Several female athletes and advocates for female athletes testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday about efforts to keep biological men from competing in women’s sports.
\n\nKim Jones, co-founder of the Independent Council on Women’s Sports, testified that protecting women’s sports and being inclusive toward men and boys who identify as women cannot coexist.
\n\n“You can protect the boy who wants to take a spot on a girls’ team, or you can protect the girl for whom the spot was designated,” said Jones. “You can protect women’s sports to celebrate female athletes and recognize women as champions, or you can use women’s sports as a place to compare women to less talented males and to teach women that men must be prioritized.”
\n\n“We can’t do both. We must make a choice,” she added.
\n\nCarly Smolak, a former professional soccer player, also said that failure to protect women’s sports is failing young girls.
\n\n“We are failing young female athletes by forcing girls to choose between playing co-ed sports or not playing,” she testified. “The message to young girls is that boys can be better female athletes.”
\n\nDuring a press conference after the hearing, NCAA softball player Kendall Kotzmacher testified that…
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