American Journalism: Where Logic and Decency Go to Die

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Recently, my Google homepage included a link to an article with the following title:

Lia Thomas and the long tradition of ‘gender policing’ female athletes

The subtitle of the article was as follows:

For as long as women have excelled at sports in the modern era, their gender and sexuality have faced fierce scrutiny, historians say.

“Whoa,” I said to myself. “Gender policing of female athletes sounds rather ominous. And female athletes having their gender and sexuality being fiercely scrutinized sounds rather mean-spirited and sexist as well. What could possibly be driving this foul behavior?”

To find out, I had no choice but to dive into the article’s sinewy body.

Round-Up the Usual Suspects

Unsurprisingly, the author of the article, Julie Compton, couldn’t find any reasonable explanation for the “gender policing” that female athletes are subjected to. It all boiled down to the classic bugbears of The Woke: sexism, racism, homophobia, and transphobia. Here are some examples culled from the article:

Sexism

Example one:

“‘Historically, there’s just been a concern that sports would masculinize women or that women might either feminize sports or that you would lose gender distinctions that many people valued,’ said Susan Cahn, a history professor at the University of Buffalo and the author of ‘Coming on Strong: Gender and Sexuality in Women’s Sport.'”

Example two:

“Although normal testosterone levels can vary widely among men (around 300 to 1,000 nanograms per deciliter), only female athletes are subjected to such tests. [Lindsey Parks Pieper, an associate professor of sport management at the University of Lynchburg in Virginia,] said sports in the U.S. have traditionally served as a space for men to cultivate and prove masculinity and that high-performing male athletes have never been viewed as suspicious, regardless of their performances.”

Racism

“‘By the 2010s, sporting authorities had begun zeroing in on athletes’ testosterone levels, with much of their suspicion falling on high-performing athletes of color from the Global South,’ said Pieper. South African middle distance runner Caster Semenya and Indian sprinter Dutee Chand, for example, were required to undergo tests over concerns they were too fast.”

Homophobia

“After the media outed [Martina] Navratilova and fellow tennis legend Billie Jean King as gay, a fear of lesbianism began to grip the world of women’s sports. King and Navratilova lost valuable sponsorship opportunities and faced the potential ends of their careers.”

Transphobia

Example one:

“Nevertheless, [Renée Richards, a tennis player who was the first cos-woman* to compete in a professional female division,] ignited fears that trans women would ‘herald the end of women’s sports as we know it,’ said Joanna Harper, a medical physicist and the author of ‘Sporting Gender: The History, Science, and Stories of Transgender and Intersex Athletes.'”

Example two:

“Among the few [cos-women athletes since Richards to compete in the female division] is trans swimmer Lia Thomas of the University of Pennsylvania, who broke records at the Ivy League Championships last month and is scheduled to compete in the NCAA Women’s Division I Swimming and Diving Championships, which begin Wednesday in Atlanta. Thomas has attracted intense media scrutiny over her appearance, with conservative news sites, in particular, referring to her as a man, using her former name (also known as ‘deadnaming’) and featuring photos of her from before her transition.”

* Human beings can’t transition their sex. No amount of surgeries and drugs will ever give a man functioning ovaries and a functioning vagina. And no amount of surgeries and drugs will ever give a woman functioning testicles and a functioning penis. “Trans people” aren’t transitioning shit. All they’re doing is cosplaying—using fashion, make-up, chemicals, and surgery to take on the appearance of the opposite sex. And because I think words are important, and their usage should convey truth, not falsehood, I refuse to use the terms trans-woman and trans-man. The terms cos-woman and cos-man are much better for conveying reality. 

The Real Reason There’s Been a “Long Tradition of Gender Policing Female Athletes”

Here’s the real reason why there’s been a “long tradition of gender policing female athletes:” Sub-elite male athletes can beat elite female athletes. Sub-elite and elite female athletes, on the other hand, can’t beat elite male athletes. In other words, there’s no need to “gender police” male athletes because women can’t game athletic contests by pretending to be male.

Case in point: As a young man, I had some aptitude for weightlifting. In my mid-20s I weighed 190 pounds and bench-pressed 385 pounds. And this fairly impressive weightlifting prowess was achieved without PEDs and without herculean effort—I worked out for an hour or so two or three times a week.

Now let’s look at the current bench-press record for American women in the 190-pound weight class. According to the United States Powerlifting Association, Cheryl Ritchie set the record in the raw division (no PEDs allowed) by benching 265.7 pounds this past November.

Really? Two hundred and sixty-six pounds? My goal here isn’t to dunk on Ms. Ritchie, but 266 pounds is a joke. I was benching that when I was 17 years old. Had our vaunted elites decided to screw with the definition of a woman in the 80s, and had I decided to identify as a woman in my 20s, my bench-press record would still be a national record today—by a wide margin (nearly 120 pounds).

Here’s another example of a non-elite male weightlifter crushing his elite female counterparts:

Finally, so there’s no confusion, here’s what happens when elite male athletes compete against elite female athletes. It ain’t pretty.

Worst-Reason Bias

I don’t know what’s going on in our nation’s journalism schools, but it appears that their main mission is to inculcate their students with the woke version of worst-reason bias. What’s the woke version of worst-reason bias? Here it is in a nutshell:

• No one can ever disagree with our woke overlords for legitimate reasons.
• So when you cover a story or examine a controversial subject, don’t bother to reach out to “heretics” and respectfully consider their reasons for rejecting the woke narrative.
• Only turn to woke experts who not only “prove” the woke narrative but also “prove” that “heretics” are nothing but pond scum.

Final Thoughts

Lia Thomas may have “transitioned,” but his testicles haven’t. They only know how to do two things: produce testosterone and semen. And no amount of surgeries, drugs, and the shaming of the “transphobic” will ever change that. Mr. Thomas’s testicles will never produce estrogen and eggs.

For this version of woke nonsense to stop, female athletes have to start standing up for themselves. Our woke overlords, for whatever reason, are determined to turn biological sex into something as complex and confusing as quantum physics. And no amount of logic or decency will deter our woke overlords from pursuing their gender-bending new world order. The only thing that will stop them is rebellion. Once female athletes refuse to compete against biological males, our woke overlords will have no choice but to back down, and the Lia Thomases of the world won’t be able to ruin athletic competition with their cosplay.

Okay, groovy freedomist, that’s all I got. What say you? Is Julie Compton right? Are female athletes the victims of totally unreasonable, totally malicious, gender policing? Or is Julie Compton the victim of woke indoctrination and suffering from a severe case of worst-reason bias? Let me know what you think when you get a chance. Peace.