Fist and Faith wrote: ↑How's this?

Not quite what I was looking for.

But it's nicer looking than otherwise. I would just keep doing that.

I was really, REALLY surprised at just how powerful Queen Estie's voice-projecting talent truly is! WOW! 8O I just finished a few weeks ago myself. And Estie's talent is as good a place as any to begin to talk about my ups and downs with this series. It seemed to me, at the end of book 2, that this...

"In plain justice, I acknowledge it. That was well done."

SoulBiter wrote: ↑ I think the author was trying to show the two ends.

I am sure.

"I am not going to take sides, neither with the noble, heroic, and good looking heroes, nor with the slimy, despicable, and cruel-hearted villians."

taboo busting white knights of the cross ... stand for ordinary people ... tired of the failures, the moral relativism ... Against them ... illiberal liberals, intolerantly fixated ... impenetrable academic jargon and prone to gabbling .... comically sanctimonious and barely literate babble Well, I...

This is indeed a difficult one. I wish people would think more about what a dangerous precedent it is to begin to grant access/deny access based on genes. Here we have people who are ostensibly men or ostensibly women but who are treated differently based on their chromosomes. It may seem like a no...

There is nothing genetic about gender. Nothing. You're kidding, right? You don't know about X's and Y''s? If you exclude someone for being born as a male, it's a genetic distinction. Yes, I'm not aware of anyone here making an argument that trans people shouldn't have legal protections. Denying the...

It doesn't matter in this case. The question is, would you rule anyone else could not be on a sports team because of their genes? If it's about degree, is there any degree in which a natural born woman would be banned? Or is it only for transgenders? I read now that Obi-Wan Nihilo says "Of cour...

Not the point. Please don't tell me what my point is. I assure you, this IS my point. If you (general) pick and choose which genetic variations to exclude and which to not, then you are being arbitrary. And if your being arbitrary, then it is about opression. as massive as the difference in bone an...

Well, SRD did say that the only reason the Chronicles had maps is because the publishers insisted.
He had maps he used to construct the story consistently, but he would have preferred not to publish them, I think.
If so, then the lack of maps is in the spirit the author intended.

Sports is an area that (in my opinion) someone who is biologically male, should not compete against females. It gives them an unfair advantage in competitions. I wonder why no one hears how horrible that sounds when they say it? People are different. Some of them are genetically predisposed to be s...

I'm stating exactly what my last link stated. That Title IX (got it right this time!) applies to both sexes, but was crafted to deal with women's issues. These words are fine. But words to the effect that it elevates women more than is needed for equality I will always disagree with, and that's why...

The laws, especially Title IV, were crafted to specifically protect women, even though they all can apply to men. Are you asserting that women have more rights and privileges under the law than men do? If not, then "the appropriation of the legal spoils which are attached to certain protected ...

It means you cannot discriminate based on sex.
Discriminating against any sex is prohibited.

It does not mean discrimination is only prohibited against women.
More importantly, it does not mean women are more protected than anyone else.

You cannot prove your point by quoting things that don't assert your claim. Shall I explain it to you? I feel like I have many times already. "Sex" is a protected class. As your referenced laws assert. "Women" is not. As your referenced laws fail to assert. Most importantly, this...

I feel it appropriate to point out a FACT. "Women" is not a protected class. Saying it is is not only wrong but perpetuates an incorrect narrative of what "protected class" means. Edit to add: I find the notion that all, or most, transgenders are guys seeking to dominate a women'...

Still, there are plenty of interviews, and plenty of 'Fest Q&A's, where he may have said it.

We as a society though are required to treat transgender women as women. Indeed. I am reminded of Asimov's Bicentenial Man . How much being a woman is considered enough to be a woman? (And the same for men.) I have actually been pondering this since yesterday. Imagining a movie called Bicentenial W...

Skyweir wrote: ↑We as a society though are required to treat transgender women as women.

Indeed. I am reminded of Asimov's Bicentenial Man. How much being a woman is considered enough to be a woman? (And the same for men.)

So if it's not too much trouble, can we talk about what's actually being discussed here and not what, "general people" may or may not think? No. If it's not too much trouble, can we play fair? If someone can bring up "social contagion", "pervasive social media", and &q...