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.


  • Veraticus
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    31110 months 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.

    • @[email protected]
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      10 months 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.

      • @[email protected]
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        3510 months 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
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      6110 months ago

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

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      2510 months ago

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

      • ShittyKopper [they/them]
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        2510 months 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

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      1310 months ago

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

    • @jscummy
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      510 months ago

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

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      310 months ago

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