Battle lines are being drawn between those that are pro male transexuals replacing women and those that see it as an afront against women's rights. Can transmen begin to replace women in movie and TV roles? Bad enough Hollywood is dealing with AI now the gender war is on.
The question is, should men define who a woman is? Further, does this have anything to do with equality or simply the choice, by men, who desire to be women?
Everyone, I suppose, has the right to be who they want to be, so long as they don't hurt or infringe upon others' rights. That's the problem with the male transsexual issue - taking the place of women in traditional female activities.
The most known and common example is transmen competing in women's athletics. Men have a physical advantage over women in sports, that's a given, so in competition the advantage goes to the man. In acting roles however, the issue becomes fuzzier. Men can, and will, substitute themselves for female actors - and why not.
See, what's accepted in one arena (athletics) can be accepted in another (acting). So, Hollywood, should be careful how far they want to support male transexuals replacing women in female roles. There appears to be some cracks developing in the once solid support of transsexualism within the Hollywood community. The term being used is the 'Gender Taliban'. It appears that the sexual ideology foisted upon society by the pollical left is not only running out of steam, but women are beginning to understand the unfairness and are fighting back.
Men defining who a woman is - is, well, passe. Women are and should be speaking out for their rights. One thing is for sure: men and women are different physically, if for nothing else then the propagation of the species.
By: Jim Lavorato, Entertainment Equipment Corp.
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