{"id":2318278,"date":"2024-08-02T14:10:59","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T18:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vox-if-you-oppose-men-beating-up-women-youre-a-nazi\/"},"modified":"2024-08-02T14:18:22","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T18:18:22","slug":"vox-if-you-oppose-men-beating-up-women-youre-a-nazi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vox-if-you-oppose-men-beating-up-women-youre-a-nazi\/","title":{"rendered":"Vox: If You Oppose Men Beating Up Women, You&#8217;re A Nazi"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fvox-if-you-oppose-men-beating-up-women-youre-a-nazi%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=2318278&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--><p>The article discusses the controversial topic of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tenn-gov-lee-transgender-athletes-would-destroy-womens-sports\/\" title=\"Tenn. Gov. Lee: Transgender athletes would \u2018destroy women\u2019s sports\u2019\">transgender athletes competing<\/a> in women&#8217;s sports, particularly \u2063in the context of \u200dthe upcoming 2024 Paris Olympics. It critiques a Vox article that suggests that opposing the inclusion of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-is-off-to-a-fast-start-with-executive-orders-but-does-he-know-whats-in-them-and-can-he-explain-how-any-help-the-average-american\/\" title=\"Biden Is Off to a Fast Start with Executive Orders But Does He know What\u2019s In Them and Can He Explain How Any Help the Average American?\">male athletes<\/a>\u2062 in women&#8217;s competitions aligns with Nazi propaganda.\u200b The author contends that biologically \u2063male athletes possess inherent physical\u2063 advantages over women, which many Americans recognize and oppose.<\/p>\n<p>The discussion references historical aspects, highlighting \u200dhow the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-maher-tells-riley-gaines-transgender-people-ought-to-be-protected-and-respected\/\" title=\"Bill Maher supports protecting and respecting transgender individuals.\">conversation \u200bsurrounding gender<\/a> and sports has \u2062been influenced by Nazi Germany&#8217;s \u200cideologies. The \u200darticle mentions\u2062 a key figure, Zden\u011bk Koubek, and discusses how \u200battitudes towards \u2064gender\u200c identity have evolved since the 1930s, arguing that modern trans \u200cissues echo past controversies fueled by eugenics and gender anxieties.<\/p>\n<p>Recent events, including violent boxing matches involving transgender athletes, are cited as evidence of the disproportionate impact of these policies on female competitors. Instances of female athletes withdrawing from matches due\u200d to overwhelming\u200d physical differences are highlighted, emphasizing the perceived\u200d unfairness in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-drops-support-for-female-high-school-students-suing-over-transgender-athletes\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Drops Support for Female High School Students Suing Over Transgender Athletes\">allowing transgender women<\/a> to compete against\u200b biological\u200b women.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062article critiques the International Olympic Committee&#8217;s defense of transgender athletes and the response from media and officials defending their participation.\u200b It raises concerns about potential inequities and \u200dargues for\u2062 the need\u2063 to consider women&#8217;s safety and fairness in sports while navigating the \u2063evolving \u200bdiscourse surrounding gender \u2062identity.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>If you, like the majority of Americans, oppose men infiltrating and dominating women&rsquo;s sports competitions, you might be falling for Nazi propaganda. At least, that&rsquo;s what Vox&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/culture\/364032\/trans-athletes-olympics-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">latest article<\/a> &ldquo;Discrimination against trans Olympians has roots in Nazi Germany&rdquo; implies. <\/p>\n<p>Since the beginning of time, humans have recognized the fundamental differences between men and women. In recent years, the widely recognized distinctions between the sexes, however, have suffered attacks from a radical ideology that prioritizes the wishes of gender-bending men ahead of women and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/21\/10-sports-that-put-cross-dressing-men-ahead-of-womens-fair-play\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">their protected spaces<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There is no doubt that males have an indisputable physical advantage over women. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acsm.org\/news-detail\/2023\/09\/29\/acsm-releases-expert-consensus-statement-the-biological-basis-of-sex-differences-in-athletic-performance#:~:text=Adult%20males%20are%20stronger%2C%20more,30%25%20depending%20on%20the%20event.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">American College of Sports Medicine<\/a> says males &ldquo;are stronger, more powerful, and faster than females of similar age and training status&rdquo; which is why a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/nbc-out\/out-news\/americans-oppose-inclusion-trans-athletes-sports-poll-finds-rcna88940\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">whopping 69 percent of Americans<\/a> are against letting males play on female teams. <\/p>\n<p>According to Vox, however, anyone who counts themselves among the percentage of people who value the importance of preserving women&rsquo;s sports is drawing on a narrative created by Nazis.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Nazi era has substantially shaped the conversation surrounding trans athletes today,&rdquo; Vox author Alex Abad-Santos claimed. <\/p>\n<p>He hinged much of his analysis on the book, <em>The Other Olympians: Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports<\/em>, by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michaelwaters.com\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Yorker, New York Times, and Atlantic contributor<\/a> Michael Waters and the athletic career of Czechoslovakian track and field star Zden&#283;k Koubek.