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Reduxx back in 2023 on men taking over women’s fencing.
In November of 2022, USA Fencing adopted a Transgender and Nonbinary Athlete Policy which stated that division placement would be determined based on self-declared “gender identity” or “gender expression” rather than on biological sex.
Now let’s pause for a second to think about who benefits from such a policy and who does not.
Could it be that men benefit at the expense of women? And thus necessarily women are cheated for the pleasure of men?
Yes, it could. It couldn’t be any other way. Everybody knows this.
“USA Fencing will not discriminate on the basis of gender identity, regardless of sex assigned at birth, or any other form of gender expression for participation in any division,” read the policy. “As such, athletes will be permitted to participate in USA Fencing sanctioned events in a manner consistent with their gender identity/ expression, regardless of the gender associated with the sex they were assigned at birth.”
And, more to the point, regardless of HOW FUCKING UNFAIR TO WOMEN such a policy is. So there, nyah.
Rylie Rueda, previously known as Mateo, had a lackluster career in men’s fencing prior to identifying into the women’s category.
From 2016 to 2017, Rueda finished 38th at the New England Intercollegiate Fencing Association Fall Invitational in the men’s division. According to a report on the Boston College (BC) website, Rueda continued to compete on the BC men’s fencing team in 2018, which ranked last overall following three matches against Harvard, Brandeis, and MIT.
In 2019, after switching to the women’s category, he was awarded the gold medal and title of Champion in the Women’s Epee at Boston College. In 2022, Rueda took first place at the NCAA Regionals in the women’s category.
Gosh, what fun for him. From nowhere to the top spot, just by pretending to idennify as a laydee.
Dawn Wilson, another man who identifies as transgender, was recently profiled positively by USA Fencing for Pride Month on their official Instagram account, and claims he was involved in the creation of the formal “inclusivity” policy for USA Fencing.
Wilson is currently rated 7th in the country in the Over 50 Women’s Division. According to his profile, Wilson is a two-time Women’s Veteran World Saber Champion, having received the title in both 2014 and 2015. He was also a US Veteran World Championship Team Member in 2017 and 2018 and has reached a world ranking of 14th on several occasions.
A vocal trans activist, Wilson has expressed disapproval over a bill in his home state that would prevent the medical transitioning of minors. Kentucky’s Senate Bill 150, which was blocked by a federal judge at the end of June at the behest of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), would prohibit health care providers in the state from administering puberty-halting drugs and performing “gender-affirming” surgeries on children.
Doctors have a Civil Liberty to maim confused children who say they’re the opposite sex.
He currently sits on the board of the United States Fencing Association where he has served as the Kentucky Division Chair since 2013. Speaking with local outlet Spectrum News 1 in June, Wilson said he was involved in the creation of the transgender policy put in place last fall by USA Fencing.
“One of the things with USA Fencing, especially with belonging, we take that very seriously,” Wilson said. “Because if you don’t feel like you belong, if you feel like you don’t have any agency there, you’re not going to do well in the sport.”
Ahhh yes belonging. What a good thing belonging is. What a good thing a feeling of agency is. How sad that women don’t get to have either of those feelings, thanks to men like “Dawn” Wilson.
IIRC, in the “olden days,” women’s fencing limited the competitors to foil. The men’s division had three events: foil, epee, and saber. It was thought that the weak women could only manage the lightest type of fencing sword, the foil. It was a long fight for the women to get the fencing bodies to allow them to compete in epee, and especially saber, considered a masculine military style of sword and bout. I don’t remember when fencing finally opened epee and saber competitions to women, but it’s within relatively recent memory. The one hand giveth something to women, but the other hand taketh away.
Maddog, I was into fencing when I was at university in the mid-80’s. It was late in that time or maybe just after that the rule change allowing women to fence epee and sabre occurred – at least at national level. I was thrilled for my female friends, some of whom could beat me on a good day. Generally though, the reach and explosive power difference between men and women is definitive in all three disciplines.