International Swimming Federation bans some men from beating women

Can you spot the "woman" with a penis?

The international swimming federation FINA announced a new policy Sunday. They will ban male athletes [people born with a penis who generally produce sperm, have XY chromosomes, greater muscle mass than females, generally more muscle strength, and can hygienically pee standing up]. The males being banned needed to have gone through male puberty, otherwise little boys can compete against little girls.

To qualify for women’s competitions, the swimmers must either have never gone through male puberty or had male puberty suppressed at the stage when physical changes begin to appear or before the age of 12, whichever occurred later, according to the policy. For those male swimmers who have had their male puberty suppressed with Lupron, a chemical castration drug, your parents are mentally ill.

The athletes also have to prove that they have continuously suppressed their testosterone levels since that time even though testosterone cannot completely neutralize the physical advantages males have over females in sports that require strength, speed, or both.

“We have to protect the rights of our athletes to compete, but we also have to protect competitive fairness at our events, especially the women’s category at FINA competitions,” FINA president Husain al-Musallam said in statement. Of course they could protect the rights of athletes to compete by having a separate category for transgender athletes., but FINA may be trying to work something out in that area.

“FINA will always welcome every athlete,” Husain al-Musallam said. “The creation of an open category will mean that everybody has the opportunity to compete at an elite level. This has not been done before, so FINA will need to lead the way. I want all athletes to feel included in being able to develop ideas during this process.”

FINA member federations voted on Sunday to enact the policy, which was crafted by a working group of athletes, scientists, and medical and legal experts that began meeting in November.

More than 70 percent of members endorsed the policy, which will take effect Monday. The 30 percent that refused to endorse the policy also believe Joe Biden is doing a great job.

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The decision comes after Lia Thomas, the University of Pennsylvania swimmer became the first male athlete to win an NCAA Division I national woman's championship. As a male competitor, Thomas was ranked 462nd, a mediocre position at best. As a guy swimming against women, he kicked ass, shooting up to Number One, leaving the second place swimmer over half a minute behind in his wake. That's akin to a swimming lightyear that only a narcissistic jerk like Thomas would believe is justified.

Happy Pride Month, soon to be Pride Year if this keeps up.