FAIR News: In Defense of Women's Athletics
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Dear Friends of FAIR,
This week, FAIR’s legal team submitted a public comment regarding the Department of Education’s proposed regulations on Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. We urged the Department of Education to retract the Proposed Rule in its entirety, because it is an unworkable and contradictory policy that will harm biological females, the very group of humans Congress intended to protect with Title IX.
The Proposed Rule would retain the existing Title IX requirement that schools provide equal athletic opportunity for members of both sexes, while also adding a new requirement that implicitly contradicts this requirement, thereby making compliance with the Proposed Rule impossible. A competitive sports team that is open to both male and female members cannot effectively accommodate the abilities of members of both sexes, a key factor in establishing compliance with Title IX regulations. This is due to the fact that physical ability of males versus females, on average, is widely disparate in several measures.
FAIR’s Managing Director of Legal Advocacy, Leigh Ann O’Neill, spoke to the importance of existing Title IX protections in the field of athletics:
Title IX protections have been critical in ensuring equal opportunities between men and women in school settings. We cannot let them be eroded. That’s why FAIR filed its public comment on the new proposed athletics rule this week. This proposal does nothing to protect females. Instead, it makes it more difficult for schools to create equal opportunities for females in sports.
Telling the truth is a way of life for courageous people. Peaceful change cannot happen without a commitment to the truth, which includes the reality of differences between the sexes. Read FAIR’s full comment here.
Warmly,
The Team at the Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism
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So grateful for the letter and comment. As a female, no matter how hard I've tried to compete against my husband and two sons in certain sports or athletic games, I don't have the muscle mass to beat them. The reason women are vulnerable to rape is because of their inability to fight back with as much force. This is just a fact of biology. If this passes, there is just no reason for women to continue to compete. It will erase and nullify our own strengths and tbh, I can't believe it has even come to this.
Thanks for taking a fair stand! For more on the science backing your position, check out https://normanjansen.substack.com/p/fairness-for-female-athletes which for some reason has been blocked by the google search engine. So much for free speech and open dialog...