There once was a man named Michael Phelps who became the most decorated Olympian of all time by winning 28 medals for swimming. Twenty-three of the medals Phelps won are gold medals, which is the record for the most golds by a single athlete. Now there’s another man in swimming making waves all over America, Will Thomas. Will is not famous for his swimming ability. He swam on the University of Pennsylvania’s team, finishing second in some races and scoring some respectable times. However, he was never going to be a world-class swimmer as a man. Fortunately for Will (although not for the ladies he now competes against), he had the option of saying he’s really a girl and swimming against women. As Lia Thomas, he’s breaking records right and left and racking up victories over women who cannot possibly hope to beat him.
There’s a good reason for separating many
sports into men’s and women’s divisions. It’s not a matter of opinion
that men are stronger and faster than women and that there is a huge gap
between how well men perform and how well women perform. Duke’s Center
for Sports Law and Policy has studied real-world results in sports,
comparing the differences between males and females. They find that an average gap of 10%-12%
exists between males and females and that even non-elite male athletes
consistently and, significantly, out-perform elite female athletes. No
female swimmer has a chance against a male swimmer whose only claim to
being a woman is that he says he is a woman............To Read More....
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