How do they justify asking the question in the first place? It is unrelated to being an athlete and does not provide the team of a medical condition that might limit activity. And it just figures 14 of the 16 FHSAA board members are men!
I recall the days when a cheery Anita Bryant would sing come “to the Florida sunshine state” way back before extremism went mainstream. She of course became damaged goods over bigoted comments. Now that our oldest son has “escaped” Florida my wife and I will never return to this state that is really a “condition” that defies all the marketing BS!
My daughter, a nurse, raised in Orlando with no plans to move until she took my eldest 14 yr old granddaughter to get a birth control method she felt her daughter needed (my daughter works as a SANE nurse, helping women and teens and LITTLE GIRLS after they’ve been raped) since a rape at her high school had just been reported and was a hot topic on the girls’ social media and texts. Well, the doctor gave my daughter the third degree. My granddaughter will not get contraceptives because the doctor couldn’t “justify” the need for it. She asked my granddaughter if she was having sex, and if not, why does she need it? This was the last straw for her. Now she is trying to get my three girls OUT of Gilead. My husband and I spent months there, and I experienced my first road rage incident in my old neighborhood!!! And traveling the south kept us looking over our shoulders. Am I an alarmist, because that’s what my friends imply.
I don’t know that you’re an alarmist. One of us spends time there in the winter and the other of us goes to visit and I have to tell you…it’s a problem.
Not totally related, but I went to a walk in orthopedic clinic and after the usual info and medical questions on the paperwork they asked: have you ever been in a mental health facility, have you ever had an STD or herpes, did I have a child as a child, and asked if I’d ever had an abortion. I quickly snap a photo on my phone but it’s a bit blurry and some questions I cut off at the bottom. I will share it privately with anyone who wants to see it, but I do not plan on posting it, etc. Are they profiling or gathering case studies, or what?!? I have three active and athletic granddaughters. The stories I hear from them chills me in a way I can’t describe. DeSantis is a stuffed shirt that, according to local gossip, no one likes personally but he toots their horns, struts around like a damn rooster, and acts all macho-man and that they like. Traveling home from New Orleans, we saw so many disturbing roadside signs and listening to folks at rest stops and Pilot truck stops you’d think Trump is a great man who loves women. I can’t help ease dropping now and again. Bad habit, I guess, but listening to people casually chatting is kind of like the royals sending out guys into the streets to gauge public opinion .
I have actually burst out laughing when someone says something so ridiculous. I did the same thing the first time a boss hit on me. The second time, I didn't laugh.
We have a place there and it's a real sticky wicket. I'd rather be just about anywhere -- maybe even Texas -- than there. My husband got involved in a political campaign so we're not entirely passive snowbirds, but still. It's a big rock to push up a big hill.
This is the first I'm hearing of this and I am beyond disgust! My family moved to Florida when I was 10 and I'm so glad I had the good sense to leave when I did. Not a penny will be spent there.
How do they justify asking the question in the first place? It is unrelated to being an athlete and does not provide the team of a medical condition that might limit activity. And it just figures 14 of the 16 FHSAA board members are men!
Good point. Look at the gender makeup of the board...
I recall the days when a cheery Anita Bryant would sing come “to the Florida sunshine state” way back before extremism went mainstream. She of course became damaged goods over bigoted comments. Now that our oldest son has “escaped” Florida my wife and I will never return to this state that is really a “condition” that defies all the marketing BS!
It’s Gilead. And I remember Anita.
My daughter, a nurse, raised in Orlando with no plans to move until she took my eldest 14 yr old granddaughter to get a birth control method she felt her daughter needed (my daughter works as a SANE nurse, helping women and teens and LITTLE GIRLS after they’ve been raped) since a rape at her high school had just been reported and was a hot topic on the girls’ social media and texts. Well, the doctor gave my daughter the third degree. My granddaughter will not get contraceptives because the doctor couldn’t “justify” the need for it. She asked my granddaughter if she was having sex, and if not, why does she need it? This was the last straw for her. Now she is trying to get my three girls OUT of Gilead. My husband and I spent months there, and I experienced my first road rage incident in my old neighborhood!!! And traveling the south kept us looking over our shoulders. Am I an alarmist, because that’s what my friends imply.
