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This week, we explore how Trump seems to shed light on the contradictions within leftist ideology.

It’s amusing, in a way, to see the left’s response to Trump’s joke about Kaitlin Collins and Bud Light. They keep branding it as “transphobic.” But their own narratives show they are, perhaps, missing the mark. They assert it’s derogatory to link Collins with Dylan Mulvaney, but they don’t quite grasp the truth behind their offense, which is rooted in their rigid adherence to transgender ideology.

This ideology compels them to attack Trump using the term “transphobia,” while emotionally responding to the joke as if it somehow diminishes Collins by equating her with a trans woman. The joke landed among those who pretended to be oblivious, yet their cold expressions revealed how it hit home.

A person who has undergone surgery and hormone therapy doesn’t magically become a woman. If Mulvaney were simply another woman, the joke wouldn’t even have registered. If the mantra “trans women are women” were accepted as fact rather than a loyalty test, comparing a woman to a trans woman wouldn’t hold such significance. The left’s reaction shows that, behind their forced affirmations, they still see Mulvaney as male.

A man in a dress, undergoing hormones and cosmetic procedures, remains biologically male. Our biology is fixed. Gender is binary. No hormonal changes or surgeries alter fundamental truths about chromosomes or physical development. If they truly accepted Mulvaney as a woman, the backlash against Trump’s remark wouldn’t exist.

Nevertheless, women are told to ignore this reality. Acknowledging differences is labeled bigotry, and safeguarding single-sex spaces becomes an act of exclusion. The ideology pushes women to adjust their language, redefine their boundaries, and sometimes jeopardize their own safety. A woman asserting, “I don’t want to share a changing room with a man—regardless of his identity,” is labeled hateful. Athletes losing achievements to trans competitors are told to accept it as progress.

This same mindset insists that any woman rejecting the premise is the real issue.

Collins, understandably, only offered vague comments on self-worth in her response, and media outlets were limited to describing Trump’s joke as transphobic without delving into the deeper reality.

Sure, the joke had an insulting tone. It intended to provoke. Still, no woman wants to be likened to a man, no matter the modifications he’s undergone. Female identity isn’t just a performance. When a man is held as a parallel to womanhood, it undermines that reality. It implies that being female is something easily replicated. Women are aware of their differences, and the media’s reaction underscores this, even if they lack the courage to admit it.

As a mother, I can’t help but feel frustration toward women like Collins. With her platform in the White House briefing room, she has a prime opportunity to call out this absurdity. She could assert the reality that a man can’t transform into a woman, that biological sex is genuine. Forcing women and girls to bend the truth is a violation of their rights and safety. Instead of confronting Trump’s comparison, her reply was tepid.

If Collins genuinely believed Mulvaney was a woman, she would have embraced the joke as a compliment. The cameras would have shown her smiling, proud to be linked to a cultural figure. Instead, she posted a quote from Eleanor Roosevelt about resisting feelings of inferiority and later told Jon Stewart she preferred to shift the focus away from her feelings. This approach overlooks the larger issue at hand.

Women in visible roles have a distinct responsibility when an ideology aims for the erasure of their sex. By remaining silent or treating personal slights as the main issue, they leave the rest of us to tackle these battles alone. Collins isn’t the only one; many prominent women in media and politics seem to accept the notion that female realities are negotiable, suggesting that those who object are unreasonable.

Trump’s joke compelled the left to reveal, in real time, their lack of belief in the doctrine they preach. They couldn’t just treat it as a benign comparison between two women.

Women shouldn’t have to pretend. My daughters shouldn’t normalize sharing spaces with a man. They shouldn’t have to accept the erasure of their sex. They shouldn’t be expected to regard an altered male body as equivalent to their own. Collins and others like her seem to disregard the implications of their inaction, which will impact the next generation of girls.

Trump’s joke brought all of this to light. The truth is clear: the man in the dress is still a man, and women face pressure to act otherwise, risking their clarity and rights. Our daughters deserve far better than this.

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