Posted on 04/16/2017 7:12:00 AM PDT by Kaslin
I did not intend to write about this story, but when I saw a picture of the teenager in question, I had to. He is 15-years-old, clearly a biological male. Look at his picture for yourself, mustache and all. As Joy Pullman notes on The Federalist, he has “not taken drugs nor undergone surgery to mimic femininity.” Yet he was allowed to compete against other girls in a recent sporting event, and to no one’s surprise, he won – quite handily, at that. Is this what is meant by “equality”?
In recent weeks, we’ve read about a female high-school wrestler who identifies as male and who has been taking testosterone to prepare to “transition” to male. Unsurprisingly, she defeated the other girls, all of whom are not taking testosterone.
We also read about a male weightlifter who now identifies as female. Unsurprisingly, he defeated the women he competed against, setting a new record along the way.
Other examples could be supplied as well, since this is becoming more and more common.
How is this fair? How can progressives and liberals and leftists and LGBT activists and their allies think this is right? And do the feminists of the world really want to engage in head-to-head athletic competition with their male peers?
If this was done in the world of professional sports, there would not be a single woman winning, let alone playing, at the elite, highest levels.
Not one female basketball player would earn a berth in the NBA. Not one female athlete would make it to the Olympics – in swimming or rowing or weightlifting or skiing or running or jumping or hurdling or boxing. Not one.
Men would dominate in every event, and women would be relegated to cheerleading.
That’s why we have men’s sports and women’s sports, men’s world records and women’s world records. And that why we celebrate the accomplishments of female athletes as females rather than comparing them to males.
There is nothing sexist about this. There is nothing hateful about this. There is nothing condescending about this. This is a matter of fairness, equality, and common sense.
At least it should be. Today, common sense is in danger of extinction, and concepts like fairness and equality are turned upside down.
The 15-year-old in question goes by the name of Andraya Yearwood, and as the Hartford Courant reported, Andraya’s first event with female peers was a cause for celebration: “With family, friends and teammates cheering her on at her first high school track meet, Andraya won the girls 100- and 200-meter dashes, and helped her 4x100-meter relay team take second place.”
What did this look like in person? One picture says it all, as Andraya leaves the other girls behind, girls who trained so hard for these events, only to be beaten by a boy. And I mean beaten decisively.
But Andraya’s mother had a response to anyone would protest the event: “I know they'll say it is unfair and not right, but my counter to that is: Why not? She is competing and practicing and giving her all and performing and excelling based on her skills. Let that be enough. Let her do that, and be proud of that.”
What kind of logic is that? Because this 15-year-old biological male is competing and practicing and giving his all, that makes it fair and right for him to compete with his female peers? No matter what these other girls do, no matter how hard they try, no matter how much they push themselves, they will not be able to keep up with an equally devoted male peer. How is this fair and right to them?
Andraya’s father is also supportive, saying that his son is competing just where he should be competing, also explaining that you are born into a particular body but you grow into being a particular person.
But athletic events are conducted in the body, regardless of how the person inside that body identifies. Yet when people ask Mr. Yearwood, “Why is your daughter running with the girls?” his response is, “Because she’s my daughter, much like the reason your daughter is running with girls.”
With all respect to the Yearwood family, and with understanding that for them this was a matter of life and death for their child, what Mr. Yearwood is saying is patently false. His child is not running with the other girls the same way the other daughters are running, just like his child does not have to deal with monthly periods or female hormonal changes, since Andraya is not like the other girls.
“But,” you ask, “what about Andraya? What if Andraya has gender dysphoria? What if identifying as female will save her life?”
That is between Andraya and his family and the Lord. But Andraya’s personal struggles cannot be imposed on everyone else, meaning, as a biological male, he has no business competing with other girls, or, for that matter, sharing their locker rooms and shower stalls. That is not the meaning of equality.
Even according to activist ideology, gender is a social construct but sex is biological. And when it comes to male and female athletic competition, we divide based on biological sex.
In the end, this is just one more example of why I believe LGBT activism will ultimately defeat itself.
You cannot wage a winning war against gender distinctions any more than you can redefine marriage while preserving its integrity. As expressed by Joy Pullmann, “It’s a pretty sure bet Americans did not expect tolerance for two consenting adults doing whatever behind closed doors to become a spearhead for forcing naked boys to shower next to naked girls and make girls second-class players on their own fields.”
