At least one state has the courage to enact legislation to halt the overrunning of female sports by males who claim to be female. On Tuesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation that prohibits biological males from competing in female sports.
Governor’s Office – “The bill specifies that an athletic team or sport that is designated for females, women, or girls may not be open to students of the male sex, based on the student’s biological sex listed on the student’s official birth certificate at the time of birth. The bill applies the requirements to interscholastic, intercollegiate, intramural, or club athletic teams or sports that are sponsored by a public secondary school, high school, public college, or university institution. The bill provides civil remedies for those who suffer harm by violations of the section of law.” (link)
DeSantis signed the bill despite threats from the NCAA to ban Florida from hosting NCAA championship events. DeSantis noted:
“Some of these organizations say they’re not going to hold events if you do this, just let me say very clearly, in Florida, we’re going to do what’s right, we will stand up to corporations, they are not going to dictate the policies in this state.”
Anyone with a shred of common sense understands that males, on average, are bigger, stronger and quicker than females once puberty takes place. There is a reason that there are no female NFL players, no female NBA players and no female players in Major League baseball.
The Florida bill maintains opportunities for female athletes to demonstrate their strength, skills, and athletic abilities and to provide them with opportunities to obtain recognition and accolades, college scholarships, and numerous other long-term benefits that result from participating and competing in athletic endeavors.
The whole idea of Title IX was to provide females with the opportunity to engage in competitive sports and, in so doing, to glean the long-term benefits that come from engaging in such endeavors.
The issue of identity is a complex one. No matter how a person dresses or behaves or superficially appears, he or she cannot change his or her underlying biological sex. Your DNA is immutable. A pediatrician that I knew once told me that, if a parent brought a child in who believed he/she was of the opposite sex, she would recommend a therapist to try to uncover the reasoning behind such thoughts. In the vast majority of cases, there is an external force which creates this image in a person’s mind. Such people need to be treated to understand the causes of such ideas.
If the NCAA decides to follow through on their threat, it may be time to organize a boycott of NCAA events. Perhaps we could start with March Madness. A significant boycott of this event would certainly get the attention of the NCAA big time.