Men and Women

 The Beer:  I should be thinking about brewing a Bad Santa for Christmas 2021.  Gives it time to age

The Bicycle:  Has TDF been cancelled this year?

The VRWC:  The United States Government is bending over backwards to accommodate "trans" people.  The term seems to include those who fully transition, that is take on the physical manifestation of the opposite sex via surgical means and those who wish to change their appearance to look like the opposite sex.  It has gone as far as changing the definition of the word "gender" to accommodate a host of "other".  

I shouldn't have to put this disclaimer in, but it's 2021, so I will.  Nothing in this post should be construed to say that I hate trans people.  Don't care.  Don't have any close friends who are, don't really care what people do to themselves.  I mean....where's the harm?  

Now that we are clear that I don't hate trans people, let's talk about the harm.  As a rule, trans people don't harm anyone.  Government edicts harm people.  Allowing biological men to compete against women simply because they claim to be women and/or have been surgically altered to look like women doesn't make any of this ok.  The physical differences are not insignificant in terms of muscle mass and physical capability.  For 50+ years now, women have wanted equal access to many male-dominated institutions.  I suppose one could argue that this is an extension of that access.  But many women who have seen the male-dominated institutions from the inside are scrambling back the other way.  Boy Scouting and Universities are fair examples.

What of the harm to children?  No one under the age of consent (generally 16) should be allowed to make a decision to "trans".  And while I am a big supporter of parental rights, forcing your child to transition is nothing short of child abuse.

The larger question here is "why?"  What all the transitioning and why is the government supporting it?  I will try to address that later.