But why do we have to be gracious losers?
I wish we didn’t have to turn to National Review for reporting on the injustice to women.
The University of Pennsylvania is weighing whether to pursue legal action if transgender swimmer Lia Thomas is prohibited from competing in the upcoming NCAA women’s swimming championship, according to a report.
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Thomas is eligible to compete on the women’s team under current USA Swimming rules that require a year of testosterone suppression. Under new NCAA rules, transgender athletes will be required to document testosterone levels to remain eligible, leaving Thomas’ eligibility for the NCAA women’s championships up in the air.
Which is almost worthless, of course, because even if he does suppress his testosterone now, he still keeps most of his physical advantages. It shouldn’t be a matter of testosterone levels, it should be a matter of No. Just no.
The [female] swimmer went on to slam how the University of Pennsylvania has handled the situation.
“They’re just proving, once again, that they don’t actually care about their women athletes,” the swimmer said. “They say that they care and that they’re here for our emotions, but why do we have to be gracious losers? . . . Who are you to tell me that I shouldn’t want to win because I do want to win. I’m swimming. I’m dedicating more than 20 hours a week to the sport.
She continued: “Obviously, I want to win. You can’t just tell me I should be happy with second place. I’m not. And these people in Penn’s administrative department who just think that women should just roll over — it’s disturbing, and it’s reminiscent of the 1970s when they were fighting for Title IX and stuff like that. They don’t actually care about women at all.”
Men who play at being women are the new women.
‘The University of Pennsylvania is weighing whether to pursue legal action’ Good to see they have their financial priorities in place. I would hate to think my tuition was being spent on this.
Even if the premise is correct that suppressing testosterone for a year eliminated any male advantage, what level would a TIM have to achieve, and is there any evidence that whatever regimen Thomas is on gets to that level? The arbitrary level of 10 is still more than 5x the average elite female athlete has. If a TIM can compete as a woman at 5 or 10, why can’t women use testosterone to get to that level? I don’t understand how people don’t understand that this is essentially doping. Women can get banned for life for doping because it creates an unfair advantage that can’t be undone. A teenaged girl could dope all through HS, then stop before college and compete. There is no difference, except doping for women has adverse health consequences.
Superior to the old women, it goes without saying. And consequently taken far more seriously.