Re: funding for the City - Trump should be asked to halt funding to any city facilities that do get that - might still be worth pursuing!

Near where I live in the UK a whole league of women refused to play as a man was injuring women badly in soccer - he broke the legs of a couple of women! I’m not sure whether there was an insurance element, but he β€˜retired’ soon after! Our National indoor track cycling team also refused to compete when a man who was still cycling on the men’s team announced he was swapping to the women’s! It was sorted out very quickly when they realised there would not be a competition - I hope this information is helpful! Remember that downing tools can be very powerful! 🀞🏽

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Lisa Simeone's avatar

This is so fucking outrageous.

And all the "trans allies" out there are ok with it. They support it.

I hope every "trans ally" is confronted and threatened by a man in a women's restroom or locker room. Evidently that's the only way they'll ever learn. #NotMyFaultTheirs

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Gemma Dykstra's avatar

Does WHAM receive any federal funding?

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Sarah Barker's avatar

I don't think so

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