Exactly.
And so, I appeal to progressivists, leftists, feminists, and LGBT allies and their allies, along with all those who cherish fairness, equality, and justice. Look carefully at the trajectory of your activism, and ask yourself: Is this really the kind of world that you want?
Exactly. This is how to kill off this silly crap.
I have to think about the shame and ignominy poor Roger Maris had to carry with that asterisk for decades just because he had a few extra games. None of these mentally ill “record holders” will have their stats examined, debated and scrutinized like Maris’s one extra homer was.
Female equestrians compete on a level field with males.
They go to the Olympics regularly.
They don't oppose violence on women when the perpetrator is black or Muslim.
So they're certainly not going to oppose mentally ill men who think they're women (or the perverts pretending to be such), just to uphold the feminist banner for the girls who are being forced into unfair competition.
They better hope no one ever finds a sodomite gene, because they'll really have a dilemma when women want to murder their unborn child who has tested positively for it.
Good catch.
This is an effort to marginalize women, nothing else.
For all of the advances women have made, which the left claimed to promote, all of a sudden the left has decided that there is no place for women in huge segments of society.
In sports, the marginalization is especially evident. But it is evident in other sectors, as well.
In politics, for example, intelligent women are shunned and we get fetid examples of sheer stupidity and insanity in the likes of Maxine Waters, Nancy Pelosi... forget trying to name them all, there are so many. It is difficult to think of an intelligent woman elected to any office; I’m sure they exist, but no names come to mind as they are systematically marginalized by the political and media sectors. One can look at many other sectors to see a similar dynamic—the more stupid a woman is, the more she is promoted, while truly intelligent women are shunned. There is also a movement to marginalize women who care about their appearance.
I think the crowning moment of the left’s opinion of women came during the “women’s march” against Trump—when women purposefully displayed their perception of their contributions to human society by dressing as giant genitalia. So, to the left, women are nothing but animated sex toys—wow.
Destroy the patriarchy and you destroy the culture and create chaos—like a company without a CEO.
There is a need for order and the Christian patriarchy is he most logical and natural and EQUAL of any ethic/cultural system in the history of the world. Women are NOT interchangeable with males and babies need nursing mothers at home and to bond with for the early years along with the father for role models of Reality. Grandma and Grandpa are indispensable.
That is why ALL Christian traditions are being jettisoned-—to condition and brainwash little children, remove concept of mother and father, so they are so ignorant of common sense and understanding of Natural law (natural instincts) so that they will be easily controlled (Mind Controlled, like snowflakes, where they are so ignorant of everything important and Truth/Reality that FEELINGS determine EVERYTHING—feel good, do it).
Bond with your babies and only raise them inside the Natural Family, so they can realize Truth—unlike tribal, communal minds in artificial institutions devoid of parents, who only remain “group-(non)-thinkers”. (Animals without Reason and Logic). Classical Christian curricula only creates the great minds and freedom unknown in all of history until the USA—total Christian only concept—in organization for a “Just”, free system.
“Female equestrians compete on a level field with males.”
Same with shooters and chess players, since victory doesn’t depend on the physical strength of the human in those events.
Not exactly relevant, though, to physical sports like running, wrestling, etc.
“Even according to activist ideology, gender is a social construct but sex is biological. And when it comes to male and female athletic competition, we divide based on biological sex.”
This needs to be repeated often. The conflation of sex (biological) with gender (social/psychological) is pure Orwellian Newspeak. It makes it impossible to have a logical discussion about the topic. And, of course, that was the intent all along.
This applies to all the discussion about “bathroom laws” too. If the biological components are intact, males should not be allowed in female wash/change/dressing rooms — regardless of their “gender” identity.
We should use “sex”, when we’re discussing biological matters — and reserve “gender” for the social/psychological aspects of these issues (if you can’t find a way to avoid these altogether). Language matters — that’s why the other side goes to such lengths to control it.
I have to think about the shame and ignominy poor Roger Maris had to carry with that asterisk for decades just because he had a few extra games.
the metric that should have been employed was plate appearances; Maris only had 7 more than Ruth, not particularly a significant difference...
What is yours is mine.
Yeah, I’m a sexist. Or something. It is women, sort of- the feminists, that have brought us to this pass. They sought to make men obsolete and are doing it, instead, to women.
Genetic testing and no doping, no male hormones for female athletes.
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