3. There are already 100 threads about the other 100 times it happened recently
4. You're a bad person for noticing or caring
I am so happy for this woman. Partly because she is being herself, and it is unfortunate that people like you are wanting her to apologize for who she is. Well I applaud this young lady. She is a shero, an inspiration and we should all have so much courage as she does. You clearly don’t.
It's a dude not a woman. Do I really need to say this again: DUDES DON'T BELONG IN WOMEN'S SPORTS!!!
I am so happy for this woman. Partly because she is being herself, and it is unfortunate that people like you are wanting her to apologize for who she is. Well I applaud this young lady. She is a shero, an inspiration and we should all have so much courage as she does. You clearly don’t.
It's a dude not a woman. Do I really need to say this again: DUDES DON'T BELONG IN WOMEN'S SPORTS!!!
You may repeat your falsehoods enough to convince yourself. I actually don’t care about this subject BUT I know those of you men who feel like abject failures in life will always care about saving women’s sports.
If the reactionary M*G* herd spent as nearly much time focusing on real meaningful issues (gun control; climate change; the rise of authoritarian dictatorships) as they do on trans sports, the world might be a better place.
If the reactionary M*G* herd spent as nearly much time focusing on real meaningful issues (gun control; climate change; the rise of authoritarian dictatorships) as they do on trans sports, the world might be a better place.
Sports website's messageboard talks about the bizarre recent phenomenon of men competing in women's sports rather than 'climate change' or 'the rise of authoritarian dictatorships'. Well colour me surprised. If you don't want to discuss sports then you're on the wrong forum.
It's unfair because males have massive advantages over women in sport. This is shaping up to be Lia Thomas part 2.
How long until recruiting trans athletes becomes a part of coaches' strategies. As a coach, picking up these athletes for scholarship may benefit team rankings more than even recruiting international athletes.
From this small college in New Jersey. It’s not a nationally known college so they just referred to it as “a New Jersey college record” - Ramapo is not Rutgers, let alone Princeton
From this small college in New Jersey. It’s not a nationally known college so they just referred to it as “a New Jersey college record” - Ramapo is not Rutgers, let alone Princeton
Meh, that’s a school record not a “New Jersey college record”.
From this small college in New Jersey. It’s not a nationally known college so they just referred to it as “a New Jersey college record” - Ramapo is not Rutgers, let alone Princeton
Meh, that’s a school record not a “New Jersey college record”.
It’s not particularly fast either. She swam 57.22 for the 100-yard butterfly compared to the NCAA record of 48.89. It’s similar to running a 400m in about 57.
If the reactionary M*G* herd spent as nearly much time focusing on real meaningful issues (gun control; climate change; the rise of authoritarian dictatorships) as they do on trans sports, the world might be a better place.
Or if they ever spent any time focusing on other issues women's sports face... harassment by coaches, inadequate facilities, professional opportunities, media coverage, creepy fans....
If the reactionary M*G* herd spent as nearly much time focusing on real meaningful issues (gun control; climate change; the rise of authoritarian dictatorships) as they do on trans sports, the world might be a better place.
People on this message board always try to make this a liberal / conservative thing. The truth is, however, the vast majority of liberals are also against biological men competing against biological women in sports, regardless of how those biological men identify.
Go to an article about this subject matter (trans-athletes, non-binary divisions, etc) in the NYTimes and look at the comments (note that comment posting is restricted to NYTimes subscribers and thus typically skew quite liberal). The comments are overwhelmingly against the notion that biological men should compete against biological women.
It's unfair because males have massive advantages over women in sport. This is shaping up to be Lia Thomas part 2.
How long until recruiting trans athletes becomes a part of coaches' strategies. As a coach, picking up these athletes for scholarship may benefit team rankings more than even recruiting international athletes.
I’ll go with never. Being universally hated isn’t much fun.
If the reactionary M*G* herd spent as nearly much time focusing on real meaningful issues (gun control; climate change; the rise of authoritarian dictatorships) as they do on trans sports, the world might be a better place.
People on this message board always try to make this a liberal / conservative thing. The truth is, however, the vast majority of liberals are also against biological men competing against biological women in sports, regardless of how those biological men identify.
Go to an article about this subject matter (trans-athletes, non-binary divisions, etc) in the NYTimes and look at the comments (note that comment posting is restricted to NYTimes subscribers and thus typically skew quite liberal). The comments are overwhelmingly against the notion that biological men should compete against biological women.
