{"id":1837522,"date":"2023-02-06T18:49:48","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T23:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1837522"},"modified":"2023-02-06T18:56:21","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T23:56:21","slug":"theres-nothing-controversial-about-bethany-hamiltons-stand-for-womens-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/theres-nothing-controversial-about-bethany-hamiltons-stand-for-womens-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"There\u2019s Nothing Controversial About Bethany Hamilton\u2019s Stand For Women\u2019s 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\">20<\/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%2Ftheres-nothing-controversial-about-bethany-hamiltons-stand-for-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=1837522&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-->\n<p>Professional surfer Bethany Hamilton made waves over The weekend when she announced she would not participate in the World Surf League if it allows men to compete in the women\u2019s division. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to be clear that I strive to have love for all of mankind regardless of any differences. But this concerns me as a professional athlete that has been competing in the World Surf League events for the past 15 plus years and I feel that I must speak up and stand up for those in positions that they feel that they cannot say something about this,\u201d the \u201cSoul Surfer\u201d Author said it in an Instagram video.<\/p>\n<p>She was joined by many others in her plea <a href=\"https:\/\/beachgrit.com\/2023\/02\/world-surf-league-broadsided-by-surf-legends-including-kelly-slater-shane-dorian-bethany-hamilton-and-its-own-north-shore-water-patrol-loudly-denouncing-new-policy-allowing-trans-women-to-compete\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Professional surfers, male and female<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/social-media-reaction-bethany-hamilton-riley-gaines-transgender-world-surf-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">athletes<\/a> who oppose the transgender war on women\u2019s sports. <\/p>\n<p>WSL <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theinertia.com\/surf\/world-surf-league-releases-policy-for-transgender-athletes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Last week, quietly announced<\/a> that it plans to implement a new rule allowing male athletes to participate in female surfing competitions so long as they maintain a testosterone level of less than 5 nmol\/L (nanomoles per liter) for 12 months prior to the women\u2019s event. <\/p>\n<p>This rule requires only that competitors self-report their testosterone levels. It is based upon a policy adopted by the International Surfing Association (Island Surfing Association) in October 2022. The International Surfing Association adopted the policy shortly after the death of a competitor. <a href=\"https:\/\/tracksmag.com.au\/sasha-lowerson-recently-became-the-first-trans-surfer-to-win-a-major-contest#:~:text=Trans%20woman%20Sasha%20Jane%20Lowerson,by%20the%20name%2C%20Ryan%20Egan.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">male surfer<\/a> won The women\u2019s divisions of the West Coast Suspensions Longboard and Logger State Championships in May 2022. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe WSL is working hard to balance equity and fairness and it\u2019s important for a policy to be in place,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsurfleague.com\/posts\/511009\/jessi-miley-dyer-promoted-to-chief-executive-officer-of-world-surf-league\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Recently promoted<\/a> Jessi Miley &#8211; Dyer, Chief of Sport at WSL\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theinertia.com\/surf\/world-surf-league-releases-policy-for-transgender-athletes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Inertia<\/a>. \u201cWe recognize that the policy may need to evolve over time as we get feedback and see new research in the field.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Because she is open to asking questions and standing up in support of other female surfers. \u201care not in support of this new rule\u201d Because \u201cthey fear being ostracized if they speak up,\u201d Hamilton was mistreated <a href=\"https:\/\/thecomeback.com\/politics\/bethany-hamilton-trans-athletes-surfing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201ctransphobic.\u201d<\/a> For not accepting the WSL\u2019s narrative that the rule promoted \u201cequity and fairness,\u201d She was deemed \u201ccontroversial.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton is correct. There\u2019s nothing fair about pitting women against men in a physical competition, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/2022\/06\/13\/washington-post-umd-poll-most-americans-oppose-transgender-athletes-female-sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">This is something that most Americans dislike<\/a>. There\u2019s also nothing controversial about speaking that truth.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s well-known and proven that being male or female isn\u2019t just the result of hormone shifts during puberty. It\u2019s something that begins in the womb and is found in DNA regardless of attempts to tamper with it.<\/p>\n<p>Allowing men who take castration drugs to compete against women isn\u2019t \u201cfairness.\u201d It\u2019s a rejection of the fact that sex is intrinsic and a slap in the face of female athletes who have devoted their time and effort to their sport. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHave any of the current surfers in the World Surf League been asked what their thoughts and opinions are on this new rule before it was passed or announced? Before a rule change like this happens, should there be a conversation between the 17 women and all the men on Twitter?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professional surfer Bethany Hamilton announced she will not participate in the World Surf League if it allows men to compete in the women\u2019s division.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":490,"featured_media":1837525,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[17752,4803,17850,3847,8176,5126,4694],"class_list":["post-1837522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-bethany","tag-controversial","tag-hamiltons","tag-sports","tag-stand","tag-theres","tag-womens"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1837522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/490"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1837522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1837522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1837525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1837522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1837522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1837522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}