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Megan Rapinoe, Billie Jean King & 174 female athletes sign brief supporting trans women in sports
LGBTQ Nation ^ | December 22, 2020 | Alex Bollinger

Posted on 12/26/2020 8:26:44 AM PST by EdnaMode

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To: E. Pluribus Unum
The Title IX chickens are coming home to roost for the anti-white male feminazis.

Title IX itself isn't the problem. The problem is the abuses that have been made in its name.

41 posted on 12/26/2020 8:46:16 AM PST by TwelveOfTwenty (Prayers for our country and President Trump)
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To: EdnaMode

And the Lefts utter idiocy continues till they ruin women sports.....gg


42 posted on 12/26/2020 8:47:43 AM PST by cranked
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To: Josa
Billie Jean king in her prime took three sets to bear and old male tennis player who was never top tier in his prime

I think it was Chris Evert who, commenting on the Bobby Riggs debacle, related a story that in her prime she used to practice against a male player who was ranked about #100 in the world. He beat her 6-0 every single set.

43 posted on 12/26/2020 8:48:07 AM PST by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: TwelveOfTwenty
Title IX itself isn't the problem. The problem is the abuses that have been made in its name.

So you're fine with systemic statutory sexism as long as you benefit from it?

44 posted on 12/26/2020 8:48:18 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (You are in far more danger from an authoritarian government than you are from a seasonal virus.)
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To: Reily
The whirlpool of stupidity seems like such a fun ride at the outer reaches...until the realization sets in that there no escape.


45 posted on 12/26/2020 8:48:34 AM PST by Covenantor (We are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who can not govern. " Chesterton)
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To: EdnaMode

See? Even women acknowledge that watching women playing sports is boring.


46 posted on 12/26/2020 8:49:37 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, demonicRATS would have no standards at all.)
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To: kaila

Spot on. This subject shouldn’t even have to be debated...in any state! When our congress passed this in Idaho and the Governor signed it into law, it was the one thing I have agreed with him on. (And I voted for him). After that he went downhill when Covid hit. I just hope Idaho doesn’t fold on this issue. It’s maddening what’s happening with women’s sports.


47 posted on 12/26/2020 8:50:28 AM PST by Idaho gal
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To: EdnaMode

Tolerance of perversion is no virtue.


48 posted on 12/26/2020 8:50:45 AM PST by glasseye ("If you don't fire that prosecutor, you ain't black." -Joe Biden)
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To: Mr. Jeeves; Josa

I recall reading a story, whether or not it is true, about the King/Riggs matchup in which it was fairly obvious that Riggs did a sort of half assed effort to basically let her win.


49 posted on 12/26/2020 8:52:24 AM PST by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: EdnaMode

And I used to think this song was funny.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AuWO94HdTus


50 posted on 12/26/2020 8:52:33 AM PST by Beowulf9
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To: EdnaMode

Well, this whole nonsense started with Dr. Richard Raskind (aka “Reneé Richards)


51 posted on 12/26/2020 8:55:11 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: EdnaMode

We need three categories for sport: mens, womens, and perverts.

No crossover.


52 posted on 12/26/2020 8:55:38 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: EdnaMode

There has always been a reason that sports is divided male and female.

I ‘lettered’ in my junior and senior year in high school, competing in cross,-country running.

I see no good reason to change that, “because someone feels different from how they were born”.

Sports are based on actions, competence, and ability, not gonadal “feelings’!!


53 posted on 12/26/2020 8:55:59 AM PST by Terry L Smith
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To: EdnaMode

Think about this:

250 pound linebacker that can press in excess of 350 pounds up against a woman, bones would be broken.

Billie Jean King at her prime or Serena Williams playing against a male Wimbledon champion, the score would be ridiculous.

Men and women have different attributes and each are superior and inferior to the other sex in certain things. It is a given that men excel women in contests of speed, strength and agility on a playing field. To have women compete against men would be unfair to the woman.


54 posted on 12/26/2020 8:56:55 AM PST by cpdiii (cane cutter, deckhand, roughhneck, geologist, pilot, pharmacist, old man, CONSTITUTION TO DIE FOR)
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To: rarestia
Personally, people identifying as this or that does not bother me too much. I'm more upset at stealing elections, taxation, and loss of liberty.

That said, data are data. Check out this excellent resource on male vs female sports outcomes. Here is the bottom line:

If you know sport, you know this beyond a reasonable doubt: there is an average 10-12% performance gap between elite males and elite females. The gap is smaller between elite females and non-elite males, but it’s still insurmountable and that’s ultimately what matters. Translating these statistics into real world results, we see, for example, that:

Just in the single year 2017, Olympic, World, and U.S. Champion Tori Bowie's 100 meters lifetime best of 10.78 was beaten 15,000 times by men and boys. (Yes, that’s the right number of zeros.)

The same is true of Olympic, World, and U.S. Champion Allyson Felix’s 400 meters lifetime best of 49.26. Just in the single year 2017, men and boys around the world outperformed her more than 15,000 times.

This differential isn’t the result of boys and men having a male identity, more resources, better training, or superior discipline. It’s because they have an androgenized body.

The results make clear that sex determines win share. Female athletes – here defined as athletes with ovaries instead of testes and testosterone (T) levels capable of being produced by the female non-androgenized body – are not competitive for the win against males—here defined as athletes with testes and T levels in the male range. The lowest end of the male range is three times higher than the highest end of the female range. Consistent with females’ far lower T levels, the female range is also very narrow, while the male range is broad.

55 posted on 12/26/2020 8:57:13 AM PST by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: left that other site
I wonder if Megan would be ok with trans-whatever (man) taking her spot on the US team?
56 posted on 12/26/2020 9:01:02 AM PST by MPJackal ("From my cold dead hands.")
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To: EdnaMode

So instead of just hating men, they now hate women too? /half joking


57 posted on 12/26/2020 9:01:56 AM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: EdnaMode

Gross.


58 posted on 12/26/2020 9:02:17 AM PST by simpson96
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
There's nothing sexist about ensuring that girls have an equal opportunity to participate in sports.

The problem is when the leftists force the idea that equal opportunity = equal results, and that if a certain number of girls participate then only an equal number of boys must be allowed to participate. These are among the abuses that have been made in the name of Title IX.

This allowing boys to compete as girls is only the latest.

59 posted on 12/26/2020 9:04:54 AM PST by TwelveOfTwenty (Prayers for our country and President Trump)
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To: EdnaMode

I’m fine with this.
Real women have no business in athletics anyway.
Real women should be home in the kitchen fixin’ their man a sammich.


60 posted on 12/26/2020 9:05:27 AM PST by rhinohunter
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