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Malicious Compliance

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People conforming to the letter, but not the spirit, of a request. For now, this includes text posts, images, videos and links. Please ensure that the “malicious compliance” aspect is apparent - if you’re making a text post, be sure to explain this part; if it’s an image/video/link, use the “Body” field to elaborate.

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[–] stanleytweedle@lemmy.world 187 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

I mean... it's supposed to be a 'beauty contest' so why shouldn't they compete?

Not that I don't think the entire concept of a competition over beauty is stupid, but they exist, so why not just see who wins?

[–] Neve8028@lemm.ee 87 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's funny because the original trans sports bans were justified by saying that they would have an unfair advantage. This beauty pageant ban is just transphobes saying that trans women are unfairly attractive lmfao.

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[–] Sivar@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

These contests are full of ideology, so a trans person has a significant advantage over the others. There aren’t enough heartwarming and sob stories in the world to compensate for that.

On the other hand, I don’t really care if those kind of competitions are unfair. If they help trans people convey a message, that’s probably the best thing that can come out of them.

[–] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ah yes, the competitions currently banning trans women definitely have a positive bias towards them.