You Can’t Bring a Vagina to a Penis Fight

Women in Prison Keep Losing — Every Time

Amie Ichikawa never set out to be an activist. Like too many women who have survived the brutality of California’s prison system, she just wanted to rebuild her life. But when she saw what was happening to the women left behind — the ones still locked up, the ones now forced to share cells with violent male criminals — she knew she couldn’t stay silent.

Through her work with Woman II Woman, Amie has become a voice for incarcerated women, documenting the consequences of one of the most devastating betrayals of women’s rights in modern history. California’s Senate Bill 132, championed by Scott Wiener, turned the state’s women’s prisons into playgrounds for rapists, pedophiles, and murderers who gained access by simply declaring themselves female.

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The women inside never had a say in this. They weren’t asked if they felt comfortable. They weren’t given a vote. They were simply told to comply — to call these men “women,” to accept them into their showers, to sleep beside them in cramped cells, to keep quiet when the inevitable happened. And if they didn’t? They were punished.

Amie hears from these women every day. The fear, the helplessness, the rage. She knows the state sees them as disposable, as nothing more than obstacles in the way of its ideological crusade. And she knows exactly who made this happen.

A Law That Put Men’s Comfort Over Women’s Safety

In 2020, Scott Wiener wrote SB 132, a law that allows any male prisoner to self-identify as female and demand transfer to a women’s prison. No medical transition required. No proof of “gender identity.” Just a claim — words on a form — and the state would move the man into a facility full of women.

From the beginning, everyone knew what would happen.

These weren’t vulnerable trans-identified males seeking protection. The gay, dysphoric male TIMs — the so-called “true transsexuals” — mostly stayed in men’s prisons, because their boyfriends were there, and they weren’t actually in danger.

The ones demanding transfers? They were overwhelmingly rapists, pedophiles, and violent offenders— who had already harmed women, now being handed a fresh set of victims.

Despite all sex in prison being officially illegal and considered non-consensual by default due to the power dynamics and lack of true consent in such environments, the Central California Women’s Facility installed condom dispensers, effectively signaling that what they knew was going to happen had their tacit approval.

The consequences were immediate. Women were assaulted, harassed, and silenced. Some of the TIMs were so brazen in their attacks that even prison officials couldn’t ignore them. The solution? Some were quietly moved into administrative segregation, an admission that they were too dangerous to be in general population with women.

But then the lawsuits came.

Gender activists, with the full backing of organizations like the ACLU and trans prisoner rights groups, took legal action. They argued that removing TIMs from women’s general population was discrimination, that these men had the “right” to be housed with women, no matter the cost.

And California caved.

The same state that claims it “believes all women” deliberately put male rapists and abusers back into shared spaces with female inmates. The same prison system that punishes women for having too many tampons found the money to cover boob jobs, hip implants, and butt lifts for convicted sex offenders.

Taxpayer-Funded Cosmetic Surgery for Pedophiles While Women Pay for Toilet Paper

This is where California’s priorities are now.

Women in prison — many of whom are incarcerated for nonviolent offenses — are forced to buy their own hygiene products. If they can’t afford toilet paper, too bad. If they need basic medical care, good luck.

But if a male prisoner who raped a child decides he wants a breast augmentation, the state pays for it. If he wants facial feminization surgery, California finds the money. If he wants a full bottom surgery — an operation that can cost six figures — he gets it, no questions asked.

The average law-abiding woman in California has to fight her insurance company for basic healthcare.

A child rapist in prison gets a taxpayer-funded Brazilian Butt Lift.

Scott Wiener made that happen.

The Trump-Era Order That Briefly Stopped the Madness — And the Lawsuit That Undid It

For a brief moment, there was a glimpse of sanity.

Under the Trump administration, an executive order was signed that required federal prisoners to be housed based on biological sex. This meant that some trans-identified males were moved out of women’s prisons and placed back into men’s facilities.

But the lawsuits came swiftly.

Activist groups and legal organizations argued that trans-identified males were being discriminated against. They claimed that removing them from women’s prisons put them in danger. The fact that these men had already raped, assaulted, and victimized women didn’t matter.

Once again, the state caved.

The men who had been moved out were put right back into general population with women. The lawsuit framed it as a victory for trans rights — but for the women inside, it was a death sentence for their dignity, their safety, and their humanity.

Women Are the Ones Paying the Price — But They Are Fighting Back

The gender movement’s greatest lie is that self-ID is about protecting the vulnerable. But the women in prison — the ones trapped in the nightmare that Scott Wiener and his allies created — know the truth.

Self-ID has never been about helping the weak.

It has always been about giving men more access to women.

For too long, the voices of these women have been ignored. But Amie refuses to let that happen. Through her newsletter, her advocacy, and her work with Woman II Woman, she is making sure their stories are told.

She isn’t just speaking for them — she’s giving them the space to speak for themselves.

They shouldn’t have to fight for their right to safety.

They shouldn’t have to serve their time alongside rapists and predators.

And they shouldn’t have to pay for toilet paper while their abusers get free plastic surgery.

What Needs to Happen Now

Amie and the women in California’s prisons deserve a national platform.

• The public needs to hear their stories. The media refuses to cover this, so we have to do it ourselves.

• SB 132 must be repealed. The state cannot keep sacrificing women in the name of ideology.

• Scott Wiener needs to be held accountable. Every rape, every assault, every injustice—his name should be attached to it.

California has sent one message loud and clear: women don’t matter.

It’s time we send one back.

You can’t bring a vagina to a penis fight—women in prison are learning that the hard way.

But thanks to Amie and the women who refuse to be silenced, they aren’t fighting alone anymore.

Stay Loud. Stay Angry. Stay in the Fight.

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