There is no place for men to play in women’s sports
On Wednesday nights during the winter our son and sometimes two of our sons head down a dirt road on the Ohio and Indiana state line to play basketball. It’s not some old hip-roof barn with uneven wood floors and hoops that might range from 9 to 11 feet. This is a brand new gym that looks like a barn on the outside but on the inside it’s a regulation size court with two hoops and no residue of hay chaff anywhere.
They play against an Amish league and I thought our boys would give them a run for their money, it’s quite the opposite, the Amish boys never lose. It’s the neighborhood Amish boys against any other guys who are gutsy enough to lace up and brush off their old baller skills.
Parents may need to take a gander at this barn-gym because if things don’t turn around, their daughters may be looking for a new place to compete as women’s sports are recreated.
In April, President Biden and the U.S. Department of Education announced a proposed change to regulations under Title IX. The change is that schools wouldn’t be able to categorically ban transgender students from joining athletic teams consistent with their gender identity. But they would still be able to limit transgender athletes’ participation in some circumstances such as highly competitive sports at the high school or collegiate levels.
When Title IX passed in 1972, female athletes were given the opportunity to compete on teams against other women. Now we want to allow males who, by creation, have a secretion of testosterone every 15 minutes and pit them against females? Why? Because today, they feel like a woman. What could go wrong?
While I realize that every single individual has inalienable rights under our U.S. Constitution, I would argue that playing on a collegiate sports team is not essential to the pursuit of happiness. But rather it’s a fun activity where the love of money has sprouted corruption in every corner of the fertile soil of our youth who are blessed with athleticism. But that’s an argument for another day. The truth remains the truth, there is no place for men to play in women’s sports. This is not a grey issue, there is no wiggle room. I’m not even going to offer any sort of example of why this issue is as clear as a blue Montana sky.
If we do not speak the simple truth in a clear, concise and compassionate way, the loud minority will continue to beat the drum of disfunction. And the least of our worries will be girl dads being forced to find a league of their own for their daughters to express their God given talents.
Melissa is a farmwife, mom and freelance writer residing on a dairy farm in southern Michigan. She is available for speaking engagements by contacting her at farm.writer@hotmail.com. Visit her blog at www.knolltopfarmwife.blogspot.com.