It is an unfortunate reality that men are now allowed to compete in female sporting events. Valentina Petrillo, a man pretending to be a woman (incorrectly called a trans-athlete), won third place in the 400m race at the Para World Championships in Paris on Thursday.
This is not only blatantly unfair to female athletes but serves as another example of how gender lines are becoming increasingly blurred by kooky, liberal ideologies.
Petrillo has been competing as a woman since 2019 after beginning his ‘transition’ two years prior. He has already won eight women’s sporting titles and shows no signs of slowing down. OutKick pointed out that if Petrillo competed in the men’s division he would have finished in fourteenth place instead of winning the bronze medal.
Fox News reported:
A transgender runner finished in third place at the World Para Athletics 400-meter race in Paris on Thursday.
The bronze finisher was Valentina Petrillo’s ninth medal in women’s events.
Petrillo finished the race in 58.24, seconds behind Omara Durand of Cuba (52.82) and Alejandra Perez Lopez of Venezuela (57.88).
Petrillo, 49, was running in a category for the visually impaired after being diagnosed with Stargardt disease at age 14, resulting in a loss of sight.
The disease stopped the Italian’s athletic ambitions until the age of 41, when Petrillo, as a man, returned to the sport and would go on to win 11 national titles in men’s categories.
In an interview with BBC published in 2021, Petrillo first opened up to family about transitioning in 2017 and eventually underwent hormone therapy in 2019.
This is concerning for many reasons, including the fact that it creates a competitive disadvantage for female athletes who have trained their entire lives to be successful in their field.
For some sports, such as weightlifting or running, it can be dangerous when men and women compete against each other due to different body compositions and strength levels between genders. This means that male-bodied athletes may outperform female-bodied athletes despite any amount of training or personal dedication.
In addition to this competitive disadvantage, there may also be implications for sports women’s rights with regard to safety and privacy concerns if transgender athletes are allowed into locker rooms or showers meant exclusively for women.
The IOC (International Olympic Committee) requires transgendered competitors who want to take part in its competitions to undergo hormone therapy treatments over twelve months before entering any events, however this does not address potential issues around fairness between male-bodied and female-bodied athletes.
Nor does it guarantee safety conditions for sportswomen participating alongside transgendered competitors which could put them at risk physically or emotionally when under duress during strenuous physical activities like those found typically found across most sports disciplines today such as soccer so much more than any other activity requiring speed agility coordination balance mental acuity etc).
