Slogans are full of shit aren’t they? Take the Olympic motto: ‘Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together’, which implies we’re all holding hands, negotiating hurdles collectively. When it comes to elite sport, nothing could be further from the truth. The transgender incursion into female sports is proof positive that people will take any advantage they can get, if the prize is high enough. Perhaps the Olympic Committee could be persuaded to employ the more Machiavellian, the end justifies the means?
Gaining an unfair advantage has traditionally been the remit of performance enhancing drugs (PEDs), and it’s a fascinating subject. Despite the stringent testing, harsh penalties and opprobrium for those who get caught, the problem is impossible to eradicate. The estimates are that between 10-40% of Olympic athletes use PEDs, but that’s not all. A survey of Olympic athlete motivation for PED use confirmed that not only would 98% of elite athletes use PEDs if they knew they would not get caught, 61% would still use them if they knew they would die within 5 years.
Declaring yourself transgender is the latest form of PED abuse; legal doping, for which there are no VADA tests (at least none the governing bodies are prepared to impose). A lifetime’s exposure to higher testosterone levels confers upon men larger and stronger bones, larger hearts and lungs, as well as 66% more upper body muscle than women – in short, toxic masculinity. It explains the standard 10% performance gap between the sexes in most sports. This is the PED that ‘transwomen’ are currently abusing, to the detriment of female competitors.
I will give the Trans lobby all the concessions they want – yes, I am sure when those lovely ladies look down at their massive cocks, they truly believe themselves to be female. Yes, we should be as accommodating as possible to everyone in all walks of life. Yes, everyone should be encouraged to follow their dreams.
None of that changes the simple contradiction: if gender confers no advantage, why are there no ‘transmen’ making all the boys cry? I know why, and you know why. And don’t play the misogyny card – no one hates women more than me; Christ I’ve got a wife, two daughters, and a mother who regularly kick me in the goolies – that’s neither here nor there. Face facts: whether it’s Laurel Hubbard in weightlifting, Lia Thomas in swimming, or Emily Bridges in cycling – real women who have dedicated their lives to sport, are being denied deserved gold medals, and that is morally bankrupt.
Still, I think I have a solution – why don’t we hold an inaugural Trans Games during the next Olympic cycle? Three categories of sport: male, female, and fairytale. After all, it’s long been suggested we hold an Olympics for drug cheats – no rules, and may the best steroids win. Perhaps it’s time to apply similar thinking to transgender sports?
What could be fairer? For a start, it would mean everyone competing against a ‘transwoman’ has access to the same range of delusion they afford themselves – something no transperson should be against, surely?
This could be a rare opportunity, not just for those who don’t quite fit the restrictive ‘either or’ of male and female, but for a multitude of possibilities. The 100M could do with spicing up a bit – how about running it on horseback, for the ‘transequine’, at the wheel of a supercar for the ‘transbugatti’, or in the cockpit (steady) of a Lockheed for the ‘transsupersonic’? I can’t wait for the sponsorship deals – Oscar Mayer has already been in touch.
If being transgender genuinely confers no biological advantage as is so often claimed, then why would anyone object to competing in such a category?
