Crowder Says: Biological Males Should Not Compete in Women’s Sports: Change My Mind, Part One

Biological Males Should Not Compete in Women’s Sports: Change My Mind, Part One
Brodigan - March 28, 2022 at 09:03AM

In this edition of "Change My Mind," Steven Crowder heads to the University of North Texas to see what students think about biological males competing in women's sports. Spoiler: They should not.

Biological Males Should Not Compete in Women's Sports (Part 1) | Change My Mind <a href="https://youtu.be/EP1_aLzdmsw" target="_blank">youtu.be</a> KEY DETAILS: <ul> <li>In 2021, 31 states introduced bills banning biological males from girls’ sports. SOURCE: <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/15/politics/anti-transgender-legislation-2021/index.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CNN</a></li> <li>TESTOSTERONE <ul> <li>Men have, on average, 15-20x more testosterone than women. SOURCES: <a href="https://www.mayocliniclabs.com/test-catalog/Clinical+and+Interpretive/83686" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">MayoClinic, MayoClinic</a></li> <li>Testosterone enhances red blood cell production, decreases fat, increases muscle, and increases bone density. SOURCES: <a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/sexual-health/in-depth/testosterone-therapy/art-20045728" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">MayoClinic</a>, <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12830370/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">PubMed</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF PUBERTY BLOCKERS SOURCES: <a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/gender-dysphoria/in-depth/pubertal-blockers/art-20459075" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mayo Clinic</a>, <a href="https://www.stlouischildrens.org/conditions-treatments/transgender-center/puberty-blockers" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">St Louis Children’s Hospital</a>, <a href="https://eje.bioscientifica.com/view/journals/eje/155/suppl_1/1550131.xml?amp;ssource=mfr&rss=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">EJE</a> <ul> <li>Decreased bone density</li> <li>Stunted growth</li> <li>Decreased strength</li> <li>Fatigue</li> <li>Sterility</li> <li>Insomnia</li> <li>Headaches</li> <li>Muscle aches</li> <li>Weight gain</li> <li>Increased risk of cardiac disease</li> <li>Increased risk of breast/uterine cancer</li> <li>No way to resume puberty even after drugs are stopped</li> <li>Alters brain development</li> <li>AND these are the SAME drugs used to chemically castrate sex offenders. SOURCE: <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/06/alabama-chemical-castration/591226/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Atlantic</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> MEN’S VS. WOMEN’S WORLD RECORDS <ul> <li>MEN’S 1 MILE RUN: 3:43.13. SOURCES: <a href="https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/fastest-run-one-mile-(female)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GWR</a>, <a href="https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/fastest-run-one-mile-(male)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GWR</a> <ul> <li>Compare to WOMEN’S 1 MILE RUN: 4:12.33</li> </ul> </li> <li>MEN’S 800 FREESTYLE SWIM: 7:32.12. SOURCES: <a href="https://swimswam.com/records/mens-world-records-lcm/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">SS</a>, <a href="https://swimswam.com/records/womens-world-records-lcm/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">SS</a> <ul> <li>Compare to WOMEN’S: 7:59.34</li> </ul> </li> <li>MEN’S POWERLIFTING SQUAT (Raw+Wraps): 1102.3 pounds. SOURCES: <a href="https://www.openpowerlifting.org/records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">OPL</a>, <a href="https://www.openpowerlifting.org/records/women" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">OPL</a> <ul> <li>Compare to WOMEN’S: 705.4 pounds</li> </ul> </li> </ul> COMPARING % OF TRANS ATHLETES TO WINS HIGH SCHOOL <ul> <li>An estimated 2% of high schoolers are trans. And 60% of high schoolers are athletes. SOURCES: <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/68/wr/mm6803a3.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CDC</a>, <a href="https://www.childtrends.org/indicators/participation-in-school-athletics" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ChildTrends</a></li> <li>If this ratio holds, an estimated 1.2% of high school athletes are trans.</li> </ul> COMPARE TO WINS <ul> <li>Lia Thomas recently WON the NCAA women’s swim championship in the 500-meter race. SOURCE: <a href="https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/wisconsin-waukesha-christmas-parade-car-plow-11-22-21/index.