Hoisted On Their Own Petard?

Veronica "Ronnie" Garcia

In 1922, the first women’s Olympics took place in Paris. By 1920, 22% of U.S. universities had women’s sports. It is well known that a professional women’s baseball league (A League of Their Own) took place in the 1940s during WWII. However these gains had not yet impacted elementary and secondary education for girls. Girls' sports in high school in the 50s and 60s were largely intramural, physical education or nonexistent.

The passage of Title IX of the Education Act in 1972 put an end to this lack of opportunity to compete in organized sports for the girls in our county. This was needed due to discrimination and bias in the boys' sports, but also significantly due to the unfairness for women to have to compete with males on a sports field. Yes, unfortunately in 2024, this is a controversial statement to make. However, that does not make it untrue. Imagine a contest between the Boston Celtics and the WNBA’s champion Minnesota Lynx. I’ll let Coach Dean Vergillo expand:

“The male [runner] is going to be stronger and more powerful, so you use that to your advantage to get yourself around the track,” he continued. “As a woman, the level of strength and power is different, so you end up having to do it with more grace and finesse.”

Oh my, what a dilemma for liberal-leaning and preening females! Do they support the ‘sisterhood’, or do they give in to the LGBTQ+ mafia? Do they deny biology and actual fair opportunities for their girls, solely in order to virtue signal to their cultural ‘betters’ that they are still liberal do-gooders in good standing?!

Today we have way too many women supporting boys competing in women’s sports. Evidently, they aren’t concerned that they are supporting the undoing of all of the gains made in opportunities for girls to compete in athletics. Such supporters have gone back in time to pre-Title IX days. Sad. It makes me think of Benjamin Franklin’s quote:

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither Liberty or Safety.

With this issue of endorsing males to compete in female sports, I would amend the quote as such:

Those who would give up essential opportunities for our girls/women in sports, to purchase a little temporary feeling of ‘moral’ preening/virtue signaling deserve neither opportunities for women or even the slightest degree of ‘moral’ superiority. Shame.