Is this Fair to Women?

Perhaps the best way to explain the issues Ms. Shieman raised (before she was personally attacked) is to use reality.

Selina’s story is best told by her (google “The End Of Women’s Sports”), but here’s a summary.  Selina Soule was one of the top five  female high school sprinters in Connecticut, competing at the state championship level during her sophomore year.

Then she wasn’t.  In 2018, two boys (identifying as girls) passed all the females and started finishing 1-2 at all the events. The two boys weren’t even that good - their times would not have qualified them for the boys’ events.

Selina’s been told  she’s a “sore loser”, to “train harder”, and accused of acting out of “bigotry, fear and hatred” - the usual meritless accusations.  Men and women are different in thousands of ways, and many of those differences give men an insurmountable advantage at sporting events.  No amount of training by women - or repeated declarations by men that they are actually women - will undo those inherent advantages.

Selina’s idol is Allyson Felix, the fastest female sprinter in the world.  However, even Allyson’s record could be beaten by the fastest  300 high school boys.  Will Thomas (the collegiate swimmer) was ranked  #462 but Leia Thomas (same person) is ranked #1.  That’s how different we are.

If this trajectory continues, boys eventually will take all the medals, trophies, athletic scholarships, and records currently held by girls.  Literally half our population will be excluded from (fair) competition.

So - for those who believe that a simple declaration of identity is all it takes to transform a boy into a girl - what should we do? Be realistic and stay on topic.  Give Selina five minutes, watch her video,  and then explain how this is right - and if not, where did we go wrong?

–Stacy Spink, Castro Valley