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Leroy N. Soetoro
Jun 9, 2023, 6:27:31 PM6/9/23
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womens-sports/
Should males who identify as female be permitted to compete in women’s
sports? The Biden administration says yes — but not always.
On April 6, the Department of Education released its much-anticipated
draft rule on transgenderism in sports. The new rule would prevent
educational facilities in receipt of federal funds from applying “one size
fits all policies that categorically ban transgender students from
participating in athletics consistent with their gender identity across
all sports, age groups, and levels of competition.” Still, the department
explains, “sex-related criteria that limit participation of some
transgender students may be permitted, in some cases, when they enable the
school to achieve an important educational objective,” such as “fairness
in competition” or “preventing sports-related injury.”
As was predictable, the concession that sex-related characteristics may at
least sometimes be relevant infuriated transgender radicals. Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez called the rule “indefensible and embarrassing.” Kelley
Robinson, president of the Human Rights Campaign, demanded a clarification
“to ensure that all transgender students should be presumed eligible to
participate in sports consistent with their gender identity.”
By talking out of both sides of its mouth, the department undermines the
logic of transgenderism. If sex-related criteria are relevant in some
cases, why not others? Surely permitting any male to compete against
females undermines not only the “important” but indeed the foundational
educational objective of Title IX — equal opportunity in education,
including sports, for women and girls.
The problem with male inclusion in female athletics is not reserved to the
most egregious cases. For every male allowed to qualify in the women’s
category, a female is unfairly disqualified. For every male victory in the
female category, numerous female athletes are displaced (she who really
won first place is bumped to second, second is bumped to third, and so
on). For every male included in a females’ scholarship program, a
deserving female athlete is excluded. Then there is the issue of locker
rooms, where female privacy is compromised by the presence of a male.
It is frankly insulting to suggest that male mediocrity is equivalent to
female athletic excellence.
Of course, the department’s rules are nothing new. In fact, they are of a
piece with the 2016 Obama-era “Dear Colleague” letter which instructed
schools to “treat a student’s gender identity as the student’s sex for
purposes of Title IX and its implementing regulations,” while also stating
in the fine print that when it comes to athletics, Title IX allows for
“tailored requirements based on sound, current, and research-based medical
knowledge about the impact of the students’ participation on the
competitive fairness or physical safety of the sport.”
The Biden administration has decided to pursue maximalist transgender
policy, except when its consequences are too blatant and egregious to
deny, in which case the burden of protecting women from harm falls on the
school.
Doing so will be fraught with legal uncertainties, and schools seeking to
avoid potential lawsuits may opt to permit unfair or even unsafe
competition instead. Moreover, this rule opens the door to injustice for
the transgender-identified themselves. A policy of sex-exclusive sports
applies to everyone equally, whereas forcing schools to decide among
sports and grade levels — and, as a practical matter, specific athletes —
makes matters more personal and arbitrary.
We have seen at the New York Times, and within the field of transgender
health care, some liberals trying to stake out a more moderate, “nuanced”
position in the transgender debate. The Biden administration is making a
feint in that direction, but the hoops it is creating for schools, how the
rule will likely be implemented, and the obvious openings for advocates to
sue over restrictions mean the edict will make it much more difficult to
protect women’s sports.
According to polling, most Americans do not support allowing males in
women’s sports. Period, and for good reason. Really, the solution is
straightforward. Sports should be organized by sex, not identity. Title IX
should stay true to its purpose.
--
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Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
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fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
womens-sports/
Should males who identify as female be permitted to compete in women’s
sports? The Biden administration says yes — but not always.
On April 6, the Department of Education released its much-anticipated
draft rule on transgenderism in sports. The new rule would prevent
educational facilities in receipt of federal funds from applying “one size
fits all policies that categorically ban transgender students from
participating in athletics consistent with their gender identity across
all sports, age groups, and levels of competition.” Still, the department
explains, “sex-related criteria that limit participation of some
transgender students may be permitted, in some cases, when they enable the
school to achieve an important educational objective,” such as “fairness
in competition” or “preventing sports-related injury.”
As was predictable, the concession that sex-related characteristics may at
least sometimes be relevant infuriated transgender radicals. Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez called the rule “indefensible and embarrassing.” Kelley
Robinson, president of the Human Rights Campaign, demanded a clarification
“to ensure that all transgender students should be presumed eligible to
participate in sports consistent with their gender identity.”
By talking out of both sides of its mouth, the department undermines the
logic of transgenderism. If sex-related criteria are relevant in some
cases, why not others? Surely permitting any male to compete against
females undermines not only the “important” but indeed the foundational
educational objective of Title IX — equal opportunity in education,
including sports, for women and girls.
The problem with male inclusion in female athletics is not reserved to the
most egregious cases. For every male allowed to qualify in the women’s
category, a female is unfairly disqualified. For every male victory in the
female category, numerous female athletes are displaced (she who really
won first place is bumped to second, second is bumped to third, and so
on). For every male included in a females’ scholarship program, a
deserving female athlete is excluded. Then there is the issue of locker
rooms, where female privacy is compromised by the presence of a male.
It is frankly insulting to suggest that male mediocrity is equivalent to
female athletic excellence.
Of course, the department’s rules are nothing new. In fact, they are of a
piece with the 2016 Obama-era “Dear Colleague” letter which instructed
schools to “treat a student’s gender identity as the student’s sex for
purposes of Title IX and its implementing regulations,” while also stating
in the fine print that when it comes to athletics, Title IX allows for
“tailored requirements based on sound, current, and research-based medical
knowledge about the impact of the students’ participation on the
competitive fairness or physical safety of the sport.”
The Biden administration has decided to pursue maximalist transgender
policy, except when its consequences are too blatant and egregious to
deny, in which case the burden of protecting women from harm falls on the
school.
Doing so will be fraught with legal uncertainties, and schools seeking to
avoid potential lawsuits may opt to permit unfair or even unsafe
competition instead. Moreover, this rule opens the door to injustice for
the transgender-identified themselves. A policy of sex-exclusive sports
applies to everyone equally, whereas forcing schools to decide among
sports and grade levels — and, as a practical matter, specific athletes —
makes matters more personal and arbitrary.
We have seen at the New York Times, and within the field of transgender
health care, some liberals trying to stake out a more moderate, “nuanced”
position in the transgender debate. The Biden administration is making a
feint in that direction, but the hoops it is creating for schools, how the
rule will likely be implemented, and the obvious openings for advocates to
sue over restrictions mean the edict will make it much more difficult to
protect women’s sports.
According to polling, most Americans do not support allowing males in
women’s sports. Period, and for good reason. Really, the solution is
straightforward. Sports should be organized by sex, not identity. Title IX
should stay true to its purpose.
--
We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that
stupid people won't be offended.
Durham Report: The FBI has an integrity problem. It has none.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
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