{"id":1307786,"date":"2022-02-17T14:12:11","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T19:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1307786"},"modified":"2022-02-17T19:23:20","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T00:23:20","slug":"conservatives-shred-nyt-science-reporter-complaining-about-scrutiny-of-trans-swimmer-lia-thomas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservatives-shred-nyt-science-reporter-complaining-about-scrutiny-of-trans-swimmer-lia-thomas\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservatives Shred NYT \u2018Science Reporter\u2019 Complaining About \u2018Scrutiny\u2019 Of Trans Swimmer Lia Thomas"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fconservatives-shred-nyt-science-reporter-complaining-about-scrutiny-of-trans-swimmer-lia-thomas%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1307786&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/0940AC09-2502-49B8-BAF2-1FEEC84486BA-scaled-1-1.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Conservatives ripped a science reporter from The New York Times after she posted a tweet complaining about the continuing controversy surrounding transgender collegiate swimmer Lia Thomas, formerly known as Will Thomas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLia Thomas is just the latest elite athlete in the last century who has been subject to anatomical, chromosomal or hormonal scrutiny to compete in women\u2019s events,\u201d NYT science reporter Azeen Ghorayshi tweeted, including a link to an article she wrote. \u201cOne thing they all have in common? They were winning.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEW from me: Lia Thomas is just the latest elite athlete in the last century who has been subject to anatomical, chromosomal or hormonal scrutiny to compete in women\u2019s events.<\/p>\n<p>One thing they all have in common? They were winning.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7FkP04NiXB\">https:\/\/t.co\/7FkP04NiXB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Azeen Ghorayshi (@azeen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/azeen\/status\/1494026188897103883?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/02\/16\/science\/lia-thomas-testosterone-womens-sports.html\">article<\/a> itself, published on Wednesday, is titled, \u201cTrans Swimmer Revives an Old Debate in Elite Sports: What Defines a Woman?\u201d In the piece, Ghorayshi recapped historical controversies that arose when female athletes \u201cdeemed too masculine started to win.\u201d Ghorayshi referenced&nbsp; women who were banned from competing in sports because of genetic conditions or elite female athletes with testosterone levels comparable to men, and attempted to lump Thomas in with them:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>In recent months, Thomas has made headlines not only for her speed\u2026 but also for her gender identity\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Some have called for her to be barred or separated from regular competition, arguing that her body underwent changes during puberty that gave her a lasting, unfair advantage. But others have contended that there\u2019s no justification for excluding transgender athletes like her.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\"><em>These thorny questions over the nature of athleticism are not new in women\u2019s sports. They have come up many times over the past century, typically when an athlete deemed too masculine started to win. Sports authorities have leaned on medical tests \u2014 whether anatomical, chromosomal or hormonal \u2014 to determine eligibility in women\u2019s categories, while requiring no analogous tests for men.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\"><em>But in the realm of elite physical performance, where extraordinary biology is the rule, science has never provided neat answers.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To back up her claim, Ghorayshi cited anecdotes about female competitors in the Olympic Games throughout recent decades, including physical and genetic testing for female competitors, a 1976 lawsuit by Tennis player Renee Richards over such testing, testosterone testing, and the International Olympic Committee loosening its regulations on testosterone testing, then abandoning sex tests altogether. Ghorayshi also cited the role of testosterone, including a study which found crossover between elite female athletes with high testosterone and elite male athletes with low testosterone. While she did admit that trans athletes have some physical advantages from puberty, the article was content to conclude with the dilemma between \u201cexcluding\u201d trans athletes or letting them compete with their inherent biological advantages.<\/p>\n<p>Conservative Twitter users blasted Ghorayshi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAzeen, since you are a science reporter for the New York Times writing about transgender athletes in women\u2019s events, &amp; since your headline is \u2018Trans Swimmer Revives an Old Debate in Elite Sports: What Defines a Woman?\u2019\u2026 can you please define what you believe a woman is?