This was a point made by E. Belfort Bax in his book *The Fraud of Feminism* over 100 years ago. There were always these two sides of feminism: 1. women are just as good (or better) than men, any disparities in outcome are the result of discrimination, and the laws must recognize women's right to equal outcomes with men; AND 2. women are weaker than men and have special needs for protection, compensation, and accommodation; and the laws must reflect their special needs.

We are seeing this double-think very clearly in relation to the trans invasion of women's sports. Suddenly anti-trans feminists have rediscovered women's biological difference from men. That must be recognized, they insist, or it is the utter end of female sports!!!! But wait, what about women in firefighting and policing and the military, etc? Are THEY weaker than the men, not capable of doing the same job? Feminists are silent on that score.