The father of a female member of a California high school ski team is incredulous that this year’s state women’s slalom championship was won by a male.
In an exclusive interview with the U.K. Daily Mail, the anonymous father lashed out at officials and lawmakers who have allowed male athletes who “identify” as women to compete on girls’ sports teams.
It’s been going on for several years on other high school sports teams, but it only became a reality for California’s Davis Senior High School ski team this season, when a transgender sophomore who goes by the name of June Watterson won the women’s slalom race in the California-Nevada Interscholastic Ski & Snowboard Federation on March 6.
“It’s one thing to read about these things happening in other places and quite another to witness it first-hand,” the father told the Daily Mail.
“This injustice to young women cannot continue anywhere, especially not on my doorstep.”
The man chose to be interviewed anonymously to protect his daughter’s privacy and avoid the “relentless backlash” that others have encountered who have spoken out against males competing in women’s sports.
“‘I’ll point out the obvious,” he said. “You ruin women’s sports by allowing males to compete in women’s sports.”
“‘Hormones and drugs are just introducing drugs into sport. It’s not fair on the girls,” he continued.
“It’s pretty clear to me or anyone with a brain that if you are going through or have gone through male puberty then you should only race against people who have gone through or are going through male puberty,” the father said.
“No amount of hormone therapy or re/deconstructive surgery will change the biological muscular and skeletal differences between those born with XX and those born with XY chromosomes,” he added.
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