You can’t have two winners in sports
It’s amazing what the Left is prepared to do to accommodate their obscene and ridiculous agenda.
It’s amazing what the Left is prepared to do to accommodate their obscene and ridiculous agenda. Now they’ve decided that to be “fair” to the devastated women who have been shut out of victories in women’s sports, they will award two “co-champions,” women and “trans” women, instead of dealing with the cold hard facts: men are winning in women’s sports and it’s a travesty.
The latest disaster occurred when the officials allowed a biological man to compete with the young women:
A controversial transgender high school track star has once again blown the competition away in three events at a competition in California on Saturday.
AB Hernandez, who was born male, won the girl's high jump, long jump and triple jump events at Saturday’s California Interscholastic Federation’s (CIF) Southern Section Track and Field Masters meet at Moorpark High School in Ventura County.
And it meant that girls who were comprehensively beaten had to share the top spot on the podium with Hernandez once again.
Principles have been discarded; morality has been ignored. Instead, we are supposed to show compassion for the poor, sexually-confused male, because he doesn’t want to be left out. Does anyone understand that this is an attack on women?
Jennifer Oliver, a parent who was interviewed by Outkick, provided this perspective after her daughter “lost” to Hernandez:
But Oliver says that [her criticism of the policies] doesn’t mean that she also dislikes Hernandez, or the way Hernandez has chosen to do life. It also doesn't mean that she doesn't have compassion and empathy for Hernandez.
‘There’s no hate,’ Oliver said. ‘None of that. My daughter is super inclusive. We get along with everybody. This has nothing to do with any of that. But we also need to do the right thing. My daughter is hoping the adults in charge will do the right thing.’
So what is the right thing?
For advocates of protecting girls’ and women’s sports, like Oliver, it’s easy. Fairness. Safety. Respect. [emphasis added]
Let’s explore the meaning of those terms: fairness, safety, respect. Fairnesssuggests that impartiality is required, a balance of perspectives. Fairness is sadly missing in this situation, because it doesn’t take into account the years that Oliver’s daughter invested to prepare for these competitions against other women. It’s also lacking fairness because as so often is pointed out in these situations, Hernandez has a male body and musculature, as well as some degree of testosterone (however small, it’s still much more than a female). It also isn’t fair because the participation of a “trans” individual actually violates the rules of the competition. How can a participant qualify to compete when he is not biologically a female? And what is fair about his defeating his competition when he is competing as a biological man?
Then there is the term, safety. In track, there are probably few physical risks to women who compete against men. But safety is most certainly a factor in other women’s sports, whether it is volleyball, soccer, or even baseball, where a man can pitch a baseball much harder than a woman and do serious damage if he hits a woman at-bat.
But now let’s look at the role of respect. First, do you think Hernandez has any respect for the rules and the women against whom he is competing? All he cares about is winning at any cost. How can a woman possibly respect a male competitor who is violating the rules for his own gain, at her expense?
And how are we supposed to respect the sports officials who are too busy covering their rear ends to realize what a travesty their decisions are to let this man compete? Do they really think that depriving the man and woman from being the sole winner is fair or respectful? By allowing “two winners” to stand on the podium, the officials have essentially admitted that they are wrong. As Mrs. Oliver said:
‘Biology is biology. We’re just hoping that they get this right next year. It’s time to do the right thing.’
I wouldn’t hold my breath.
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