Thanks Sarah! Just as how we treated COVID socially, affected math and reading skills for an expected decade, the activists pushing boys into girls sports will affect the entire generation of women. These females, even if the didn't directly lose to a male, will be denied all the benefits that fair, competitive sports give us: Leadership skills, negotiation skills, strategic analytical skills, communication skills, will evaporate as females watch the very people who were supposed to protect them, toss them under the bus.
Imagine the pleasure that all those misogynists are experiencing. Women beaten at last! A last they are learning their place! At school! Just use “kindness” as a weapon and they are beaten to a pulp. Almost better than violence, although of course backed up by male dominating state power and the women who have joined the system and can’t beat it.
Oh they are. They laugh and say, feminists said they were like men enough to demand entry into jobs and other men's places, so now men get access to women's and girls' bodies in spaces where bodies are revealed and vulnerable. And I didn't leave "and boys" out in my meaning, only in my phrasing. It's not that aren't part of the mix, they are. I let "men" stand alone to emphasize that many female spaces where full nudity occurs, such as gym locker rooms and the sauna, are for adults and minors.
It’s seems to be a common argument- it’s such a small number, don’t worry about it. But I think the impact to girls is immense, which you clearly highlight.
Thank you for writing this, it is so needed, I am so tired of organisations and people who have thought about this issue for about 5 seconds, concluding that it's "inclusive" to support this pervasive denial of reality. It's so obvious that the perspective has always been "how can we support these boys" instead of "how does this massive lie affect all girls and wider society".
It's not even about sport, it's about truth and the inhumanity of girls growing up bring shown that they are worth less, not deserving of consideration, not allowed to speak up. Thank you for being as angry as I am and setting it out so clearly.
"It's nut even about sport, it's about truth and the inhumanity of girls growing up bring shown that they are worth less, not deserving of consideration, not allowed to speak up. Thank you gif being as angry as I am and setting it out so clearly." All day, this.
I remember Title IX passing and the rage from some corners that more sports opportunities would open to girls and women and that any $ would be spent on girls sports. Never would I have believed it would be attacked just over 50 years later.
The cover item of this NCAA newsletter from February 1976—a few months after the finalized Title IX guidelines officially went into force—is one of the lawsuits the NCAA attempted to derail Title IX with (this one was ultimately thrown out). https://ncaanewsarchive.s3.amazonaws.com/1976/19760215.pdf
“With respect to athletics, the DHEW rules purport to require equality or parity of opportunity (and, in effect, expenditures) be- tween the sexes in all aspects of intercollegiate activity.” It’s always about the money, and they seem to believe it’s a zero-sum war between males and females. Dystopian.
Best and most enraging drill-down into the PSYCHOLOGICAL effects of letting males compete, not just the sporting and fairness aspects. It’s the messaging that’s so damaging. I’ve never seen this laid out so well before.
Thanks. What has been most shocking to me is that gender ideology could not have gotten this far without society-wide belief that women are not worthy of their own spaces. Men have human rights but women? Not so much
Yes, infuriating! How about the thousands of professional female athletes with huge platforms that could amplify the unfairness of it all, but they stay silent or worse celebrate under the guise of inclusiveness/compassion (ie Megan Rapinoe and her ilk)?! Only true narcissists are blind to the fact that they stand on the shoulders of women (&some men) with true fortitude, who battled for legislation to be treated fairly, and yet MILLIONS of Americans, female Americans, still vote to support candidates that would decimate title IX and make it punitive not to go along with the born-in-the-wrong-body think (many state legislators already have made it punitive). Like Sarah writes, it affects tens of thousands of female athletes, and I would argue affects millions of us who will not comply with this destructive ideology. Thank you, Sarah🙌
Megan Rapinoe makes me blind with rage, as we all know she owes her entire career to a female-only category. I do have some sympathy for currently competing female athletes because they will quite literally lose what little they have (in comparison to male athletes) if they speak up. Starting with media, we as a society need to flip this issue from one of "trans demands" to one of women's rights
As an ex-Democrat it still pains me to say that it is Democrats who are sacrificing girls on the altar of gender identity for fear of the backlash if they were to publicly disagree..
