‘ Despite a lack of regular medical evidence of unfair benefits,’ bans still exist.
According to a study by two academics from the University of Florida, conservative efforts to forbid trans athletes from competing in sports, especially trans women, are motivated by prejudices and politics rather than concerns about justice.
In The Conversation, Professor of Sport Management George Cunningham and PhD candidate in the Department of Sports Management Kelsey Garrison go out of their way to avoid fundamental science, as in ( biological ) men are inherently stronger and faster, and their study poo-poos it.
According to the” State-Level Politics and Bias Predict Transgender Athlete Bans” study, opponents of such bans cite the lack of empirical evidence to support their claims that athletes assigned female at birth are fair and safe.
There is no conclusive scientific proof of cruel benefits, but these guidelines and others like them still exist.
In addition to female track and field athletes in Rhode Island and Connecticut, Big Sky Conference cross country runners, and Ivy League swimmers, ( Biological ) female volleyball players may disagree with this.
The authors point out that, with one exception, President Biden had been urged to delay Title IX adjustments that may “ban bias based on sexual orientation and gender identity” by all states led by Republican governors.
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This is due to the fact that transgender people then fall under the “more stringent views on civil rights issues” that red states typically hold, such as immigration and the death penalty.
According to Cunningham ( pictured ) and Garrison,” conservative political leanings” also result in” collective biases against transgender people, which in turn prompt]transgener sports ] bans.”
Politicians craft narratives and body their arguments in a way that influences how people feel about interpersonal issues, as political scientists have recently demonstrated. In fact, individuals occasionally change their viewpoints to reflect those of their political representatives. That is what we discovered. …
Counterarguments have been put forth by opponents of transgender addition, demonstrating that they are neither a risk to children’s sports nor have they ever been.
The Future of Women’s Soccer Includes Transgender Women and Girls is one of those counterarguments, according to the researchers, and it asserts that transgeneric sportsmen are not and have never been a risk to women of activity.
It claims that the actual threats are “unfair opportunities for leadership and participation, unfair funding and pay, and unequal media coverage.”
Cunningham is the director of the Laboratory for Diversity in Sport, and his analysis focuses on “diversity and participation in sports and physical action.” ” Last year, he claimed that a study showing that dark college football teams receive more punishment than white-coached teams was” powerful” and” shows” another type of bias that Black coaches encounter.”
Similar research is being conducted by Garrison, but with a emphasis on the sex and LGBTQ+ area.
Further: Coach fired for asserting that biological men are superior to women in sports.
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