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May 15, 2023 11:28:18   #
Dannj
 
Thomas902 wrote:
Bill female sports began in earnest 50 years ago with the implementation of Title IX...

Title IX is a Federal civil rights law that was passed in 1972 as part of the Education Amendments of that year. Its main aim is to prevent sex-based discrimination in education programs and activities that receive federal funding, such as higher education institutions, local school districts, museum programs, and libraries. These institutions must provide equal treatment across all areas of work, to both students and employees. Otherwise, they risk losing federal funding for not complying with federal law.

More over the implementation of Title IX led to strong institutional change. Women in sports, at both the elementary and higher education levels, benefited from greater access to team sports and resources. Prior to Title IX, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) did not host athletic championships for female teams. Women also failed to receive athletic scholarships for colleges and universities. Team doctors, insurance, and equal access to athletic facilities were lacking for collegiate women’s sports teams. However, Title IX ensured larger amounts of funding were destined for such activities, which not only ensured more safety and support for female athletes, but also increased female participation in sports. The Women’s Sports Foundation estimates that, as of 2016, there was a “545% increase of women playing college sports and a 990% increase of women playing high school sports” thanks to Title IX.

Enter the dragon! On July 21, 2014, President Obama signed Executive Order 13672, adding "gender identity" to the categories protected against discrimination in hiring in the federal civilian workforce and both "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" to the categories protected against discrimination in hiring and employment.
This is the Executive Order (13672) which opened the door to allow transgender "women" into Women's Sports. Money changes everything! Failure to comply? Lose your Federal Funding, thus no organization has had the courage to challenge the madness of allowing fully developed males to compete against females. While there has been a concerted effort to dance around this by using hormone levels as a diagnostic this in it's self if ludicrous since any male who has passed through puberty will have benefited from a massive increase in not only muscle mass but also circulating hemoglobin (think aerobic endurance here).

Bill sadly we stand on the threshold of the largest paradox of possibly this century... There are no good or equable solutions. Personally I'm gender neutral on this topic since I see no clear way forward, however I'm adamant and unwavering that no fully intact male should be allowed in the same dressing room where young female adults have to disrobe to change into their team uniforms.

I work with many many young women as a makeup artist and photographer both on location and studio assignments. These young ladies hope to work as "Agency Represented" fashion and beauty models. And I refuse to collaborate with them unless they are accompanied by a parent or responsible adult (no exceptions) experience is a brutal teacher. Young girls are so easily traumatize by being exposed naked to males. This in a "bridge too far" I will defend the sanctity of young women's right to privacy regardless of any and all Amendments to Title IX.

Let's hope that calm minds and objective wisdom prevails here...
Bill female sports began in earnest 50 years ago w... (show quote)


I don’t see how the Executive Order pertaining to discrimination in hiring and employment pertains to competitive sports.

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May 15, 2023 13:48:08   #
raymondh Loc: Walker, MI
 
A truly sad state of affairs when a supreme court justice can't define what a woman is.

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May 15, 2023 18:49:02   #
Thomas902 Loc: Washington DC
 
"I don’t see how the Executive Order pertaining to discrimination in hiring and employment pertains to competitive sports."

Dannj Executive Order 13672, for the first time added "gender identity" to the categories protected against discrimination thus allowing those who claim a "gender identity" of female to have the authority of the Federal Government behind them. Since virtually all educational organization (both public and private) rely heavily on the infusion of Federal funds to support their programs they appear to be marching in lockstep with this mandate.

Dannj basically Executive Order (13672) opened the door to allow transgender "women" into Women's Sports.
While you may agree or disagree with this premise it is painfully clear that this has been what transpired. Which ended 50 years of female competitive sports sans transgender athletes.

President Obama signed Executive Order 13672, adding "gender identity" to the categories protected against discrimination in hiring in the federal civilian workforce thereby adding both "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" to the categories protected against discrimination in hiring and employment. This has been construed to mean equal access to Federally funded sports programs.

While I'm certainly not qualified to figure out the incongruities latent in the verbiage of President Obama's Executive Order 13672 however the literature in the public record abounds with references to it as the gatekeeper for allow transgender athletes to compete in their chosen "gender identity"

Prior to Executive Order 13672 was discrimination on the basis of gender identity or discrimination on the basis of transgender status a form of sex discrimination? Apparently not.

"Lastly, although EO 13672 adds “gender identity” as an independent basis upon which discrimination is prohibited under EO 11246, nothing in EO 13672 or this final rule diminishes the pre-existing coverage of discrimination on the basis of gender identity or discrimination on the basis of transgender status as a form of sex discrimination. See Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins, 490 U.S. 228 (1989); Macy v. Holder, EEOC Appeal No. 0120120821 (April 20, 2012); OFCCP Directive 2014-02, “Gender Identity and Sex Discrimination,” effective August 19, 2014 (available online at ?? the links given are no longer valid)

My concern is the sanctity of young women's right to privacy... Which is now in harms way.
Allowing transgender females the right to use the same locker room with cisgender females is in my humble estimation unacceptable.

I have confidence that this will ultimately be decided by the courts albeit how soon this may occur is an undefined variable. Hope this helps Dannj or at least is food for thought.

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