{"id":2015166,"date":"2023-08-29T07:36:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T11:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/women-silenced-standing-up-for-truth-and-fairness-in-womens-sports\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T07:37:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T11:37:30","slug":"women-silenced-standing-up-for-truth-and-fairness-in-womens-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/women-silenced-standing-up-for-truth-and-fairness-in-womens-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Advocating for Equality: Empowering Women in Sports"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fwomen-silenced-standing-up-for-truth-and-fairness-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=2015166&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--><h2>In a recent episode of \u200c&#8221;American Thought Leaders,&#8221; former University of Pennsylvania swimmer \u2062Paula Scanlan discusses the\u2064 issue\u200b of\u2062 transgender \u2063athletes\u2063 in women&#8217;s sports.<\/h2>\n<p>In the interview, Scanlan, who was a teammate \u2063of transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, shares her perspective on \u2062the need to ban biological \u200bmen from competing in women&#8217;s sports. She\u200d explains that she initially chose to\u200b remain anonymous when interviewed for the documentary &#8220;What is a Woman?&#8221;\u200c due to\u200b fear \u2064of speaking out while still a student\u2064 at UPenn.<\/p>\n<p>However, Scanlan eventually \u200ddecided\u200b to\u2063 reveal her identity and \u2062speak out about her experiences. \u200dShe emphasizes the \u200cimportance of\u2063 standing up for the truth and \u2062being willing to put one&#8217;s \u200cname behind it.<\/p>\n<h3>Recognizing\u2062 the Flaws in NCAA Policies<\/h3>\n<p>Scanlan\u200b recalls the moment \u200cshe first learned\u200d that a member\u2063 of the men&#8217;s team would be transitioning to \u200dthe women&#8217;s team. Initially, she hoped it \u200cwouldn&#8217;t come true or that the rules would change.\u200b However, \u200cin the fall of 2021, she witnessed a member of the \u2063men&#8217;s team competing on the \u2062women&#8217;s team \u2064and using the women&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/historic-significance-of-georgia-senate-contests\/\" title=\"Historic Significance of Georgia Senate Contests\">locker room<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She explains \u200cthat she \u2062hadn&#8217;t heard of any policy changes prior to 2019 and was surprised \u2062to\u2064 discover that the NCAA policies regarding transgender athletes didn&#8217;t consider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/women-silenced-standing-up-for-truth-and-fairness-in-womens-sports\/\" title=\"Advocating for Equality: Empowering Women in Sports\">important physiological\u200c differences<\/a> between men and women. As she questioned the \u200bfairness \u200cof these policies, she faced accusations of transphobia and \u2064hate\u200d speech.<\/p>\n<h3>The Impact on \u200bLocker Room Dynamics<\/h3>\n<p>Scanlan \u2062describes the discomfort experienced \u200cby female athletes when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nolte-straight-people-excluded-from-west-hollywood-guaranteed-income-program\/\" title=\"Nolte: Straight People Excluded from West Hollywood Guaranteed Income Program\">sharing locker rooms<\/a>\u2063 with transgender athletes. Some teammates resorted to \u200bchanging in bathroom stalls\u200c to maintain \u200ctheir privacy. While some\u2062 raised concerns with the coaches, they \u200dwere told that transgender athletes\u200b deserved the \u2063same privileges as everyone else on the team.<\/p>\n<p>Scanlan acknowledges the consistency of this approach \u2063but emphasizes that it is \u200cnot the \u200cright thing for women. She notes that there was little discussion or consideration of \u2062the impact on female athletes.<\/p>\n<h3>The Dominance of Transgender \u2063Athletes \u200bin Competition<\/h3>\n<p>Scanlan discusses the impact of transgender \u200dathletes on competitive swimming. With no swimming competitions during the 2020-2021 school \u2064year, the team was\u200c unsure of\u200b each other&#8217;s abilities. However, \u200cduring\u2064 their\u200d first\u2064 meet against Columbia, it became evident that Lia Thomas would\u200d be \u2063a dominant swimmer, outperforming the competition.<\/p>\n<h3>The Team&#8217;s Reactions\u200b and University Response<\/h3>\n<p>Scanlan shares the various concerns expressed by her teammates regarding the presence of transgender athletes. Some were\u200d primarily concerned about losing their spots on relay teams or \u200chaving \u2063their records overshadowed. However, when Lia broke multiple records in December, it \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/father-of-slain-ferguson-teen-demands-20m-from-blm\/\" title=\"Father of slain Ferguson teen demands M from BLM\">garnered national attention<\/a> and prompted the \u2064university to hold a\u2064 meeting with the team.<\/p>\n<p>Scanlan \u200bconcludes her interview \u2063by expressing her shock at the lack of expertise and consideration demonstrated by the university \u2062during that meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent episode of &#8220;American Thought Leaders,&#8221; Jan Jekielek interviews Paula Scanlan, a former University of Pennsylvania swimmer and teammate of transgender swimmer Lia Thomas. Scanlan now advocates for banning biological men from women&#8217;s sports. 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