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submitted 1 year ago by tree@lemmy.zip to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

Nebraska governor Jim Pillen, a Republican not noted as a women's rights supporter, yesterday issued an executive order "defining" males and females and the attributes thereof. The anti-transgender political grandstanding offers fusty explanations of the sexes–men are "bigger, stronger and faster" on average–in pursuit of Rowling-esque calls for sexual segregation (and even echoing her ostensibly feminist rationales) and not a lot else.

The order declares that, in matters of the state, the "biological differences between the sexes are enduring" and that the "sex" of a person will be defined by the gender designated at birth. In addition to specifically noting how boy, girl, man, and woman will be defined, the order also includes biological descriptions. …

"It is common sense that men do not belong in women's only spaces," Pillen said in the news release. "As Governor, it is my duty to protect our kids and women's athletics, which means providing single-sex spaces for women's sports, bathrooms, and changing rooms."

The reaction, at least from Democrats, is to point out that if it were enforced, the likely outcome would be Nebraska losing federal funding for womens' shelters.

"Today Governor Pillen, famous women's rights supporter, signed this offensive and ridiculous proclamation establishing a "Women's Bill of Rights." He should try saying this stuff to my face then we would see who's got what biological advantage," wrote State Senator Megan Hunt on Twitter.


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[-] Veraticus@lib.lgbt 316 points 1 year ago

All we need to do is find a woman bigger, faster, and stronger than him, and then he's officially a woman by his own legislation.

[-] Carvex@lemmy.world 96 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And women are worthless stay-at-home breed mares to them so I guess they should get a new Governor.

PS I'd pay good money to watch Britney Griner kick his ass.

[-] Wogi@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago

We tried. By God we tried.

Discount Lex luthor termed out and it was a three way race for the Republican nomination.

Democrats will never win the state again so it was a game of who's the least awful Republican?

Residents of Omaha and the surrounding area flocked to change their registration to Republican to vote in the primary. A moderate who wasn't fucking insane was running and we tried our hardest to get him the seat. The other two were so similar we thought they'd split the crazy vote and the moderates would win out.

He came in 3rd, by a wide margin.

[-] solidgrue@lemmy.world 60 points 1 year ago

But why not does that larger woman simply eat the Governor?

[-] 0110010001100010@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Is there an unexpected Futurama lemmy community somewhere? That was solid, lol

[-] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Futurama is always expected

[-] jtk@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 1 year ago

The internet needs to flood his inbox with challenges from women that would destroy him at arm wrestling.

[-] ShittyKopper@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 1 year ago

horny subtext

don't play into the game this is all part of the long con to get strong dommy women to slide into his dms

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Something about him makes me think he'd be into that.

[-] deft@ttrpg.network 15 points 1 year ago

This will make it so the state can only have the "One True Man of Nebraska"

[-] somedude5@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago

I’m not agreeing with this legislation but it does say “bigger, stronger, faster on average”

[-] Veraticus@lib.lgbt 5 points 1 year ago

That's true. But "on average" in circumstances like this is meaningless; "on average," a person is male. But I think we can agree that some women do exist.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

But I think we can agree that some women do exist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8O4UWeAglU

It’s not meaningless, we have a quantifiable metric and we average it. Men are stronger than women on average

[-] eupraxia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago

It's not meaningless, but not meaningful enough for a legislative definition of sex. The law must be consistently applicable to people who aren't "average".

[-] Serdan@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago

It's meaningless in terms of legislation and enforcement.

[-] jscummy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Gabi Garcia is a 6'2" 210 pound MMA fighter, think we could send her over there and see what he says

[-] solstice@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

We have the technology. We have the capability to make the world's first bionic woman. Better than she was before

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