Republicans in the North Carolina state House have filed a bill titled, “Save Women’s Sports Act.”
House Bill 358, the “Save Women’s Sports Act,” would prohibit biological males from participating in “interscholastic or intramural athletic activities” for “females, women or girls.”
And according to the bill, “Sex shall be recognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.”
The bill states, “men generally have ‘denser, stronger bones, tendons and ligaments’ and ‘larger hearts, greater long volume per body mass, a higher red blood cell count, and higher hemoglobin.’ Neel Burton, The Battle of the Sexes, PSYCHOL. TODAY, (July 2, 2012).”
The bill also notes that a “study of female and male Olympic performances since 1983 found that, although athletes from both sexes improved over the time span, the ‘gender gap’ between female and male performances remained stable.”
The bill states that policies like those of the International Olympic Committee that require biological males to undergo at least one year of testosterone suppression before competing in women’s sports “does not create a level playing field.” According to the bill the muscle mass advantage that males have over females is not removed by a year of testosterone suppression.
The bill states, “having separate sex-specific teams furthers efforts to promote sex equality. Sex-specific teams accomplish this by providing opportunities for female athletes to demonstrate their skill, strength, and athletic abilities while also providing them with opportunities to obtain recognition and accolades, college scholarships, and the numerous other long-term benefits that flow from success in athletic endeavors.”
With the introduction of this bill, North Carolina is joining 29 other state legislatures that are in vary stages of considering similar legislation to protect women’s sports. The bills are a response to an executive order signed by President Joe Biden, which has been interpreted to require that transgender athletics be allowed to compete in sports in the gender with which they identify.
The opposition to that executive order has been widespread and includes women athletes such as former tennis champion Martina Navratilova, who has been quoted as saying, “It’s insane and it’s cheating.”
I can’t wait to see how the votes fall,and,if our gubernatorial goober will veto the bill.
Any wagers??
Excellent! Common sense prevails. Men should have the same protection.
Not that I’m surprised at John hammers endorsement of bigotry this is all a distraction from Republican efforts to kill voting rights especially for black people. The Republican party is the party of white supremacy and it doesn’t matter how non-racist a member of the Republican party thinks they are the bottom line is they routinely support policies that disproportionately harm black people just because they don’t overtly use the n-word doesn’t mean they’re not racist.
…huh?
I even typed the original comment slowly and yet you do not comprehend the basic link between the Republican southern strategy and the racists it is meant to appeal to. Go to youtube and look up Lee Atwater 1981 and hear regan’s own strategist say in his words that Republican policies appeal to racists.
Define “racist”.
Racist – “Peanut Arbuckle”
Playing the race card again? Give it a rest for once.
When you do racist things the race card is more than appropriate.
Cool how you made this about race when it’s about gender.
Seems you might be the one who is a tad racist.
There you go deflecting from Republican racism by saying that someone who points out Republican racism is somehow racist themselves?. That’s the equivalent of “I know you are but what am I” . Your comment is a false equivalency by any measure.
Again look up the southern strategy and Lee atwater’s comments in 1981 about how the Republican party appeals to racists
We can depend on our state government to take up a challenge for girls athletics. The reason these wimpy boys are crossing over is they can’t make it in the boys group.Maybe the state could come up with a meet just for crossovers. I for one don’t care to go to a female track meet and see a brute of a boy participating with a group of young girls.Grow up Democratic leaders and give it up.
How many girls track meets have you actually attended? I bet if you exclude going to watch a specific person (like a daughter or family friend) you quickly realize you don’t care to go to a high school girls track meet regardless of the gender identity of its participants.
Love your sexism and hatred of “others” though. Shines the MAGA right into you.
There is no “gender identity”. There are two sexes – male and female.
Love your confusion and hatred of reality, though. Shines the Maglite right on to your mentally ill head.
Gender identity. Gender identity. Gender identity. Trigger much?
The point is Rich doesn’t care for HS girls track meets and is feigning that he might enjoy attending one.
Why do you think it is appropriate to shine a bright light in someone’s face that you perceive to be mentally ill? You got issues.
Well, one would need to see if anybody’s home.
A Maglite is a great instrument to knock on that door, too, if you know what I mean. It gives a good haircut.
You are clearly not a biologist or a sociologist.
Perhaps you should use a dictionary and look up the word racist. Perhaps the term white supremacist is more accurate. Dolt
Wonder what you call someone born with both reproductive organs. That’s testicles and ovaries in case you thought it was a penis and vagina.
Both reproductive organs do not indicate both hormones would be present. One can have ovaries that do not function, let’s say.
In the rare cases both organs are present, it is quite the small number of the population and should not even be an issue. But, those on the left have to divide people, as it creates constant victimhood and keeps the grievance machine chugging along.
Finally, are the two of you biologists? I’m not a veterinarian, but I know when my pet has fleas.
If psychologically impaired boys want to pretend they are what they aren’t, that’s okay, but the rest of us shouldn’t be expected to participate in their delusion. For people who keep telling us to follow the science, the democrats don’t seem to be very good at it.
Only psychologically impaired people claim that being transgender is a psychological impairment
I didn’t realize that you, Wayne, are participating in girls high school athletics. Fascinating – learn something new every day.
Today we learned that you are arrogant and not very smart. We should have figured that out from your earlier posts. Don’t bother with a smartaz response. Rhino stories age quickly, so after 3 days, I delete them from my inbox.