Make Female Sports Female Again

Originally published by Townhall

Two simultaneous battles occurred at the USA Fencing Cherry Blossom Open in College Park, Maryland on March 30—one with foils, and one for females.

Stephanie Turner made headlines when she took a knee to stand up against USA Fencing’s unfair policies which allow biological men to compete in women’s tournaments. Turner told Fox News, “I told them that I was refusing to fence because this person is a man, and I'm a woman, and this is a women's tournament and I refuse to fence on principle.”

USA Fencing insisted otherwise. “This policy exists to maintain fair competition standards and preserve the sport’s integrity,” the organization told the Associated Press.

Integrity? Let’s look at the scoreboard.

Redmond Sullivan, Turner’s opponent, was a mid-tier male fencer. But in his first women’s tournament? Gold. Canadian Olympic archer Stephanie Barrett soared to the Olympics after dominating female competitions in Canada—post-transition. And of course, Lia Thomas, who ranked 462nd in men’s collegiate swimming, suddenly smashed records once competing as a woman.

If biological males and females are so equal—as activists assert again and again—why is the scoreboard so lopsided?

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