In Ca it is Gavin Newsom who is sacrificing girls an that altar. To add insult to injury, if girls speak up they become an outlier to their classmates.
Transgender girls and women (i.e. boys and men) already have their own established sporting category: MALE teams and competitions. If they're not good enough or averse to competing with their own sex, let them pursue physical activities outside framework of sport.
One boy in the girls’ category has an exponentially negative impact on girls, families, communities, and civil society. I explained this to someone who was using the “but it’s such a rare thing” argument. I may have made them curious to reconsider backing this particularly destructive interpretation of “kindness and inclusion.”
I'm so sick of hearing how "it's only a few" and the painfully transparent lie "there's no physical advantage." Or that if there is an advantage, it doesn't start until after puberty. Every girl with a brother knows that they're physically stronger from a very young age. I wasn't "letting" my brother pin me down with my legs over my head for my own entertainment. No amount of fighting helped and he let me up when he damn well felt like it. He wasn't a big guy and he was only 15 months older than me. And that certainly wasn't happening after puberty because my parents would have actually objected by that point. Shitty parenting aside, I know first hand there's an enormous difference in strength between prepubescent boys and girls.
I have yet to see any rational for allowing males in female sport. That's because there is none. Get the guys the medical help they obviously need but keep female sports for females!
Yes, for some reason, those at the top of sports management only seem to think it matters not having men in women's sports only in the 'elite sports' category. I've never understood that. Everybody and everything leading up to elite sport matters.
Love the math, the insight, the rage, the questions. This is what feminism looks like today. We will win.
Thanks Sarah! Just as how we treated COVID socially, affected math and reading skills for an expected decade, the activists pushing boys into girls sports will affect the entire generation of women. These females, even if the didn't directly lose to a male, will be denied all the benefits that fair, competitive sports give us: Leadership skills, negotiation skills, strategic analytical skills, communication skills, will evaporate as females watch the very people who were supposed to protect them, toss them under the bus.
Imagine the pleasure that all those misogynists are experiencing. Women beaten at last! A last they are learning their place! At school! Just use “kindness” as a weapon and they are beaten to a pulp. Almost better than violence, although of course backed up by male dominating state power and the women who have joined the system and can’t beat it.
Oh they are. They laugh and say, feminists said they were like men enough to demand entry into jobs and other men's places, so now men get access to women's and girls' bodies in spaces where bodies are revealed and vulnerable. And I didn't leave "and boys" out in my meaning, only in my phrasing. It's not that aren't part of the mix, they are. I let "men" stand alone to emphasize that many female spaces where full nudity occurs, such as gym locker rooms and the sauna, are for adults and minors.
Note that these spaces often only have one exit.
It’s seems to be a common argument- it’s such a small number, don’t worry about it. But I think the impact to girls is immense, which you clearly highlight.
Thank you for writing this, it is so needed, I am so tired of organisations and people who have thought about this issue for about 5 seconds, concluding that it's "inclusive" to support this pervasive denial of reality. It's so obvious that the perspective has always been "how can we support these boys" instead of "how does this massive lie affect all girls and wider society".
It's not even about sport, it's about truth and the inhumanity of girls growing up bring shown that they are worth less, not deserving of consideration, not allowed to speak up. Thank you for being as angry as I am and setting it out so clearly.
"It's nut even about sport, it's about truth and the inhumanity of girls growing up bring shown that they are worth less, not deserving of consideration, not allowed to speak up. Thank you gif being as angry as I am and setting it out so clearly." All day, this.
so sorry about the predictive text typos 😬
you can edit, use the three little dots on your comment
I've just edited this now. it can be done :)
Thank you I've fixed them now 👍
I remember Title IX passing and the rage from some corners that more sports opportunities would open to girls and women and that any $ would be spent on girls sports. Never would I have believed it would be attacked just over 50 years later.
The NCAA itself spent the next 10 years (1973-1983) getting to get Title IX overturned in the Federal courts.
Thank you for that information. I didn't know the NCAA did that but not surprised.
