🚨ALERT: The editors of the journal Men and Masculinities will no longer allow authors to refer to individuals as being "male." If an author uses the term, they should "specify which dimension(s) of sex are at issue, since sex itself refers to several only loosely correlated dimensions rather than a single underlying fact." For example, trans-identifying male swimmer Lia Thomas must be referred to as a woman, and his maleness, if mentioned at all, must be attached to specific traits, like genitals, hormones, and chromosomes. You cannot call Lia Thomas a "male" in this journal, but a woman with "male genitals" and "male sex chromosomes." The first author of this editorial—the Managing Editor of Men and Masculinities, Tristen Kade—is a woman who identifies as a man. The model of biological sex this editorial is pushing is what I refer to in my scholarly article "Why There Are Exactly Two Sexes" as the "multi-level" sex model. This model is not merely wrong—it is self-refuting. From my article: "Traits are labeled 'male-typical' or 'female-typical' only because they correlate with organisms already identified as male or female—an identification that, in anisogamous species, is made ultimately by reference to gametes." Read my article at the link below. 🔗link.springer.com/article/10…

REVEALED: Minnesota employers are recruiting nurses from KENYA—with green-card sponsorship, immigration costs covered and temporary housing. Their plans include placing nurses together in rural communities. The industry association helping expand the operation has a foundation awarded $1.68 MILLION in taxpayer grants for immigrant and refugee workforce programs. Global Care Recruiters co-founder Traci Larson explained the rural strategy: “we can’t place just one Kenyan nurse way out here in Marshall, MN.” Her recommendation: “We should probably look at a few [nurses].” The groundwork included a delegation to Kenya led by Democratic state Rep. Mohamud Noor. He helped establish a Nairobi examination center so Kenyan nurses could more easily take the licensing exam required for American nursing jobs. Minnesota providers visited recruitment agencies and nursing schools. Their stated purpose included: “represent Minnesota as a state to welcome diasporan nurses warmly” Four senior-care employers subsequently established Global Care Recruiters. By September, it reported more than 60 nurses in the pipeline and over 100 candidates undergoing legal review and employer interviews. Its website tells recruits: “Global Care Recruiters covers the cost of your immigration process—there are no fees for you to pay.” No repayment required. Partner employers provide temporary housing. LeadingAge Minnesota’s business subsidiary is helping run and expand the operation. Meanwhile, the association’s foundation received the taxpayer grants to build immigrant-worker recruitment and support resources—including a 64-page employer guide, translation devices, regional job fairs and a map connecting workers and families with more than 250 support organizations. It calls this: “practical infrastructure—not simply one-time programming” The recruiter’s ambitions extend beyond nurses to nursing assistants, culinary workers, dietitians and therapists—with potential expansion into other states and source countries. Larson’s own words: “why just Kenya?”