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NYPost</a> <ul> <li>She also broke records in both the 500- and 200-meter races, winning the 200 by 7 seconds. SOURCE: <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/dec/5/transgender-swimmer-lia-thomas-smashes-womens-reco/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">WashTimes</a></li> <li>And in January, the NCAA updated its transgender participation policy: “Transgender student-athletes will need to document sport-specific testosterone levels beginning four weeks before their sport's championship selections." SOURCE: <a href="https://ncaaorg.sidearmsports.com/news/2022/1/19/media-center-board-of-governors-updates-transgender-participation-policy.aspx" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NCAA</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>At the 2018 Connecticut State Track Championships, trans teen Terry Miller took first place in the 100- AND 200-meter dash races. That’s two out of three races Miller competed in--67%. SOURCE: <a href="https://ct.milesplit.com/meets/303762-ciac-state-open-outdoor-championships-2018/results/597236/formatted" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">MileSplitCT</a></li> </ul> PRO ATHLETES <ul> <li>About 0.6% of the US population identifies as transgender (high estimate). SOURCE: <a href="https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/Trans-Adults-US-Aug-2016.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">UCLA</a></li> <li>COMPARE TO WINS/RECORDS: In 2019, trans powerlifter Mary Gregory won 9 out of 9 events and set 4 world records at the US 100% Raw Weightlifting Federation competition in the US. Note that Gregory was later stripped of these titles after a urine test led the committee to conclude Gregory was physiologically a male. SOURCES: <a href="https://au.sports.yahoo.com/bloody-joke-olympians-fume-transgender-athletes-weightlifting-records-034841855.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YahooSport</a>, <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/5274675/transgender-weightlifter-stripped-of-titles-cant-compete-as-a-woman/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GlobalNews</a></li> </ul> MOST EGREGIOUS EXAMPLES OF TRANS ATHLETES BEATING WOMEN/SETTING RECORDS <ul> <li>LIA THOMAS: The University of Pennsylvania swimmer has broken a plethora of school and Ivy League records since moving from the men’s to the women’s team. <ul> <li>Thomas has the top times in the NCAA women’s 200- and 500-meter freestyle.</li> <li>If she was competing in the men’s division she would have the 893rd best 200-meter time and the 501st best 500-meter time.</li> </ul> </li> <li>LAUREL HUBBARD: New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard won two gold medals at the Pacific Games and was on track to dominate the sport until a serious injury. SOURCE: <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/the-glorious-victories-of-trans-athletes-are-shaking-up-sports/" target="_blank">Wired</a> <ul> <li>Hubbard made her Olympic debut in Tokyo at age 43, but failed to medal. SOURCE: <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/transgender-olympian-laurel-hubbard-fails-win-medal-olympic-debut-rcna1568" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NBCNews</a></li> <li>And according to the International Olympic Committee’s guidelines, Laurel Hubbard only needs to demonstrate that her total testosterone level in serum has been below 288ng/dL for at least 12 months prior to her first competition. That’s 5 to 20 times more than the average woman. SOURCES: <a href="https://stillmed.olympic.org/Documents/Commissions_PDFfiles/Medical_commission/2015-11_ioc_consensus_meeting_on_sex_reassignment_and_hyperandrogenism-en.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">IOC</a>, <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21771278/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">PubMed</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>TERRY MILLER: Female Connecticut high school athletes are routinely cheated out of state track titles by Terry Miller & Andraya Yearwood, two biological males. Terry Miller won two state titles at the 2018 Connecticut state track championships. SOURCES: <a href="https://nypost.com/2019/03/04/trans-athletes-are-making-a-travesty-of-womens-sports/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NYPost</a>, <a href="https://media2.s-nbcnews.com/i/newscms/2020_38/3413058/2000918-connecticut-transgender-athletes-miller-mn-0925_2c4412fe5564f7787cbc51a80f616987.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NBC</a></li> <li>CECE TEFLER of Franklin Pierce University won the NCAA championship in the women’s 400-meter run. SOURCE: <a href="https://www.outsports.com/2019/6/3/18649927/ncaa-track-champion-cece-telfer-transgender-athlete-fpu-trans-testosterone" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Outsports</a></li> <li>RACHEL MCKINNON, a biological male, won a women’s cycling world championship and set the world record. SOURCE: <a href="https://www.bicycling.com/news/a29578581/rachel-mckinnon-world-championship-masters-win-transgender-sport-debate/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bicycling.com</a></li> <li>HANNAH MOUNCEY, a biological male, was one of the Australian women’s handball team’s top scorers, after previously playing for the men’s team. SOURCE: <a