Posted on 02/19/2020 7:34:24 AM PST by Kaslin
On February 12, three female high school students in Connecticut filed a federal lawsuit against the participation of transgender athletes (with male anatomy) in female track and field events.
The three students, represented by the Alliance Defending Freedom, have a fairly simple and straightforward argument: They claim allowing biologically male students to compete against biologically female students is unfair and runs afoul (no pun intended) of their basic civil rights. They also argue, quite convincingly, that allowing biologically male students to compete against them has undermined their ability to win races as well as opportunities for scholarships.
Alanna Smith, who is a sophomore at Danbury High School, described her frustration running against males who identify as women, “Mentally and physically, we know the outcome before the race even starts.”
Smith, a bright young woman with a whole lot of common sense, continued, “That biological unfairness doesn’t go away because of what someone believes about gender identity. All girls deserve the chance to compete on a level playing field.” Bravo, Ms. Smith, I could not agree more.
At this point, you may be wondering how we got here in the first place. Well, the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC)—the entity in charge of overseeing high school athletics in the Constitution State (and one of the defendants in the lawsuit)—claims it is simply following a state anti-discrimination law.
According to the CIAC’s Reference Guide for Transgender Policy, “The CIAC is committed to providing transgender student-athletes with equal opportunities to participate in CIAC athletic programs consistent with their gender identity.”
Although CIAC’s stance may be lauded by those seeking to “protect” the rights of transgender students, what about protecting the rights of females who stand no chance against male athletes?
Christiana Holcomb, one of the lawyers working on behalf of the three female students, argues that “forcing girls to be spectators in their own sports is completely at odds with Title IX, a federal law designed to create equal opportunities for women in education and athletics.”
Furthermore, Holcomb claims that “Connecticut’s policy violates that law and reverses nearly 50 years of advances for women.” Yes, there is a war on women, however, it is not being waged by old white men with traditional views, at least not in this situation.
Rather, in this case (and many more instances for that matter) the war on women is being advanced by super woke progressives who have completely lost all touch with reality.
A primer, if I may: At the high school level, it is ludicrous to place males and females in direct physical competition. Although many will claim otherwise, there is a difference between men and women, at least on a physical basis. Yes, this is a generalization and there certainly are examples of female athletes who are far superior to their male counterparts, however, that is much more the exception than the norm.
n other words, there is a reason that across the world, most athletic competitions separate males and females. From the Olympics to the WNBA and NBA, almost everyone recognizes that males and females should not always compete mano a mano.
Despite the attempts of CIAC and countless other organizations to kowtow to the whims and desires of a few outspoken transgender athletes, what about the whims and desires of the millions of young female athletes who just want a fair shot?
According to CIAC’s Mission Statement, “the CIAC believes that interscholastic athletic programs and competition are an integral part of a student’s academic, social, emotional and physical development. The CIAC promotes the academic mission of schools and honorable competition.”
The key-word here is honorable. According to the Cambridge Dictionary, the term honorable is defined as, “honest and fair, or deserving praise and respect.”
If CIAC really wants to “honor” its own Mission Statement, it ought to ensure that all athletic competitions conducted under its jurisdiction abide by the principles of honesty and fairness. Put another way, let boys compete against boys and girls against girls.
“Should” no longer matters in the Insane State of Connecticut. The girls can complain, but in the end they will be forced to bow down to the will of the abnormal, delusional individuals who think they’re women.
Actually, I love this crap! I want more of it! Every time a male delusionally calling himself a female competes against a woman, everyone is forced to examine two contradictory propositions:
1. Men and women are different enough, on average, to justify having separate teams for men’s and women’s sports.
2. A man can become a woman and therefore must be allowed to play on the women’s team as if he were a woman.
Choose one.
No. Inherently unfair.
In the spirit of new math, and awards for participation,
I chose them both.
No. The Commie Left HATES competition. Men competing against women destroys fair competition.
Well, there’s nothing to prevent the girls doing the same thing to the guys. Is there?
Better yet, eliminate all forms of separate sports competition in any government-funded organization. If women can serve in combat, then surely they can compete with men in the 100-meter spring, basketball, weightlifting, etc.
No justice, no peace, man.
It isn’t really an important issue.
When women want their own events and facilities they will support men having their own events and facilities.
Women created this mess.
When women work to undo the damage they have done and to make amends then there can be a discussion. But that is going to be a prerequisite for a lot of men, and that is not negotiable.
Robert Heinlein wrote that any idea which is wrong if carried to its logical conclusion is also wrong in its inception.
Karma baby. Its what’s for dinner.
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Since the girls have been doing to the guys since the late nineteen seventies it’s pretty obvious that there is not.
This isn’t new.
It merely turned reciprocal.
One hundred percent of men and women who didn’t want this railed against it in the seventies and haven’t stopped in the intervening years.
Those who were silent brought this about by enabling it.
And those who were silent and desire to treat this as some new issue and do not admit fault and work to restore the things which were destroyed in preparation - schools and colleges for men, sports for males only, men’s clubs...well...
Each and every one of those is a filthy, vomit covered diarrhea smelling hypocrite. They really need someone to stand with their face in a public place, call them out on their wrong, explain why it was wrong and then they need to go away and contemplate their part in bringing this about.
If they want to have 150 different “genders” then people who “identify” as one of those genders compete with other crazies of the same “gender.”
It’s not rocket science.
That’s correct. I want them to run the board, and defeat every biological female in every sport, until all the females, not males, demand that the transgenders be thrown out.
Well here we are talking about girls in high school, not adult female Lefty voters. IMO, there is a lot of over the top hostility towards women being expressed on this thread. There are tens of millions of fantastic conservative women out there. Why not just be supportive of this obviously valid lawsuit?
The universal, world-wide ruling for sports competitions should be based on the gender at the moment of birth. Hermaphos will have to undergo a chromosome test for determination.
Hell yes! Just get rid of gender and race completely, people are just human. Want to have a power lifting contest? Great, let humans enter. Have 100 seats open in Harvard Law School? Great, let humans compete for the spots.
“Why not just be supportive of this obviously valid lawsuit?”
I agree. I know some wonderful conservative women. My experience, and my bias is that liberal women outnumber conservative women by a wide margin. A key demographic for Democrats is “soccer moms”. In my own little myopic view, I figure, let them feel the pain of their choices. If that brings them back to reality, great. If not, then they deserve what comes their way.
The defective humans sometimes called transgenders should not be allowed to breathe as they pollute society worse than the most prolific CO2 emitter
Only if they have their balls removed so they can’t breed.
There you go using logic again.
Agree with you
Yes
Could it be a states’ rights issue and let the states decide? Then the states that were stupid enough to vote for politicians that bought into this crap can pay the price while states that called BS would just go about their business.
Ah, my perfect little world where actions have consequences... /s
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