The absurdity of gender ideology has triumphed over science and the concept of fairness, as a biological man is set to compete in women’s weightlifting at the Tokyo Olympics this year. Unsurprisingly, the numbers show that this is as ridiculous as it sounds.
Laurel Hubbard, a biological man who started identifying as a woman at age 35, has automatically qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics thanks to coronavirus restrictions changing the qualification rules. Hubbard, a weightlifter from New Zealand, will become the first transgender Olympic athlete (if the Tokyo Games don’t end up being canceled).
It doesn’t need to be said how obviously unfair it is for a biological man to compete in women’s weightlifting. Hubbard hadn’t competed in international weightlifting before transitioning in 2012 and going on to win several women’s titles.
The numbers show just how clear the advantage is for a biological man such as Hubbard, even at what is an advanced age for an athlete. Hubbard is not poised to go to the Olympics in spite of being 43-years-old, but because of the natural strength advantage that biological men have over women.
Even at 43, not exactly the athletic peak of one’s career, Hubbard’s qualifying lifts ranked No. 4 out of the 14 qualifiers in the super heavyweight division so far. In contrast, the oldest of the division’s three medalists at the 2019 championships was 30 years old.
Hubbard competes in the women’s super-heavyweight division, in which competitors can weigh anything over 191 pounds. For comparison, two women’s world records were set at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships in Thailand, but those lifts were still beat by men competing as low as the 148-pound division.
The last weightlifting world championships in 2019 saw two new women’s super heavyweight (191+) records, and all were outperformed by the men at 148 pounds pic.twitter.com/ra62GTwLSl
— Zachary Faria (@ZacharyFaria) May 7, 2021
The science is quite clear on this. World Rugby concluded that biological men were anywhere from 25% to 50% stronger than their female counterparts. Studies have found minimal decreases in muscle mass among transgender athletes even after a year of testosterone suppression, the arbitrary, unscientific time period upon which the International Olympic Committee bases its regulations.
Hubbard is taking away the qualifying spot of some female athlete who does not have the same biological advantages and could potentially take a podium finish away from another. There is no reality in which this is “inclusive” or fair. Female athletes are being told that they must deal with the fact that a biological man can come in and defeat them with all of their natural biological advantages.
