#save women’s sports

[caitlinjohns77]

[fadedelegance]

This guy legit has no idea why 2 of the 3 women he cheated aren’t standing up on that podium next to him. He’s 100% serious. There is no irony here.

But props to those women for refusing to stand up there!

I agree with everyone who says women should refuse to compete in and refuse to attend these events until these morons get the damn picture.

P.S. What the fuck is this wOmAn+ shit?

[coochiequeens]

Whoever did this should make it a series

Stolen from Ovarit

[coochiequeens]

The girls team with the boy was going to compete against girls who could not interact with him for religious reasons without any prior communication.

By Anna Slatz January 8, 2024

A girls basketball team from a Muslim high school in California may have canceled a game after the school’s board was made aware that the opposing team had a trans-identified male player.

On Thursday, January 4, Averroes High School was set to compete against San Francisco Waldorf in a girls varsity basketball event, but the event was abruptly canceled. While the school has not provided comment on the reason why the sudden forfeiture took place, the decision was reportedly the result of the institution being made aware that a male player was participating on the Waldorf girls’ team.

Averroes is an Islamic school in the Bay Area, and sources close to the matter speculate that the hesitancy to compete against Waldorf was due to religious objections regarding the Muslim girls risking physical contact with the male player.

While the name of the male student will not be released at the request of sources, Reduxx has reviewed past game footage featuring the boy on the Waldorf team. He is seen towering above his female counterparts, boasting an obvious height and limb length advantage. According to team rosters, the male student has also retained his “masculine” name.

SF Waldorf playing a match against another California high school in November.

Speaking to Reduxx, Julie Lane of Women Are Real, an independent, California-based women’s advocacy group, revealed that information on the Waldorf player was first brought to their attention by a concerned father in November of 2023. His daughter had played a game against Waldorf, and had been left “traumatized” by the experience. Following the tip, Lane scouted out a Waldorf event to see for herself.

“The boy had an obvious advantage,” she says. “[The girls] didn’t necessarily run their offense through him, probably because they didn’t want to be targeted. But he got most rebounds and was able to jump much higher than the girls.”

She continued by noting that the male player “was not particularly skilled,” but that he had a longer range of arm reach and could jump significantly higher.

“They were at a complete disadvantage,” Lane says. “I caught one scramble for the ball with another player and my heart stopped. She was more than a foot shorter than him and could have been seriously injured.”

According to the statistics tracked by MaxPreps, the Waldorf Wolverines Girls Varsity team has won all but one game it has participated in over the past year.

Determined to raise awareness of the Waldorf player, the team at Women Are Real looked into the school’s upcoming games. Learning about their scheduled appearance against Averroes, a religious school focused on Muslim youth, the group then contacted the school’s board to alert them to the presence of a male on the opposing team.

“I was hopeful and thought there was no way this board would let their female athletes participate with a boy,” Lane said, noting that she never received a response from Averroes.

On January 4, Lane and some members from the Women Are Real team arranged to attend the match between the Waldorf and Averroes teams. But upon arriving, Lane was unable to locate the girls’ event. Confused, Lane approached some parents for answers, and was directed to speak to a female Waldorf student who had been sitting on the bleachers watching the boys’ game.

But Averroes has avoided providing a concrete, official answer about their motivation for abruptly canceling the match, and did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

Jean Berns, another representative with Women Are Real, believes the confusion and silence surrounding the cancelation suggests Waldorf’s male player was the cause.

“As the school hasn’t made an official statement we can’t say for sure why the game was canceled. However, none of the multiple reasons we have heard from various sources make sense. We heard from the school director that there were not enough athletes to field a team, yet they played a game two days later with more than enough players. We heard from others that the coach was ill, yet he was able to coach the boys team the same evening of the cancelation. All this mystery and secrecy leads me to believe that the true reason for the cancelation most likely involves the male athlete,” she said, adding that she was “relieved” when she learned the game had been called off.

“On one hand, I feel strongly that no girl’s safety should ever be compromised and that no girl should be competing against a boy unawares. On the other hand, I’m saddened that the result is girls quietly self-selecting out of sports,” she continued.

“Will girls’ sport die a silent death here in California? Seeing that the boys game went on made me angry. Nothing has happened to them. What message are we sending these young girls?”

Speaking with Reduxx, Marshi Smith of the Independent Council on Women’s Sports speculates that the confusion surrounding Averroes’ forfeiture may be the result of concerns about potential penalization from the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF).