<\/p>\n<p>Abad-Santos claimed &ldquo;there was an open-mindedness and empathy to the reception of Koubek and his gender identity and expression in the 1930s&rdquo; that was dampened only by the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Armed with a propensity for eugenics, gender anxiety, and a startling lack of scientific evidence, a small set of Nazi officials influenced the International Olympic Committee into gender surveillance and trans panic &mdash; stuff that eerily mirrors the transphobic attacks that athletes,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/buttonslives\/status\/1817737387369267707\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cis<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/GMA\/News\/transgender-swimmer-lia-thomas-speaks-backlash-future-plans\/story?id=85068951\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">trans<\/a>&nbsp;alike, face today,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The article was published shortly after an athlete with XY chromosomes and elevated testosterone levels forced a female challenger out of the women&rsquo;s boxing event at the 2024 Paris Olympics with one brutal punch to the face. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have never been hit so hard in my life,&rdquo; Italy&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Angela_Carini\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">decorated<\/a> Angela Carini <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/08\/01\/sports\/why-italys-angela-carini-abandoned-brief-olympics-fight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Algeria&rsquo;s Imane Khelif was previously disqualified from fighting in the women&rsquo;s division at the 2023 World Championships after the International Boxing Association <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/olympics\/2024\/08\/01\/olympic-gender-testing-boxers\/74615354007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">allegedly discovered XY chromosomes<\/a> in the athlete&rsquo;s DNA. The International Olympic Committee, however, officially sanctioned Khelif&rsquo;s involvement in the 2024 games.<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, the spar between Khelif and Carini lasted for less than a minute and ended with the Italian woman making an injured retreat. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I had entered the ring to fight,&rdquo; Carini <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/paris-olympics-italys-angela-carini-abandons-fight-with-algerias-imane-khelif-who-failed-unspecified-gender-test-after-46-seconds-120731358.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. &ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t give up, but a punch hurt too much and so I said enough. I go out with my head held high.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>The Olympics allowed a biological man, Imane Khelif, to fight as a woman despite his XY chromosomes. The end result? <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have never been hit so hard in my life.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Italian Olympian Angela Carini lasted 46 seconds before quitting due to how painful it was. It&rsquo;s just shameful that&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OWhKggM7qe\">pic.twitter.com\/OWhKggM7qe<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/robbystarbuck\/status\/1819008848084021519?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>NEW&mdash;Unbelievable! Another day at the Paris Olympics and another MAN just pummeled and abused a WOMAN in a boxing match.<\/p>\n<p>Taiwans Lin Yu-Ting, a man who failed a gender test and was barred from competing in the 2023 World Championships, left Uzbekistan&rsquo;s Sitora Turdibekova on the&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7CH8semKmO\">pic.twitter.com\/7CH8semKmO<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charliekirk11\/status\/1819403434287943759?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The International Olympic Committee, unfazed by the violent act, <a href=\"https:\/\/olympics.com\/ioc\/news\/joint-paris-2024-boxing-unit-ioc-statement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">released a statement <\/a>defending Khelif and Taiwan&rsquo;s Lin Yu-Ting&rsquo;s participation and criticizing &ldquo;aggression&rdquo; directed towards the boxers&rsquo; Paris performance. The IOC also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/olympics\/2024\/08\/01\/olympic-gender-testing-boxers\/74615354007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dissed<\/a> sex tests, which are a key safeguard used to ensure women have a fair chance during competitions.<\/p>\n<p>Algeria&rsquo;s minister of youth and sports similarly <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Abder_Hammad\/status\/1818597707310616994\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">smeared<\/a> concerns about Khelif&rsquo;s sex as &ldquo;baseless attacks&rdquo; and &ldquo;cowardly attempts to tarnish her reputation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Corporate media like Vox further muddied the waters by amplifying speculations that the pair might have &ldquo;a rare group of genetic and hormonal disorders allowed under International Olympic Committee guidelines&rdquo; but barred by the IBA.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Outside of the Games, trans people face so much&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/identities\/2019\/12\/27\/21028342\/trans-visibility-backlash-internet-2010\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">backlash<\/a>, often for simply existing. The conversation around&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.openlynews.com\/i\/?id=3b588a4f-0564-4eb7-8afc-291e51eae543\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sports<\/a>&nbsp;is particularly fraught, from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/11\/28\/1138396067\/transgender-youth-bills-trans-sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">children&rsquo;s athletics<\/a>&nbsp;right up through the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2023\/06\/transgender-athletes-sports-debate-lance-armstrong.