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Male Athletes in Female Sports is Not a Level Playing Field

By October 29, 2024Colorado

“As state director for Concerned Women for America of Colorado, the largest grassroots, public policy women’s organization in the country, we urge that women’s sports be kept for women only. Colorado State University women’s volleyball team played San Jose State University this month, fully aware that a male-born player, Blaire Fleming, was competing for San Jose State. CSU is scheduled to play San Jose State again on Nov. 16.

“My 45 years of work as an affiliate professor at two Colorado universities educating future nurses, confirms the science that biological differences give tremendous physical advantages to males.

“Equality in female sports was protected with the passage of Title IX in 1972.

“Male athletes identifying as women are receiving women’s scholarships, using women’s locker rooms, exposing women to significant injuries, and…”

Continue reading State Director of CWA of Colorado Karen Pennington’s op-ed in The Gazette encouraging the University of Colorado to protect its girls’ volleyball team.