Authored by Robert Bridge via The Strategic Culture Foundation,
It seems ridiculous to have to remind anyone of the obvious anatomical differences between males and females, but such is the state of the current world we live in.
Laurel Hubbard will go down in the history books at the Tokyo Olympics as the first transgender athlete to compete at the Games.
But the consequences of this decision for female athletes and women in general will be devastating and long-lasting.
The day may be imminent when natural-born females are no longer represented on the Olympic medal podium as biological males start to make serious inroads into their sports.
Laurel Hubbard, 43, is among five weightlifters chosen to represent New Zealand in the Tokyo Olympics to compete in the women’s 87-kilogram category. As an aside, he is also the progeny of Dick Hubbard, the former liberal mayor of Auckland. The criticism and controversy that has greeted the news of the first transgender athlete to participate in the Games does not seem misplaced. First, Hubbard, whose inclusion won the approval of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, will enjoy a competitive advantage over his contenders that has been scientifically proven to come with inborn male attributes.
It seems ridiculous to have to remind anyone of the obvious anatomical differences between males and females, but such is the state of the current world we live in.
According to one study, published by the British Journal of Sports Medicine, “trans women still had a 9% faster mean run speed after the 1 year period of testosterone suppression that is recommended by World Athletics for inclusion in women’s events.”
The developmental biologist Dr. Emma Hilton seconded this opinion.
“Males can run faster, jump longer, throw further and lift heavier than females,” Hilton confirmed in a 2019 discussion.
“They outperform females by 10% on the running track to 30% when throwing various balls.”
Hilton went on to produce some sports trivia to support her claim:
- there are 9,000 males between 100m world record holders Usain Bolt and Florence Griffith Joyner, the fastest woman of all time;
- the current female 100m Olympic champion, Elaine Thompson, is slower than the 14 year old schoolboy record holder;
- under-15 boys squad beat the U.S. Women’s National Team in a scrimmage.
And so on.
Those raw statistics are not meant to diminish, of course, the tremendous achievements made by female athletes. Rather, they are meant to demonstrate the very definite boundary that exists – or should exist – between male and female contenders. In fact, the physical differences between the sexes could actually come down to a matter of life and death. Already blood has been spilt.
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