The cover item of this NCAA newsletter from February 1976—a few months after the finalized Title IX guidelines officially went into force—is one of the lawsuits the NCAA attempted to derail Title IX with (this one was ultimately thrown out). https://ncaanewsarchive.s3.amazonaws.com/1976/19760215.pdf
“With respect to athletics, the DHEW rules purport to require equality or parity of opportunity (and, in effect, expenditures) be- tween the sexes in all aspects of intercollegiate activity.” It’s always about the money, and they seem to believe it’s a zero-sum war between males and females. Dystopian.
Best and most enraging drill-down into the PSYCHOLOGICAL effects of letting males compete, not just the sporting and fairness aspects. It’s the messaging that’s so damaging. I’ve never seen this laid out so well before.
Thanks. What has been most shocking to me is that gender ideology could not have gotten this far without society-wide belief that women are not worthy of their own spaces. Men have human rights but women? Not so much
What's shocking to me is how much of this support comes from women and how nasty they are to females trying to stand up for ourselves.
It’s sickening and infuriating that this is allowed. Totally unfair , and over 70% of Americans agree though it’s still happening!
Yes, infuriating! How about the thousands of professional female athletes with huge platforms that could amplify the unfairness of it all, but they stay silent or worse celebrate under the guise of inclusiveness/compassion (ie Megan Rapinoe and her ilk)?! Only true narcissists are blind to the fact that they stand on the shoulders of women (&some men) with true fortitude, who battled for legislation to be treated fairly, and yet MILLIONS of Americans, female Americans, still vote to support candidates that would decimate title IX and make it punitive not to go along with the born-in-the-wrong-body think (many state legislators already have made it punitive). Like Sarah writes, it affects tens of thousands of female athletes, and I would argue affects millions of us who will not comply with this destructive ideology. Thank you, Sarah🙌
Megan Rapinoe makes me blind with rage, as we all know she owes her entire career to a female-only category. I do have some sympathy for currently competing female athletes because they will quite literally lose what little they have (in comparison to male athletes) if they speak up. Starting with media, we as a society need to flip this issue from one of "trans demands" to one of women's rights
As an ex-Democrat it still pains me to say that it is Democrats who are sacrificing girls on the altar of gender identity for fear of the backlash if they were to publicly disagree..
In Ca it is Gavin Newsom who is sacrificing girls an that altar. To add insult to injury, if girls speak up they become an outlier to their classmates.
Transgender girls and women (i.e. boys and men) already have their own established sporting category: MALE teams and competitions. If they're not good enough or averse to competing with their own sex, let them pursue physical activities outside framework of sport.
Excellent article, thank you.
One boy in the girls’ category has an exponentially negative impact on girls, families, communities, and civil society. I explained this to someone who was using the “but it’s such a rare thing” argument. I may have made them curious to reconsider backing this particularly destructive interpretation of “kindness and inclusion.”
I'm so sick of hearing how "it's only a few" and the painfully transparent lie "there's no physical advantage." Or that if there is an advantage, it doesn't start until after puberty. Every girl with a brother knows that they're physically stronger from a very young age. I wasn't "letting" my brother pin me down with my legs over my head for my own entertainment. No amount of fighting helped and he let me up when he damn well felt like it. He wasn't a big guy and he was only 15 months older than me. And that certainly wasn't happening after puberty because my parents would have actually objected by that point. Shitty parenting aside, I know first hand there's an enormous difference in strength between prepubescent boys and girls.
I have yet to see any rational for allowing males in female sport. That's because there is none. Get the guys the medical help they obviously need but keep female sports for females!
Thank you for the research, time, effort required to produce this excellent document.
Every bit of this is true and it breaks my heart.
Thank you for exposing this reality, Sarah!
Next time you hear that “it’s such a small number” argument, you know what to say: “No, actually it’s half the population”.
Yes, for some reason, those at the top of sports management only seem to think it matters not having men in women's sports only in the 'elite sports' category. I've never understood that. Everybody and everything leading up to elite sport matters.
God! This is SO profound!