In this edition of "Change My Mind," Steven Crowder heads to the University of North Texas to see what students think about biological males competing in women's sports. Spoiler: They should not.

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KEY DETAILS:

• In 2021, 31 states introduced bills banning biological males from girls’ sports. SOURCE: CNN
• TESTOSTERONE
  • Men have, on average, 15-20x more testosterone than women. SOURCES: MayoClinic, MayoClinic
  • Testosterone enhances red blood cell production, decreases fat, increases muscle, and increases bone density. SOURCES: MayoClinic, PubMed
• NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF PUBERTY BLOCKERS SOURCES: Mayo Clinic, St Louis Children’s Hospital, EJE
  • Decreased bone density
  • Stunted growth
  • Decreased strength
  • Fatigue
  • Sterility
  • Insomnia
  • Headaches
  • Muscle aches
  • Weight gain
  • Increased risk of cardiac disease
  • Increased risk of breast/uterine cancer
  • No way to resume puberty even after drugs are stopped
  • Alters brain development
  • AND these are the SAME drugs used to chemically castrate sex offenders. SOURCE: The Atlantic

MEN’S VS. WOMEN’S WORLD RECORDS

• MEN’S 1 MILE RUN: 3:43.13. SOURCES: GWR, GWR
  • Compare to WOMEN’S 1 MILE RUN: 4:12.33
• MEN’S 800 FREESTYLE SWIM: 7:32.12. SOURCES: SS, SS
  • Compare to WOMEN’S: 7:59.34
• MEN’S POWERLIFTING SQUAT (Raw+Wraps): 1102.3 pounds. SOURCES: OPL, OPL
  • Compare to WOMEN’S: 705.4 pounds

COMPARING % OF TRANS ATHLETES TO WINS

HIGH SCHOOL

• An estimated 2% of high schoolers are trans. And 60% of high schoolers are athletes. SOURCES: CDC, ChildTrends
• If this ratio holds, an estimated 1.2% of high school athletes are trans.

COMPARE TO WINS

• Lia Thomas recently WON the NCAA women’s swim championship in the 500-meter race. SOURCE: NYPost
  • She also broke records in both the 500- and 200-meter races, winning the 200 by 7 seconds. SOURCE: WashTimes
  • And in January, the NCAA updated its transgender participation policy: “Transgender student-athletes will need to document sport-specific testosterone levels beginning four weeks before their sport's championship selections." SOURCE: NCAA
• At the 2018 Connecticut State Track Championships, trans teen Terry Miller took first place in the 100- AND 200-meter dash races. That’s two out of three races Miller competed in--67%. SOURCE: MileSplitCT

PRO ATHLETES

• About 0.6% of the US population identifies as transgender (high estimate). SOURCE: UCLA
• COMPARE TO WINS/RECORDS: In 2019, trans powerlifter Mary Gregory won 9 out of 9 events and set 4 world records at the US 100% Raw Weightlifting Federation competition in the US. Note that Gregory was later stripped of these titles after a urine test led the committee to conclude Gregory was physiologically a male. SOURCES: YahooSport, GlobalNews

MOST EGREGIOUS EXAMPLES OF TRANS ATHLETES BEATING WOMEN/SETTING RECORDS

• LIA THOMAS: The University of Pennsylvania swimmer has broken a plethora of school and Ivy League records since moving from the men’s to the women’s team.
  • Thomas has the top times in the NCAA women’s 200- and 500-meter freestyle.
  • If she was competing in the men’s division she would have the 893rd best 200-meter time and the 501st best 500-meter time.
• LAUREL HUBBARD: New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard won two gold medals at the Pacific Games and was on track to dominate the sport until a serious injury. SOURCE: Wired
  • Hubbard made her Olympic debut in Tokyo at age 43, but failed to medal. SOURCE: NBCNews
  • And according to the International Olympic Committee’s guidelines, Laurel Hubbard only needs to demonstrate that her total testosterone level in serum has been below 288ng/dL for at least 12 months prior to her first competition. That’s 5 to 20 times more than the average woman. SOURCES: IOC, PubMed
• TERRY MILLER: Female Connecticut high school athletes are routinely cheated out of state track titles by Terry Miller & Andraya Yearwood, two biological males. Terry Miller won two state titles at the 2018 Connecticut state track championships. SOURCES: NYPost, NBC
• CECE TEFLER of Franklin Pierce University won the NCAA championship in the women’s 400-meter run. SOURCE: Outsports
• RACHEL MCKINNON, a biological male, won a women’s cycling world championship and set the world record. SOURCE: Bicycling.com
• HANNAH MOUNCEY, a biological male, was one of the Australian women’s handball team’s top scorers, after previously playing for the men’s team. SOURCE: Medium
• “MARY GREGORY” set the Masters world record for the squat, deadlift, AND bench press while competing as a woman, before being stripped of the records and screaming outrage. SOURCE: WaPo
• “JUNE” EASTWOOD, a University of Montana Cross Country runner, was named the NCAA Big Sky Conference Female Athlete of the Week. SOURCE: TheCollegeFix, RunnersWorld
• HAILEY DAVIDSON won a US professional golf tournament in May 2021. SOURCE: ScottishSunUk
• MAXINE BLYTHIN was the star of their cricket team in 2019. SOURCE: DailyMail
• KENZIE STATZ won a women’s cycling race by two minutes in January 2021. SOURCE: EmpowerWisconsin
• TIFFANY ABREU in January 2018 broke the Brazilian Volleyball tournament Superliga’s single-game scoring record by 39 points. SOURCE: VolleyMob
• VALENTINA PETRILLO won 3 gold medals in the 2020 Paralympics. SOURCE: BBC
• CHELSEA WOLFE is set to compete as a BMX Freestyle rider in the Olympics. SOURCE: ESPN
• JILLIAN BEARDEN couldn’t make it pro as a male cyclist but rode in a Pro US peloton as a woman. SOURCE: SummitDaily

MEN'S PHYSIOLOGICAL ADVANTAGES

• The sports performance gap between males and females emerges at puberty and is as high as 50%. SOURCE: PubMed
• AVERAGE TESTOSTERONE: Men have 15-20x more testosterone than women. SOURCES: MayoClinic, MayoClinic
• TESTOSTERONE (long-term) EFFECTS:
  • BONE DENSITY: Men have 26-45.5% higher bone mass than women. SOURCE: PubMed
  • RED BLOOD CELLS: higher count
  • LOWER FAT
  • MORE MUSCLE
  • MORE FAST TWITCH MUSCLES
  • 80% GREATER TENDON STRENGTH
  • LUNG CAPACITY/VO2MAX SOURCES: PubMed, NY Times, PubMed, PubMed

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