\u201d Washington Examiner reporter Jerry Dunleavy wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Azeen, since you are a science reporter for the New York Times writing about transgender athletes in women\u2019s events, &amp; since your headline is \u201cTrans Swimmer Revives an Old Debate in Elite Sports: What Defines a Woman?\u201d\u2026 can you please define what you believe a woman is? Thanks. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Inucv2Lep2\">https:\/\/t.co\/Inucv2Lep2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JerryDunleavy\/status\/1494379346844434433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cPlease explain what \u2018chromosomal scrutiny\u2019 means,\u201d conservative commentator Stephen L. Miller tweeted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Please explain what \u201cchromosomal scrutiny\u201d means. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jDY35e0w6j\">https:\/\/t.co\/jDY35e0w6j<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redsteeze\/status\/1494376096480972801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe most common argument for incorporating trans athletes was \u2018why does it matter? They don\u2019t even win.\u2019 Now that one is dominant, the argument flips to \u2018you\u2019re just mad because they\u2019re winning,\u2019\u201d Tablet Magazine CTO Noam Blum remarked.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The most common argument for incorporating trans athletes was \u201cwhy does it matter? They don\u2019t even win.\u201d Now that one is dominant, the argument flips to \u201cyou\u2019re just mad because they\u2019re winning.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P6wc7q1eao\">https:\/\/t.co\/P6wc7q1eao<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Noam Blum (@neontaster) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neontaster\/status\/1494375284560252930?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201c[T]hat\u2019s odd. I wonder if their anatomical, chromosomal, or hormonal features has anything to do with their success and subsequent scrutiny,\u201d The Daily Wire\u2019s Tim Meads responded.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">that\u2019s odd. I wonder if their anatomical, chromosomal, or hormonal features has anything to do with their success and subsequent scrutiny <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wY4xt5pLVp\">https:\/\/t.co\/wY4xt5pLVp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tim Meads (@TimMeadsUSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimMeadsUSA\/status\/1494375678476787713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe \u2018scrutiny\u2019 you\u2019re referring to is noticing that Lia Thomas is not a woman competing in women\u2019s events,\u201d journalist Inez Feltscher Stepman tweeted:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The \u201cscrutiny\u201d you\u2019re referring to is noticing that Lia Thomas is not a woman competing in women\u2019s events. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bDLEKyWgHI\">https:\/\/t.co\/bDLEKyWgHI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Inez Stepman \u26aa\ufe0f\ud83d\udd34\u26aa\ufe0f (@InezFeltscher) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/InezFeltscher\/status\/1494374817423835148?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Other responses can be found below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">New York Times \u201cscience\u201d reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Inucv2Lep2\">https:\/\/t.co\/Inucv2Lep2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JerryDunleavy\/status\/1494376386022326280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The scrutiny comes from the fact that Thomas is a man and has a biological advantage over the female athletes Thomas is competing against. Equating the scrutiny of women \u2013 actual women \u2013 to Thomas is absurd. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gwZB8KA81f\">https:\/\/t.co\/gwZB8KA81f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christopher Tremoglie (@cwtremo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cwtremo\/status\/1494364825744519175?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Not. A. Woman. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qGY8Dr9OFq\">https:\/\/t.co\/qGY8Dr9OFq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chip Roy (@chiproytx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chiproytx\/status\/1494398005839028225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Cheater. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Fu9RqsUDB8\">https:\/\/t.co\/Fu9RqsUDB8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sebastian Gorka DrG (@SebGorka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SebGorka\/status\/1494400844443308033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It takes an enormous degree of credulity to believe that the scrutiny here isn\u2019t a result of Thomas having been a member of the men\u2019s swimming team at the same university as recently as 2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/azXZGYquxg\">https:\/\/t.co\/azXZGYquxg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrewHolden360\/status\/1494404556893081600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire\u2019s first original film, Shut In, has made its cinematic debut, being met with rave reviews. 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