“The CIF falsely claims that boys who say their ‘gender identity’ is ‘female’ have legal entitlements to girls’ opportunities and access to girls’ teams, dorms, locker rooms, scholarships, titles and records,” she explains. “Families and schools like Averroes are wrongly told they’ll be in violation of federal law if they don’t force their daughters to compete against or with males. Tragically, feeling powerless, teams will quietly forfeit more and more.”

But Smith says CIF’s threats are “false and unethical,” and calls on schools and families to push back against gender ideology-based policies.

“Families must boldly oppose this injustice against women and girls now. There are millions of Americans ready to champion them.”

UPDATE: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that SF Waldorf had won “every single” game it had competed in over the past year. This has been updated to reflect a single loss.

[asvidema]

finally got to sit down and draw my interpretation of Penelope, queen of Ithaca, from epic: the musical

also as a bonus, her namesake duck

[a-room-of-my-own]

If you thought men wouldn’t steal medals from disabled women athletes because they still had a few crumbs of dignity - well you had way too much faith in them.

[she-is-ovarit]

Hopefully we can agree that while fishing and chess are also classified as sports, there is a huge difference between the reliance of physical ability in swimming or football versus chess.

Yet even so, males still find a way to sexually violate women and turn their "neutral, biological differences" into a weapon even in chess tournaments.

The rape and sexual assault of black female chess players aside, perhaps it was on me for not acknowledging within my original post that we also advocate for female-only sports because female human beings deserve the right to organize and have hobbies away from their violent and misogynistic oppressors. Chess and fishing are among some of the more misogynistic, boys club sports cultures out there. Women are vastly outnumbered in chess not only nationally, but globally—across borders and cultures. I wonder why that is?

And, just FYI, the chess divisions aren't even a matter of "men vs. women's" divisions. There is an "open category" (inclusive to both sexes) and then a women's only category. I can understand how that can be confusing since professional chess has been comprised of like 95% male chess players for ages.

We are not advocating for female-only sports because we "believe women are inherently not as capable as men based on biological differences of the sexes". We are advocating for female-only sports because we understand that there are neutral, biological differences between male and female people and yet sports and everything else are tailored to men's biological differences and treat the male sex as the default measurement. We are advocating for female-only sports because we've often been historically expected to prove ourselves by competing against men within the systems they create.

We are not being "transphobic", "sexist", or "anti-feminist" for acknowledging there are neutral, biological differences between the sexes. You are being sexist for treating male as the default and expecting us to meet male standards.

[breannastewart]

co-founder breanna stewart scores the first points in unrivaled history ❤️‍🔥 an endless amount of breanna stewart gifsets 18/??

[radical-fire-vixen]

women deserve to have our medals taken away. especially by males who can’t win in their own sports leagues.

[khloeketamine]

you know... not everything needs to be inclusive.

[p0pipos]

saying that men are on average physically stronger/faster than women is no more a judgment of worth than saying that men are on average taller than women.

being stronger or faster doesn't make you "better," and no one is saying women are inferior because of this. being shorter doesn't make you inferior. they're neutral biological facts that don't determine your worth. kind of like being male or female!

[majchic]

[yen-sids-tournament]

Cool Runnings: Olympics, International: Jamacia--McFarland, USA: Sports, International: USA--Pirates of the Caribbean: Pirates, International: Caribbean+--The Three Caballeros: Donald-USA, Jose-Brazil, Panchito-Mexico--The Emperor's New Grove: International: Inca--Rob Roy: The Highland Rogue: Scottish Folk Hero--The Story of Robin Hood: English Folk Hero--Remember the Titans: True/Inspirational, Denzel Washington!, International: USA--Rise: Sports, International: Nigeria/Greece/USA--Arjun: The Warrior Prince: International: India--Newsies: Musical, International: NYC

*International Men's Day is November 19th the goal is two part: to recognize the contributions men/boys bring to their communities and raise awareness for issues they face. First established in 1992, this year's theme is "positive male role models."

[a-room-of-my-own]

I don’t want to sound Mulder-ish but I think it’s been known for a pretty long time and that he’s been living as a man for several years. If Iman had been treated like a woman until about a year ago, I don’t think it could just flip a switch and make his trainer behave like this :

Especially if - according to what he says - he still considers him to be a woman, despite his condition. For a woman, this kind of behavior would be a social suicide.

