This article from The Heritage Foundation argues that it is unfair for biological males to compete in women’s sports because they have physical advantages that give them an edge. Men naturally have stronger muscles, bigger bones, and greater lung capacity, which makes them faster and stronger. Even if they take hormones to lower testosterone, many of these advantages remain. Women’s sports were created to give female athletes a fair chance to compete, but allowing biological males to participate takes away that fairness. This can hurt female athletes by limiting their chances to win, earn scholarships, or gain recognition.
The article uses examples and science to explain why this is a problem. Research shows that male athletes consistently perform better than females, even at similar levels of training. For example, in track and field, the best times for female athletes are often beaten by thousands of male athletes, including high school boys. This shows that the physical differences between men and women have a big impact on sports performance. Hormones alone cannot erase these advantages because men’s bodies develop differently during puberty, building stronger muscles and bones.
The article also gives real-life examples of transgender athletes competing in women’s sports. For instance, CeCe Telfer, a transgender woman, won an NCAA championship in women’s track after competing as a male earlier in college. Another athlete, June Eastwood, who previously ran on a men’s team, became one of the top runners on a women’s team. While these athletes do not always win, their participation changes the competition and takes away opportunities from female athletes. The way I feel about this topic is similar to the article I am responding to, I feel as women who have worked hard to get into national sports are being taking adventadge of by men claiming to be women. This is very wrong considering it has took women lots of time work and dedication and now they are being stripped of their hard work.
Andrea Jones and Clare Helper state, " With the rise of transgender policies in sports that allow biological men and boys to compete against women and girls, the playing field will be irreversibly skewed toward the biologically male athletes." They also state that these rules are unfair to women and could ruin the future of women’s sports. Women have fought for decades to create equal opportunities in sports, and these gains are now at risk. The article argues that fairness should come first and that the differences between men and women must be respected when making rules for competition.
In conclusion, the article says that while inclusion is important, it should not hurt fairness. Protecting women’s sports means recognizing the physical differences between men and women and keeping the competition fair for female athletes.
Deano,
ReplyDeleteThe issue is not only are biologically born men physically different (more muscle, bone density,etc.) as you state and these give them an advantage in sports to biological women. The issue also is that women can get seriously hurt in competition with biologically born men in sports. Its dangerous and there are rules for a reason.
I think this artical brings up valid points that I can agree with it was a nice read.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your sharing, it's very useful to understand this issue.
ReplyDeleteThis article contends that transgender women, due to natural physical advantages gained from male puberty, have an unfair edge over biological women in sports. It provides examples like CeCe Telfer and June Eastwood to show how these advantages can alter competitions and diminish women’s opportunities.
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