Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen just signed an executive order defining the words “men” and “women.” We commend him. At the same time, it is revealing and disturbing that such action is needed in 2023 in the United States. But it is needed as “trans” ideology sweeps through our culture.
The executive order establishes a “Women’s Bill of Rights.” It asserts correctly that sex is defined at birth and that the words “‘women’ and ‘girl’ refer to human females,” and that the words “‘men’ and ‘boy’ refer to human males.” The order then reiterates what every study and common sense, as well as the “Natural Law,” already make clear: men and women have “immutable biological differences” that “increase as they age and experience puberty.”
The order specifically addresses the growing threat to girls’ and women’s privacy rights and safety concerns. It states: “There are legitimate reasons to distinguish between the sexes with respect to athletics, prisons or other detention facilities, domestic violence shelters, rape crisis centers, locker rooms, restrooms, and other areas where biology, safety and/or privacy are implicated.”
The governor of Oklahoma issued a similar executive order earlier in the month. Last week, Alaska became the 23rd state to act to specifically protect women’s sports. That state’s Board of Education voted unanimously to ensure that only actual girls and women can participate in female sports teams.
Not surprisingly, much of America’s leftist media refer to these efforts to protect women by defining what a man or woman is, as a hate-driven “culture war.” It is no such thing. It is a long overdue effort to protect America’s children, particularly young girls, from the transgender ideology.