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pros<\/a>,&rdquo; the author wrote.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to comparing criticism of the brutal fight and the IOC practices that allowed it to Nazism, the Vox author openly expressed hope that media pressure would force the IOC to become even more welcoming for men who want to beat up women.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I do think the IOC statement suggests that there is some interest in talking about making sports more inclusive. But obviously, I think the policies on the ground at the Paris Olympics this year don&rsquo;t really reflect that,&rdquo; Abad-Santos concluded. <\/p>\n<p>His desires are on par with the corporate media&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/05\/13\/corporate-media-celebrates-the-exponential-rise-of-the-transgender-craze-it-helped-create\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">long history of transgender activism<\/a>. Despite Americans&rsquo; feelings about the radical gender craze ravaging schools, jails, the White House, and other key institutions, the propaganda press are determined to sacrifice females and their athletic feats at the feet of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/side-effects-of-transgender-medicine-show-it-isnt-just-junk-science-its-malpractice\/\" title=\"Adverse Effects of Transgender Treatments Highlight Serious Medical Concerns\">gender-confused men<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on X @jordanboydtx.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you, like most Americans, are against men participating in and dominating women&#8217;s sports, you may be succumbing to Nazi propaganda. This is the implication of Vox&#8217;s recent article titled &#8220;Discrimination against trans Olympians has roots in Nazi Germany.&#8221; Throughout history, people have acknowledged the inherent differences between men and women. However, these well-established distinctions have recently come under attack from a radical ideology that prioritizes the desires of gender-nonconforming men over those of women and their designated spaces.<\/p>\n<p>It is widely accepted that males possess a clear physical advantage over females. The American College of Sports Medicine states that males are &#8220;stronger, more powerful, and faster than females of similar age and training status,&#8221; which explains why 69 percent of Americans oppose allowing males to compete on female teams. Nevertheless, Vox argues that those who support preserving women&#8217;s sports are drawing from a narrative rooted in Nazi ideology.<\/p>\n<p>Vox author Alex Abad-Santos claims that &#8220;the Nazi era has substantially shaped the conversation surrounding trans athletes today.&#8221; His analysis relies heavily on Michael Waters&#8217; book *The Other Olympians: Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports* as well as the athletic career of Zden\u011bk Koubek, a Czechoslovakian track star. Abad-Santos asserts there was once an openness towards Koubek&#8217;s gender identity in the 1930s before it was stifled by events surrounding the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany.<\/p>\n<p>He argues that certain Nazi officials influenced the International Olympic Committee (IOC) with eugenics ideologies and unfounded fears about gender\u2014issues he believes echo today&#8217;s transphobic sentiments faced by both cisgender and transgender athletes. This article appeared shortly after an athlete with XY chromosomes knocked out a female competitor during a boxing match at the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Angela Carini from Italy remarked she had never been hit so hard before after facing Algeria\u2019s Imane Khelif\u2014who had previously been disqualified for having XY chromosomes but was allowed to compete at these Olympics nonetheless. Their match ended quickly with Carini retreating due to injury.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this incident highlighting concerns about fairness in women&#8217;s sports competitions involving biological males like Khelif\u2014who fought despite having male chromosomes\u2014the IOC defended their participation while dismissing criticisms as aggression towards them. Similarly, Algeria\u2019s youth minister labeled concerns regarding Khelif&#8217;s sex as unfounded attacks aimed at damaging her reputation.<\/p>\n<p>Media outlets such as Vox further complicated matters by suggesting both athletes might have rare genetic conditions permitted under IOC guidelines but not recognized by other sporting bodies like IBA. The author noted how outside competitive arenas trans individuals often face backlash simply for existing while emphasizing how contentious discussions around sports remain\u2014from youth leagues up through professional levels.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to equating criticism regarding this violent encounter with Nazism, Abad-Santos expressed hope for increased media pressure on IOC policies to become more inclusive toward men competing against women\u2014a sentiment reflecting broader corporate media support for transgender activism despite widespread public concern over radical gender ideologies affecting various institutions today<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":490,"featured_media":2318279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-02-at-11.18.17%E2%80%AFAM-e1722615564152-1024x577.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[3896,14678,37035,36479,10758],"class_list":["post-2318278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-debate","tag-feminism","tag-gender-politics","tag-social-issues","tag-vox"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-02-at-11.18.17%E2%80%AFAM-e1722615564152-1024x577.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318278","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=2318278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2318279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2318278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2318278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2318278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}