Feminists are now turning their attention to diverting money from the world’s top-level competitions – men’s sports – to women’s sports. Their demand, as usual, is for thorough-going equity. They want, as a power feminist said in one of the articles below ‘a system of respect, of equal pay, of equal treatment, of equal encouragement . . .’ The case – to the extent that is a case – is outlined in the three articles below.
The first point that one could make is that if feminists want respect for females in sport, they should not start with the assumption that men and women are at the same level in strength and agility.
Feminists may fantasize about comparative ability, but a 12-year-old boy can see how laughable the proposition is. When the proposition has been tested (16-year-old schoolboys against national female champions) the result has been embarrassing.
It is irrational to divert government money from developing national sport at the highest level – male sport – to females many of whom cannot match 16-year-old schoolboys.
But pointing out the irrationality of the feminist plan to prioritize female sport over developing male champions is futile. Feminists have acquired the power over fifty years and think it is pointless not to use it.
This will be another level of unfairness delivered to Australian men while those men who have the power to challenge feminists, have not the will or courage.
There is one possible issue that may come back to bite sport-equity feminists on their bum. Rugby League and Rugby Union are extremely rough sports for men. The injuries are frequent, some career-ending.
It is observable that the female body is not made for such brutal treatment. We are in the first years of females playing what have been traditionally considered male sports. How will the rate of injuries be in five years from 2024?
Female sports injuries are already being noted by experts, but feminists are keeping a lid on it.
Mandated gender equity targets in sport | Ministers Media Centre (pmc.gov.au)