the feds take precedence over some pissant bigoted locals.
Not when there is no legal basis do to so and their actions constitute blackmail to school children. There are no federal laws or statutes that protect men pretending to be women and their ability to force other people to play along. Particularly women with rights to expectations of segregated privacy behind doors marked "women" when 1 in 6 women have been raped by men.
Dear
Silhouette: Yes, I'm glad you pinpointed this particular angle.
This issue first came up for me in 1992 when a well-respected member of our local peace and justice community asked to attend an all-women's forum bringing together prochoice and prolife advocates for the anniversary of Roe v Wade, and he was promptly escorted out by the head of the group.
Even though he is one of the few "male feminists" I would trust on feminist and women's issues,
the head of the group explained that the forum HAD to be restricted to all women as their traditional policy,
because of the participants who have been victims of rape or other crimes that make them
feel unsafe unless they are assured the group is consistently all women only without exception.
On the whole, I find our govt policies do not even know where to begin to seek justice for rape victims.
The typical response from men is to clobber or kill the men who do this, which has nothing to do with helping the victim to recover, when it may take years of someone's life, far beyond the finite act that the offenders are charged for, if offenders are caught and convicted.
If we were to set up a restitution program to pay all the costs of women for the damage and loss of time at jobs or education while they recover from rape (and also for war, where the costs to civilians go beyond what has ever been assessed or collected, especially women who have to raise children in war torn areas), we'd reinvent society. All resources would go to rebuilding lives and communities, and we wouldn't have time to pick any more political fights or wars, we'd be too busy investing all we had in solving problems that already exist!
So yes, nobody is standing up for rape victims and the aftermath and real cost to victims and society.
If we did, we'd change how politics, govt, economies and society are run.
The cost of crime, war, rape etc is far beyond even the national debt we are so worried about.
That cost is not even included in the equation.