Posted on 07/27/2023 5:15:13 PM PDT by Morgana
One of transgender swimmer Lia Thomas' former teammates at the University of Pennsylvania has bashed the school for making female athletes undress beside the 6-foot-4 biological male '18 times a week.'
Paula Scanlan, a former NCAA Division I swimmer, told lawmakers that university officials refused to hear complaints from the women athletes and instead said they should be 'reeducated'.
Whether to let trans women compete in women's sports is a frontline issue in America's culture wars between progressives and conservatives. It played out in the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday.
'My teammates and I were forced to undress in the presence of Lia, a 6-foot-4 tall, biological male, with fully intact male genitalia, 18 times per week,' Scanlan told the committee.
'Some girls opted to change in bathroom stalls and others used the family bathroom to avoid this.'
When the women swimmers complained to the athletic department, they were told Thomas' presence was 'non-negotiable' and were offered counselling to 'reeducate us to become comfortable with the idea of undressing in front of a male,' she added.
'To sum up the university's response, we, the women, were the problem, not the victims,' Scanlan said.
'We were expected to conform, to move over and shut up. Our feelings didn't matter. The university was gaslighting and fearmongering women to validate the feelings and identity of a male.'
Last year, Lia Thomas became the first trans woman to win an NCAA swimming title at the Ivy League U-Penn. Thomas had previously competed on the male team. She began transitioning in 2019 and joined the female team in 2021.
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Ivy League schools don’t offer athletic scholarships.
They should tell the coaches and administration that the situation is a “trigger” for them.
Just stop.
Something even better: every woman shows up with a razor-sharp pair of dressmaker shears and backs this idiot into a corner...
Snick-snick.....
These women have a democrat pervert to thank...
Good point.
Because a school that would subject these women to this is certainly a school worth graduating from...
The school would take on scab female swimmers who would jump at the chance to be a replacement.
They have no trouble shunning the harmless American flag ...
This is something that actually hurts them ...
and they tolerate it and stand up with the others ???
Why didnt they go to the media the first time it happened ???
Females don’t have to put up with it but they will come November.
Should have chained his ass up to some barbells and tossed him into the deep end.
Every one of the women should have quit the team. No members, no team, no glory for the perv.
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