href="https://medium.com/@wesleymessamore/australias-63-250-lbs-hannah-mouncey-is-crushing-the-competition-at-the-asian-women-s-world-a95dbe6e374f" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Medium</a></li> <li>“MARY GREGORY” set the Masters world record for the squat, deadlift, AND bench press while competing as a woman, before being stripped of the records and screaming outrage. SOURCE: <a href="https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/05/16/stripped-womens-records-transgender-powerlifter-asks-where-do-we-draw-line/%3foutputType=amp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">WaPo</a></li> <li>“JUNE” EASTWOOD, a University of Montana Cross Country runner, was named the NCAA Big Sky Conference Female Athlete of the Week. SOURCE: <a href="https://www.thecollegefix.com/big-sky-conference-names-male-runner-female-athlete-of-the-week-leaves-out-hes-transgender/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TheCollegeFix</a>, <a href="https://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a28875180/june-eastwood-first-transgender-runner-di-cross-country/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RunnersWorld</a></li> <li>HAILEY DAVIDSON won a US professional golf tournament in May 2021. SOURCE: <a href="https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/scottish-news/7188577/golf-transgender-hailey-davidson-ayrshire/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ScottishSunUk</a></li> <li>MAXINE BLYTHIN was the star of their cricket team in 2019. SOURCE: <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7369619/amp/Kent-transgender-cricketer-reignites-row-allowed-play-womens-sports.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">DailyMail</a></li> <li>KENZIE STATZ won a women’s cycling race by two minutes in January 2021. SOURCE: <a href="https://empowerwisconsin.org/transgendered-when-equal-treatment-sets-back-equality/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">EmpowerWisconsin</a></li> <li>TIFFANY ABREU in January 2018 broke the Brazilian Volleyball tournament Superliga’s single-game scoring record by 39 points. SOURCE: <a href="https://volleymob.com/bra-transgender-player-tifanny-breaks-superliga-scoring-record/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">VolleyMob</a></li> <li>VALENTINA PETRILLO won 3 gold medals in the 2020 Paralympics. SOURCE: <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-57338207" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BBC</a></li> <li>CHELSEA WOLFE is set to compete as a BMX Freestyle rider in the Olympics. SOURCE: <a href="https://www.espn.co.uk/olympics/story/_/id/31596327/trans-bmx-rider-chelsea-wolfe-line-team-usa-tokyo-olympics" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ESPN</a></li> <li>JILLIAN BEARDEN couldn’t make it pro as a male cyclist but rode in a Pro US peloton as a woman. SOURCE: <a href="https://www.summitdaily.com/news/jillian-bearden-first-female-transgender-cyclist-to-ride-in-a-pro-u-s-peloton-emerges-as-beacon-for-other-trans-athletes/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">SummitDaily</a></li> </ul> MEN'S PHYSIOLOGICAL ADVANTAGES <ul> <li>The sports performance gap between males and females emerges at puberty and is as high as 50%. SOURCE: <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33289906/" target="_blank">PubMed</a></li> <li>AVERAGE TESTOSTERONE: Men have 15-20x more testosterone than women. SOURCES: <a href="https://www.mayocliniclabs.com/test-catalog/Clinical+and+Interpretive/83686" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">MayoClinic, MayoClinic</a></li> <li>TESTOSTERONE (long-term) EFFECTS: <ul> <li>BONE DENSITY: Men have 26-45.5% higher bone mass than women. SOURCE: <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12830370/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">PubMed</a></li> <li>RED BLOOD CELLS: higher count</li> <li>LOWER FAT</li> <li>MORE MUSCLE</li> <li>MORE FAST TWITCH MUSCLES</li> <li>80% GREATER TENDON STRENGTH</li> <li>LUNG CAPACITY/VO2MAX SOURCES: <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16406740/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">PubMed</a>, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/22/sports/olympics/22women.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NY Times</a>, <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8477683/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">PubMed</a>, <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11706283/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">PubMed</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> The Louder with Crowder Dot Com Website is on Instagram now! <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lwcnewswire/" target="_blank">Follow us at @lwcnewswire</a> and tell a friend! <img align="right" src="https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/dir-logo/215491/215491.jpg" width="350" /> from Louder With Crowder

Monday, March 28, 2022

Biological Males Should Not Compete in Women’s Sports: Change My Mind, Part One