Mom confronts Betsy DeVos about mandatory internal genital inspections for children to play sports

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Nothing like a mom taking a stand. Watch @katiebparis ask Betsy DeVos about mandatory internal genital inspections for children to play sports, just passed by Republicans in the Ohio House. DeVos dodges, but watch till the end when Katie corners the GOP leader of the Ohio Senate.


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3:17 PM · Jun 15, 2022

[Ruby Zee]

1. What a terrible violation of any child n/t

[Walleye]

2. Sometimes I can't believe how sick these people are

And she sits there and says it in this matter of fact tone like there’s nothing absolutely wrong with checking little girls private parts. Jesus

[dlk]

3. Speaking of groomers...

They are perverted and proud of it.

[2naSalit]

5. +1

[captain queeg]

4. Does she still have a federal position? I thought the PO was the only agency

Still needing a house cleaning.

[Igel]

10. Not that my last 20 minutes on Google can find.

No federal position, no polical or government position in OH. No residency in OH.

No reason I can find for headlining the name, apart from ... ?

Perhaps 21 minutes' rummaging would have turned up something relevant.

[Aussie105]

6. There is a sickness upon the land . . .

Some people see it, are horrified, and fight it.

Others revel in it, and perpetuate it. Right, Betsy? (She has to go.)

[dutch777]

7. Clearly the genital checks are insane. But, if I had a girl competing against another kid who was

born male but now declaring female under whatever conditions, depending on the sport, I would wonder if my girl has a fair chance. I would love to have everyone have a chance to compete, especially as a kid, but I can't reason out the true level of fairness in many sports. I probably haven't read enough, so please before you torch me, I do want to understand but this seems incredibly complex to meet a threshold that is truly FAIR TO ALL.

[NCLefty]

8. For children, playing a game? Why does it need genital-inspection level of competitiveness?

Sports are never fair anyway. People cheat their assess off constantly. Betting corrupts it regularly.

Why can't we just let kids play?

[Igel]

11. Depends on age.

If you're a junior and colleges are out looking good in front of college recruiters, it can mean full-ride or no-ride to a school. Maybe good, maybe not.

Ever have a student who's working class offered a full-ride scholarship at a decent school, one that his (or her) single-mom parent couldn't have afforded without significant debt for parent and student?

Had a student once given a scholarship worth $100k. That was years ago. Another got a scholarship at a school with $35k/year tuition--4 years, $140k. My house was valued at $99k when my wife and I bought it. (I guess for some, $140,000 is chump change.)

Another, a 20-year-old sophomore, AA, single mother, got a free-ride worth far, far more than $140k after somehow, in 10 weeks, he became a "legit" senior and graduated. Phenomenal track athlete. (But really? A 20-year-old sophomore? And he was recruited?)

You're in 1st grade? Meh. Who cares. Vicissitudes and all that.

You're a junior or senior? Not only the integrity of the sport matters, but something intelligible--$ and pride. (1) Not $10k, but $100k. And more. (2) Not "oh, well," but, "you've been unfair to me!" Like *that* doesn't matter!

High school sports, by the way--not much in the way of betting.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

9. Letting kids play on the team of their gender, whether trans or cis, is the fairest.