Conservatives are obsessed with genitals and children. It's weird.
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Do the people voting for this shit understand that their kids will also be subject to this bullshit? Do they think that somehow, magically, it will only affect trans kids?
Do the people voting for this shit understand that their kids will also be subject to this bullshit?
Don't spread these LIES. Just like banning abortion, it's only a ban for THOSE promiscuous girls, not my darling baby girl. If she ever got into "trouble" she would get an exception.
- Nearly word for word from an in-law
Yep my first thought was Larry Nassar. It's just going to reduce female participation in sports.
Wait! The ban is statewide?! Damn! When my friend showed me their voters guide, I kinda hoped it was local!
Damn! I already know the second my ballot comes in what I'm not voting in favor of!
Aha, so this was the endgame all along. Someone gets the job of checking every underage girls genitals and when the doctors refuse to do it, it'll be a Presidential appointed position.
Do sports physicals not require that anymore? Every year I played sports middle through high school you had to drop trow during your required annual physical. This was 90’s - 2000’s.
I realize this is specifically about treating trans people horribly, but I’m still curious for anyone who recently played school sports in the US.
The closest thing would be a hernia check for boys, which is generally considered optional. There is no corresponding check for girls. They may be asked if they are menstruating, and if it is regular. That's about it. And none of that information would be communicated to the school. It's just for their medical history. There is no part of the form where the doctor is required to verify the existence or nature of someone's sex organs.
I'd also like to point out that the initiative provides no source of additional funding to cover the processing and keeping of records it will force schools to gather. Consider that girls sports already gets significantly less funding than boys sports. This will widen that gap considerably.
Wait, what‽ seriously you had full body physicals for high school sports?
Yeah, anyone who wanted to play had to
Yeah, one of the many reasons I was never interested, another was our mascot.
That's how they do sports!
...in PRISON
Every school had it in the 1990's. It was to relieve the school of liability if something happened while you played sports.
I entered high school in 2009. The only exam they required of athletes was a concussion baseline. I might have needed to get a note from my pedestrian.
Back in grade school, we had vision, ear, and the occasional lice exam.
Should probably do hormone level testing only Edit: not that I support this in school sports, it's just the least invasive most useful measurement
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