For example:
David French wrote an opinion piece on June 25 in the NYTimes voicing concern about biological male participation in female sports.
The paper published letters objecting to French's article. But the reader responses were very much in support of it.
The number 1 upvoted comment (2,423 recommends):
"Both my son and daughter played D1 varsity sports in college, so I saw MANY games along the way. My daughter, 5' is a tremendous athlete but my son can beat her at any sport, including the one she played at the D1 level because he is bigger, faster, and more athletic. It is more fair to create an open league where all can play if they so choose. It is most definitely not fair to allow biological men into women's sports. I honestly feel the people in the media and in non-profits who believe there's no difference between biological men and women have never participated in or seen elite women's sports and that is why they think this is no big deal."
The number 2 upvoted comment (1,934 recommends):
"Finally - a note of logic and common sense in the argument for women's sports to be limited to biological women."
The number 3 upvoted comment (1,671 recommends):
"The vast majority of people understand the argument that allowing transgender athletes, in particular men who have or are transitioning to become women, to participate against women who are born women is deeply unfair and goes entirely against the spirit of Title IX. The only reason we're even having this debate is because the media is enraptured with the .02% of people who define themselves as trans and are completely willing to throw women under the bus as a consequence. There's something deeply misogynistic about expecting women to compete against men's bodies, with their bigger hearts, lungs and skeletons - and to be HAPPY about losing too."
And the praise for the article goes on and on and on. Again, we are talking about NYTimes subscribers here.
It is hard to find any topic in the US that has much more agreement than the one that says sports participation should be based on biology not self-identity.
People on this message board always try to make this a liberal / conservative thing. The truth is, however, the vast majority of liberals are also against biological men competing against biological women in sports, regardless of how those biological men identify.
Go to an article about this subject matter (trans-athletes, non-binary divisions, etc) in the NYTimes and look at the comments (note that comment posting is restricted to NYTimes subscribers and thus typically skew quite liberal). The comments are overwhelmingly against the notion that biological men should compete against biological women.
For example:
David French wrote an opinion piece on June 25 in the NYTimes voicing concern about biological male participation in female sports.
The paper published letters objecting to French's article. But the reader responses were very much in support of it.
The number 1 upvoted comment (2,423 recommends):
"Both my son and daughter played D1 varsity sports in college, so I saw MANY games along the way. My daughter, 5' is a tremendous athlete but my son can beat her at any sport, including the one she played at the D1 level because he is bigger, faster, and more athletic. It is more fair to create an open league where all can play if they so choose. It is most definitely not fair to allow biological men into women's sports. I honestly feel the people in the media and in non-profits who believe there's no difference between biological men and women have never participated in or seen elite women's sports and that is why they think this is no big deal."
The number 2 upvoted comment (1,934 recommends):
"Finally - a note of logic and common sense in the argument for women's sports to be limited to biological women."
The number 3 upvoted comment (1,671 recommends):
"The vast majority of people understand the argument that allowing transgender athletes, in particular men who have or are transitioning to become women, to participate against women who are born women is deeply unfair and goes entirely against the spirit of Title IX. The only reason we're even having this debate is because the media is enraptured with the .02% of people who define themselves as trans and are completely willing to throw women under the bus as a consequence. There's something deeply misogynistic about expecting women to compete against men's bodies, with their bigger hearts, lungs and skeletons - and to be HAPPY about losing too."
And the praise for the article goes on and on and on. Again, we are talking about NYTimes subscribers here.
It is hard to find any topic in the US that has much more agreement than the one that says sports participation should be based on biology not self-identity.
A separate league comprised of 0-2 people won’t work so well.
Re that Ramapo article: The uncertainty as to whether there are 40 or 4,000 trans athletes stems from "systemic transphobia"?
Do progressives just have a big shared Google doc with all the buzzwords and buzz-phrases that gets updated regular, or are all progressive communications just handled by AI at this point?
From this small college in New Jersey. It’s not a nationally known college so they just referred to it as “a New Jersey college record” - Ramapo is not Rutgers, let alone Princeton
Female students attending, and competing against, relatively small colleges like Ramapo have just as much right to fairness and safety in school sports - and privacy, dignity, safety, comfort, convenience and peace of mind in the locker rooms - as female students at schools that are larger, much better-known and far more prestigious like Rutgers and Princeton.
Also, for the record, Ramapo College is a public higher education institution or New Jersey state school just like Rutgers University is.
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