Earlier this summer, we learned all about Gavin “Laurel” Hubbard, a transsexual female from New Zealand (in other words, a dude who thinks he’s a dudette) who would be competing in the Olympics as a weightlifter. Unfortunately for Gavin, he’s not a particularly good weightlifter.
I guess by New Zealand standards he’s considered to be pretty good. But, in competition, he was eliminated after failing to make a single lift. Since he sucks at weightlifting, him competing at the Olympics was moot. But, if he had any talent at all, it could have spelled disaster for the real women weightlifters.
I don’t know about you, but I don’t think men should be allowed to compete against women in sports. Not even men with the delusion that they are women. A coed feats-of-strength competition might be OK during Festivus, but it doesn’t have any place at the Olympics.
You might wonder how a man could be allowed to compete against women in the first place. It turns out the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has certain criteria that must be met. One of those criteria is that the athlete must demonstrate that his testosterone level is below a specific measurement for at least 12 months prior to his first competition.
As a transgender female, Gavin must have a testosterone level of less than 10 nanomoles per liter.
The problem is that the testosterone level that allows a man to compete against a woman is still at least five times higher than what’s considered normal for most real woman.
How is that fair? Testosterone is what makes men physically stronger than women. It seems that an athlete having more testosterone in their system would have an unfair advantage over their competition.
It turns out that the IOC agrees. Well, sort of.
Namibian track and field stars Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi were on track to medal in the 400m in this year’s Olympics. Then, they were banned from competing in the race. The reason? Their natural testosterone levels are too high.
Christine and Beatrice fall into the category of “Athletes with Differences of Sexual Development” (ASD). Yes, there is such a thing. I’m not making it up.
According to ASD rules, Christine and Beatrice qualify as female for the 200m, but fail to qualify as female for the 400m, 800m and mile races.
To be allowed to compete in races between 400m and a mile, Christine and Beatrice, who are actual women, would need to take drugs to artificially reduce their naturally-occurring testosterone levels to less than five nanomoles per liter.
Five nanomoles per liter is half the testosterone level allowed for Gavin/Laurel, as a female transgender athlete.
I believe that the requirements for proving you’re a woman should be the same as the requirements for proving you’re not a man.
But maybe there’s another way. What if Christine and Beatrice simply claimed that they’re transgender women? As transgendered women, their testosterone level would be fine. Because it would be below the higher level allowed for men who are pretending to be women.
And, as transgendered women, anyone claiming that they weren’t “real women” would be immediately attacked by woke people everywhere. The two women would be hailed as brave role models for the trans community and the entire world.
It would be a win for everyone. Except for Christine and Beatrice, who continue to fight for the right to be recognized as the women they are.
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