The ‘Sudden’ Erasure of Women’s Sex-Based Rights

Laurel Hubbard of New Zealand, who competed at the Tokyo Olympic, competes in the Women's +90kg Final during the Weightlifting on day five of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games at Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre on April 9, 2018 on the Gold Coast, Australia. Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images

Commentary

How did we get from common sense on biology to the erasure of women’s sex-based rights? As Ernest Hemingway said of how he arrived at bankruptcy, “Gradually, then suddenly.” The blueprint for “suddenly” was drafted in Yogyakarta, the capital city of Indonesia’s island of Java.