USC Gym Hour for Female and Non-Binary Students Prompts Questions on Legality
“Banning an entire sex—in this case men—from a commercial space is strictly prohibited under Title IX”
The left just never stops pushing this envelope. They don’t even seem to care about laws.
The College Fix reports:
USC gym hour for female, non-binary students raises legal concerns
At the University of Southern California, the Student Assembly for Gender Empowerment recently began a gym hour specifically for female and “non-binary” students that has raised legal red flags among some scholars.
SAGE created this “welcoming and inclusive fitness environment for all students,” but proponents and the poster specifically mentioned wanting the space for “women and non-binary identifying students.” The gym hour runs from 10 to 11 a.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays. It began April 6 and will continue through May 15, according to a poster advertising the event.
John Banzhaf, a law professor at George Washington University Law School, told The College Fix in a recent interview that “Title IX generally prohibits discrimination based upon sex in the provision of services and facilities by universities.” Banzhaf is a well known public interest lawyer often handling cases involving sex discrimination.
Banning an entire sex—in this case men—from a commercial space is strictly prohibited under Title IX. However, SAGE opted for wording that is inclusive on its official promotions of the initiative.
For example, SAGE’s poster advertising the special gym hour states, “Open to all!”
But Banzhaf said the claim that “while women are very strongly preferred, men will technically not be barred” is nothing but a facade to avoid issues with Title IX and the university.
When asked about legal concerns regarding this initiative, an unnamed spokesperson for USC Student Life told The College Fix via email: “This program is sponsored by USC’s undergraduate student government and is open to all students consistent with university policy.”
While none of SAGE’s members responded to an interview request from The College Fix, they were quoted in The Daily Trojan—USC’s school newspaper—as to why they began the project to begin with.
“My past experiences with being in enclosed spaces where it’s very men-dominated has never been super pleasant,” USC senior Mengze Wu said. “There tends to be this problem that I face where I don’t get to take up a lot of space unless I really declare myself. And even with that, I face a lot of hindrance in being able to feel completely comfortable.”
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how are women then able to claim they belong in the military and pd and fd etc??? if they must have their own safe spaces!?!
“how are women then able to claim they belong in the military and pd and fd etc??? ”
Don’t be a dumb shit. “Women” aren’t claiming anything like that. This was set up by a student group. Really, you seem to be an idiot, reactionary moron.
“Banning an entire sex—in this case men—from a commercial space is strictly prohibited under Title IX.”
A “commercial space?”
How do gyms like Curves or the YWCA manage to do it?
I see no problem with having separate men’s and women’s hours at a gym or a swimming pool, just as there is no problem having separate restrooms or locker rooms. There’s a lot of demand for such services, and that should be enough to justify them.
Of course that’s not the way the left sees things, and I have no problem demanding that they live by their own standards, but when a place that isn’t leftist does this I don’t want to see it ruined for them just to get at the left.
And of course if the purpose is to satisfy a genuine customer demand for separate hours then it should be for actual men and women, and “trans” people have to use the hours for their actual sex, not their imaginary one. Though if they keep discreet and no one complains there’s no need to make trouble.
The University of Spoiled Children.
No such thing as a “non-binary” person. The word “binary” describes a sexual reproduction role (male or female), not people.
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Since there is no such thing as a sexually binary person, there can be no such thing as a person who is “non-binary”. Can we please ditch the Orwellian word sht.
agree but lefty is winning this battle too and any lefty doj will back up arrests for harming others with the mis gendering etc
Aside from the First Amendment, people don’t have “genders”, any more than they can claim to have different kinds of wings. So the concept of “mis-gendering” is nonsensical. I am ready, willing, and able any time someone needs a brief on these issues with unassailable arguments.