Hi ho ⚔️
I don’t know that you’re an alarmist. One of us spends time there in the winter and the other of us goes to visit and I have to tell you…it’s a problem.
Ugh, that woman made my skin crawl.
Not totally related, but I went to a walk in orthopedic clinic and after the usual info and medical questions on the paperwork they asked: have you ever been in a mental health facility, have you ever had an STD or herpes, did I have a child as a child, and asked if I’d ever had an abortion. I quickly snap a photo on my phone but it’s a bit blurry and some questions I cut off at the bottom. I will share it privately with anyone who wants to see it, but I do not plan on posting it, etc. Are they profiling or gathering case studies, or what?!? I have three active and athletic granddaughters. The stories I hear from them chills me in a way I can’t describe. DeSantis is a stuffed shirt that, according to local gossip, no one likes personally but he toots their horns, struts around like a damn rooster, and acts all macho-man and that they like. Traveling home from New Orleans, we saw so many disturbing roadside signs and listening to folks at rest stops and Pilot truck stops you’d think Trump is a great man who loves women. I can’t help ease dropping now and again. Bad habit, I guess, but listening to people casually chatting is kind of like the royals sending out guys into the streets to gauge public opinion .
And why would those questions be relevant? My God.
Right?
I don’t need to evesdrop to hear the brainwashed dupes
They seem to want to announce their ignorance loudly in many cases
I ask the ones that spit out the most inane gobbledygook"if they voted for the golfing god
The question always has them looking at me like I had 2 heads
I usually get one of three responses
Either they refuse to answer , or they say that they didn’t vote , or they say yes
I was talking to a cousin that I hadn’t seen in a couple of years
He told me that there were buildings and people living on Venus
I said no silly
First of all , Venus is totally enshrouded in clouds , and you need radar just to penetrate the cloud covering to know what’s on the surface
And besides , it’s like 900 degrees , it’s hot enough to melt lead
What kind of buildings or people are going to be living there???
He informed me that they are underground
These people walk amongst us
How do you respond to information about Venus dwellers?
In my cousins case I just shrug and say okay
It’s nothing new to hear him say that kind of drivel
Whether it’s the fake moon landings or chemtrails or Bigfoot
He is from Old Lyme and he was diagnosed with Lyme disease about 15 years ago
Of course he had to investigate it
It lead to him being interviewed by Jesse Ventura
He had a clip of the interview on YouTube that has since been taken down
I don’t know if he took it down or YouTube removed it for copyright infringement
I have actually burst out laughing when someone says something so ridiculous. I did the same thing the first time a boss hit on me. The second time, I didn't laugh.
Gross. Why are Republicans so obsessed with genitalia?
That's one more state I won't be visiting anytime soon except maybe on my way to somewhere else.
Because they're perverts? I'm just spit-ballin' here.
EXactly
I’m boycotting Florida!
We have a place there and it's a real sticky wicket. I'd rather be just about anywhere -- maybe even Texas -- than there. My husband got involved in a political campaign so we're not entirely passive snowbirds, but still. It's a big rock to push up a big hill.
This is the first I'm hearing of this and I am beyond disgust! My family moved to Florida when I was 10 and I'm so glad I had the good sense to leave when I did. Not a penny will be spent there.
It's hard to even imagine, isn't it?
Such intrusive questions that don’t need to be asked. Gender phobic?
Many girls who exercise a lot often have delayed or missed periods and it has nothing to do with their gender.
Whilst Florida slides back in time, let them not take the country with them.
It's kind of sad when grown men fear a woman's down-yonders.
And birth control can even eliminate periods. None of this is their high school's business.
Amen.
This is totally unconscionable! God, I can’t stand what that state has become, thanks to all the Maggats there!
This is all getting increasingly invasive, weird, and wrong.