{"id":1516882,"date":"2022-06-15T09:19:35","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T13:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1516882"},"modified":"2022-06-15T09:19:41","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T13:19:41","slug":"washington-post-poll-finds-most-americans-oppose-men-competing-in-womens-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-post-poll-finds-most-americans-oppose-men-competing-in-womens-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Post Poll Finds Most Americans Oppose Men Competing in Women&#039;s Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fwashington-post-poll-finds-most-americans-oppose-men-competing-in-womens-sports%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=1516882&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 class=\"header\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<p><span class=\"label\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">American News<\/span> <span class=\"published\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">Jun 15, 2022 12:25 AM<br \/>\n                                EST<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt mb-4\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n                            At all levels, from youth to professional sports, respondents overwhelmingly chose the option that biological men \u201cshould not be allowed\u201d to compete in sports against women and girls.\n                        <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"content\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"reader-container\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<section class=\"cover\" data-v-1408f321=\"\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"author\" data-v-1408f321=\"\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"show-sm\" data-v-1408f321=\"\"><\/section>\n<section id=\"story-body\" class=\"article\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"article-content\" data-v-f313b7e6=\"\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"html-content\" data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<article class=\"html\" data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>A poll by the <em>Washington Post<\/em> and the University of Maryland found that most Americans oppose biological men competing against women in sports. The <a href=\"https:\/\/s3.documentcloud.org\/documents\/22059552\/2022-05-17-post-umd-sports-trend-for-release.pdf\">poll<\/a>, conducted in May of 2022, asked respondents if &#8220;transgender women and girls should or should not be allowed to compete in sports with other women and girls.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>At all levels, from youth to professional sports, respondents overwhelmingly chose the option that biological men &#8220;should not be allowed&#8221; to compete in sports against women and girls. While opposition to biological men competing against women has been represented as a Republican sentiment, most of the respondents self-identified as either &#8220;Democrat&#8221; or &#8220;Independent.&#8221; <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\"><\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p><em>The Washington Post<\/em> has pushed the sentiment, shared mostly by Democrats in their own poll, as a conservative &#8216;talking point.&#8217; In March, after Florida Republican Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/ron-desantis-recognizes-emma-weyant-as-winner-of-ncaa-swimming-championship-not-biological-male-lia-thomas\">Ron DeSantis declared Emma Weyant the real winner of the NCAA swim competition<\/a> over biological male Lia Thomas, the <em>Washington Post<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2022\/03\/23\/ron-desantis-transgender-swimmer-lia-thomas\/\">reported<\/a>, &#8220;Conservatives, including DeSantis, have used Thomas\u2019s dominance and the firestorm surrounding transgender athletics as a political talking point.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p><em>The Washington Post\u2019s<\/em> reporting on biological male Lia Thomas\u2019 win went on to say, &#8220;For months, [Lia] Thomas has been amid the fiercest figures fighting in that battle, even as she\u2019s tried not to engage and to focus on swimming. Since the start of the swim season in the fall, the University of Pennsylvania senior has set records and crushed competitors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Just two months later, <em>The Washington Post\u2019s<\/em> own poll would reveal why many believe Thomas &#8220;crushed&#8221; the female athletes in the swim competition. An overwhelming majority of respondents answered that biological men &#8220;would have a competitive advantage over other girls,&#8221; in sports.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>DeSantis has been a leader on legislation keeping biological men out of women\u2019s sports, <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/florida-desantis-bill-sports-trans-lobby\">signing legislation<\/a> to do so earlier this year. <em>The Washington Post<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/outlook\/2021\/06\/14\/new-wave-anti-trans-legislation-is-based-very-old-arguments-ideas\/\">responded<\/a> to that action by DeSantis as well saying, &#8220;Fighting this legislation and other bills like it is an urgent task.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>By their own polling, it appears <em>The Washington Post<\/em> has an uphill battle against both Democrats and Republicans to &#8220;fight&#8221; for biological men to compete against women in sports.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"revcontent-slot\" data-v-4da339e1=\"\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<p>Ads by revcontent<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<section class=\"contributions-container\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"partial contributions-epic\" data-v-37b8bc14=\"\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"inner\" data-v-37b8bc14=\"\">\n<h2 data-v-37b8bc14=\"\">Join and support independent free thinkers!<\/h2>\n<div class=\"words\" data-v-37b8bc14=\"\">\n<p data-v-37b8bc14=\"\">\n                We\u2019re independent and can\u2019t be cancelled. 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