What is Women's Bill of Rights? Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signs law ‘to define what a woman is’
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA: The state of Oklahoma has reportedly taken a vital step to “protect women” after signing the “Women’s Bill of Rights” into law. On Tuesday, August 1, Governor Kevin Stitt signed the executive order, which asserts that the words “‘woman’ and "girl" refer to human females, and the terms "man" and "boy" refer to human males.
Stitt then shared in a statement, “I am taking decisive executive action to ensure the true definition of the word woman, meaning a biological woman, is what guides the state as we reaffirm our commitment to ensuring the safety, dignity, and sanctity of women across Oklahoma. As long as I’m governor, we will continue to protect women and ensure women-only spaces are reserved solely for biological women.”
Also, ex-NCAA athlete Riley Gaines noted, “Biological differences must be respected in the law to ensure female-only spaces have a future. It is sad that such basic truths must be spelled out to ensure equal protection, but I applaud Governor Stitt for taking decisive action today.”
What is the Women's Bill of Rights?
As per the website of the Women's Bill of Rights, “males and females possess unique and immutable biological differences that manifest prior to birth and increase as they age and experience puberty.” It also explains that “biological differences between the sexes mean that only females are able to get pregnant, give birth, and breastfeed children; and biological differences between the sexes mean that males are, on average, bigger, stronger, and faster than females.”
“Biological differences between the sexes leave females more physically vulnerable than males to specific forms of violence, including sexual violence; females have historically suffered from discrimination in education, athletics, and employment,” the site noted, before adding, “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.”
‘I did it for all the young girls in the state of Oklahoma’
After signing the law, the governor went on ‘The Faulkner Focus’ where he said, as per The New York Post, “It’s even weird to say that we have to do this in today’s age… but to us, it’s just common sense that we have to do this to define what a woman is and protect women. Fifty years ago, Title XI was signed. Now it feels like the left is trying to erode that.”
He went on to state, “I have three daughters. My wife and I’ve been married for 25 years. I did this for them. I did it for Riley Gaines. I did it for all the young girls in the state of Oklahoma. It’s just absolutely wrong for them to be forced to change and undress in what should be a safe locker room as they’re competing.”
“Forget the fact that they’re having to compete against a biological male, but then to change in the locker room. I mean, this is just craziness, and it’s not going to happen in Oklahoma,” Stitt added.
‘It seems to further sex-based discrimination'
But not everyone is happy with Stitt’s legislation. LGBTQ advocacy organization Freedom Oklahoma’s Executive Director Nicole McAfee reportedly said, “It seems to open several pathways to harm. It creates very clinical attempts at a definition of what it is to be a woman, and it seems to further sex-based discrimination in our state and in a place where outcomes for women as a whole are on all of the worst lists.”
House Democratic Leader Cyndi Munson added, “Once again, the Republican supermajority continues their government overreach by infringing on the rights of citizens.”