Rightwing gen Z women are celebrating the anti-trans supreme court ruling | Kelsy Burke and Katie Gaddini
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Gen Z conservative women may be fewer in numbers than their male counterparts, but they are no less consequential O n the steps of the US supreme court on Tuesday, a group of women celebrated . They cheered and held up signs with phrases like “Girls’ Sports for Girls Only” and “Truth, Fairness, Biological Reality”. Penny Young Nance, the CEO of Concerned Women for America, told the gathering that after a decade of these conservative women’s activism: “The court agrees with us that a man cannot be a woman”. “The decision will affect the law across the country,” she said. “We will have a better opportunity to protect young women.” The court’s decision upheld state restrictions on transgender students’ sports participation. The ruling falls in line with the broader Republican agenda to strip transgender people, especially youth, of rights. Behind every state law that restricts the sports participation of transgender athletes, young women have been among the most vocal and visible supporters. The Scotus ruling is just the latest sign that gen Z women are emerging as a powerful force within the Maga movement. As qualitative sociologists, we have spent the better part of a decade studying conservative women’s activism. What we have found challenges the prevailing media narrative that the defining story of the gen Z right is the red-pilled young man. After the US supreme court struck down Roe v Wade in 2022, she shifted her focus to trans athletes. “This is a direct threat for women in sports,” Olivia said. “It is taking a step back in history by allowing men into our sports.” Allowing trans women to play on women’s sports teams violated “everything women fought for”, she added, referring to Title IX. Young rightwing women like Caitlyn and Olivia receive trainings and support from a network of well-funded rightwing political organizations such as TPUSA and Young Women for America, that have made anti-trans legislation a top priority over the past decade.
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Gen Z conservative women may be fewer in numbers than their male counterparts, but they are no less consequential On the steps of the US supreme court on Tuesday, a group of women celebrated . They cheered and held up signs with phrases like “Girls’ Sports for Girls Only” and “Truth, Fairness, Biological Reality”. Penny Young Nance, the CEO of Concerned Women for America, told the gathering that after a decade of these conservative women’s activism: “The court agrees with us that a man cannot be a woman”. “The decision will affect the law across the country,” she said. “We will have a better opportunity to protect young women.” Continue reading...
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