Alex,
"Again? More like still. Ask your wife."
Okay. I did.
She's seen a lot of changes over the years. I asked her, "Are women today second-class citizens?"
Her answer was, "Not really."
So I pressed her, "Does that mean your answer is yes or no?"
She answered, "No...except in women's sports."
That was her answer.
And that brings me to transgender participation in women's sports and the debate over women's privacy.
Girls deserve fair competition and recognition for their achievements. Women and their daughters deserve to have their concerns about safety and privacy taken serious.
Invoking "my rights" doesn't make those concerns insignificant.
If a restroom policy upheld by a court leaves women who want facilities separated by biological sex having to find a single user restroom, those women are the ones expected to make the adjustment. That is what I mean by effectively pushing women and their daughters into separate facilities.
I know what I've read. When these concerns have come up, I've seen the response, "So what?"
If you understand women's concerns about injury risks in sports and girls losing fair opportunities to earn medals and awards, and still say "so what," that suggests hostility far beyond an ordinary disagreement over rights.
How much contempt does it take to dismiss women's concerns on these subjects without any remorse?
... suspending owner Steve Ballmer ...
Not really surprised to see Mr Ballmer's name in this.