At this point I think everybody was aware he was in fact a boy during teenage, but that since his birth certificate was never modified, HRT could keep his testosterone levels low enough to pass the IOC’s tests during competitions, and allow him to compete with women.

But he had male puberty and male socialization, that’s pretty obvious for everyone to see, especially for someone who comes from rural Algeria.

Tu as vu l'interview d'un des entraîneurs d'Imane Khelif sur le site du Point ? Il a avoué qu'Imane est xy avec un taux de testostérone masculin (testé dans un hôpital de Paris après les mondiaux de 2023), jure que l'endocrinologue a dit qu'il était une femme quand même mais lui a fait prendre un traitement pour réduire sa testostérone au cas où. Le reste c'est de la mauvaise foi de TRA de base ("elle a la sensibilité d'une fille", "on ne peut pas l'empêcher de faire du sport !", "et les grands basketteurs alors ??") Au moins on a enfin une confirmation qui ne vient pas de l'IBA ! Concernant le langage corporel, ce qui m'a le plus choquée/fait rire, c'est qu'Imane n'a aucun problème a donner une petite tape sur le sein de son adversaire à la fin d'un match, et quelqu'un de la délégation algérienne lui a fait ça quand il a gagné la médaille d'or. Sauf que personne ne tape le sein d'une femme pour l'encourager ou la féliciter, les mecs se font ça entre eux sur les pectoraux ! Pour avoir ce réflexe-là, ils savaient donc forcément qu'il était un mec depuis un bail.

Mais évidemment. Et puis je me suis faite avoir une fois par le storytelling autour de Caster Semenya, merci mais pas deux fois.

L’article de Point a le mérite de clarifier les choses même si l’entraîneur a été d’une euh… naïveté confondante en répondant comme ça. Mais oui c’est très clair qu’ils savent tous !

[hjellacott]

UN official calls for female-only sports categories after women athletes lose 890 medals to trans opponents: report

Female athletes have also sustained serious injuries such as knocked-out teeth, concussions, broken legs, and skull fractures from their transgender opponents, as per the report.

A new study revealed that trans-identified biological men competing in women's sports has resulted in the loss of 890 medals by over 600 female athletes across 29 different sports, although experts said the numbers are likely much higher.

The shocking data comes from a recent report published by Reem Alsalem, the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women and Girls, who issued an official recommendation of banning men from competing in women's sports. The report was presented to the UN General Assembly on Oct. 8, which included a plethora of written and in-person evidence. She advised that there needs to be a protected female-only category to ensure the safety of female athletes and fairness at all levels, as reported by Sex Matters.

Alsalem called on the assembly to ensure that "female categories in organized sport are exclusively accessible to persons whose biological sex is female." She said that new sporting categories need to be created for athletes who want to compete opposite their birth sex or have the men's category be made available to all competitors.

The UN official stated that athletes should not be forced to lower testosterone levels in order to compete in any category. She also said that sports bodies should not subject athletes to invasive sex screenings.

"In cases where the sex of an athlete is unknown or uncertain, a dignified, swift, non-invasive and accurate sex screening method (such as a cheek swab) or, where necessary for exceptional reasons, genetic testing should be applied to confirm the athlete's sex. In non-professional sports spaces, the original birth certificates for verification may be appropriate. In some exceptional circumstances, such tests may need to be followed up by more complex tests," the report stated.

Alsalem called out the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and said that had it followed this protocol, the 2024 Paris Olympics boxing scandal never would have happened. The IOC determines an athlete's sporting category based on whatever sex the athlete has listed on its passport. During the Olympics, two competitors in women's wrestling were believed to be men, though their passports said they wre female and there was no indication that they identified as trans. They were believed by some to have DSD, or differences in sexual development, though they had male XY chromosomes.

Additionally, the report revealed that men competing in women's sports pose a serious safety threat to female athletes, increasing "violence at all levels."

"Female athletes are also more vulnerable to sustaining serious physical injuries when female-only sports spaces are opened to males," the report stated, citing a study that found "the least powerful man produced more power than the most powerful woman" while playing the game of volleyball. Female athletes have sustained serious injuries such as knocked-out teeth, concussions, broken legs, and skull fractures from their transgender opponents, as per the report.

The UN official also advised against allowing men in women's restrooms or changing rooms, saying that "removing single-sex spaces in sports may also increase the risk of sexual harassment, assault, voyeurism, and physical and sexual attacks in unisex locker rooms and toilets."