In the Paris Olympics, media and pundits piled on any commentators expressing opposition to transgender athletes playing in women’s sports. From the opening ceremony to the coverage, these athletes were presented as demonstrably women who could not be barred from competition. Now, the International Olympic Committee has announced on Thursday that it would restrict women’s sports to biological females and establish a genetic test for eligibility. The only question is who is going to apologize to JK Rowling and countless others called bigots for their calling for a biological rule to protect women’s sports.
The IOC adopted the standard test based on the Y protein, also known as SRY, which is responsible for the initiation of male sex determination.
“Based on scientific evidence, the IOC considers that the presence of the SRY gene is fixed throughout life and represents highly accurate evidence that an athlete has experienced male sex development… The scientific evidence is very clear: Male chromosomes give performance advantages in sports that rely on strength, power, or endurance.”
That directly contradicts arguments presented in the Supreme Court just this last year and the position of many Democrats who continue to support transgender athletes playing in girls’ sports in states like California.
This is not a new finding. A 2019 study in The Journal of Medical Ethics found that the IOC’s previous rules allowing transgender men to compete in women’s sports created “intolerable unfairness.”
Yet, the Democrats still attack those who adopt the same position as the IOC and other organizations. Recently, Arizona state senator Catherine Miranda mocked a young female athlete for not wanting to compete against boys and suggested that she was not competitive enough.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) similarly mocked conservative activist Riley Gaines for simply being too slow to compete against transgender girls.
The Nation called the recent discussion of state bans on transgender athletes a “hatefest” and “bigotry.”
Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton (Mass.) was attacked when he said publicly that he would not want his girls playing against biological males. A Democratic flash mob immediately formed to denounce him as a bigot.
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey denounced Moulton for “playing politics” with the lives of transgender citizens.
Former staffers and interns demanded the usual public confession and apology from a dissenter. One of his top aides actually resigned rather than work with Moulton. Steve Kerrigan, Chair of the Massachusetts Democratic Party, expressed outrage over his discussing his concerns.
As various international organizations come to the same conclusion, it is doubtful that the recriminations will end. Advocates continue to insist that the concern of any advantage is a “myth.”
In the meantime, Rowling is still treated as persona non grata for arguing that transgender athletes are undermining the great advances in women’s sports.
I totally empathize with the angst or pain of a trans person who does not feel socially accepted in his or her preferred social appearance. But discrimination against someone on the basis of gender is — and always has been — necessary under certain circumstances, which should be relatively limited, conscientiously-litigated and seriously rationalized
discrimination! A man who thinks he a woman or an it should be able to play sports anywhere it wants. This is a constitutional right.
Genetic testing is invasive? 🤔 wouldn’t it be swell if the rule could be published and each athlete did their own test and via self responsibility played or not.
I feel like I’m missing something.🤔
More importantly, what’s missing from the announcement that men cannot compete in womens’ Olympic sports? That women cannot compete in mens’ Olympic sports. Because, duh … there really is a physical difference & any woman who believes she is a man surely realizes she is wasting her time and will lose. That’s how you know the whole ‘trans’ thing is phony. In the direction where being ‘trans’ is an advantage, it is now prohibited. No reason to prohibit it in the other direction because it’s obvious there is no advantage.
No kidding. Don’t see many “lawsuits” demanding tampon machines in NBA or NFL locker rooms. Until democrats decide to take up the cause of suicidal ideations as a “protected class” at least.
I can only hope that AOC has to compete against Marco Rubio for the presidency, then she will see what competing against a male too tough to beat is really like, hahaha. She still won’t apologize to Rowdy because she is incapable of the intelligence required to see the analogy, regardless of it not being couched in athletic terms. She’s likely to request an all-female candidate group!
“that AOC has to compete against Marco Rubio for the presidency”
Surely, as stupid and crazy as the Demons have become, they can’t have become delusional enough to think that literal horse’s a$$ could be elected POTUS? I’m not a Rubio fan either (and if the current action in Iran turns out as badly as it could, Trump will see to it that Rubio gets the bulk of the blame), but I don’t think it would much matter who the Repug candidate was.
Test Question.
Were you born with a penis or a vagina and breasts that you can use to feed a new born child?
This simple common sense question was very instrumental in deciding an election.
The voters went to the poles and while filling out their ballot whispered to themselves, what the hell are you talking about.
This is an easy argument to make. Name one, just one, female to There are trasition to a male and compete in men’s sports at a high school, college or pro level. There are none since being male biologically gives you an athletic advantage over women.