{"id":15088,"date":"2025-02-02T02:22:18","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T03:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=15088"},"modified":"2025-02-02T03:56:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T03:56:37","slug":"nearly-80-of-americans-dont-want-men-playing-in-womens-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=15088","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 80% of Americans Don\u2019t Want Men Playing in Women\u2019s Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post originally appeared at https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/nearly-80-percent-of-americans-dont-want-men-playing-in-womens-sports\/<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Riley<\/p>\n

Surveying nearly an equal number of Republicans and Democrats, a poll taken by the New York Times and polling company Ipsos showed that the majority of Americans do not want transgender-identifying men in women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n

Of those surveyed<\/a>, 79% answered that men \u201cshould not\u201d compete in women\u2019s sports when posed with the following question: \u201cthinking about transgender female athletes \u2013 meaning athletes who were male at birth but who currently identify as female \u2013 do you think they should or should not be allowed to compete in women’s sports?\u201d<\/p>\n

This number has increased from a 2023 The Center Square Voters’ Voice Poll<\/a> that reported 67% of American voters were collectively against men playing in women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n

When the 2025 New York Times-Ipsos poll is broken up along political divides, 94% of Republicans, 67% of Democrats, and 64% of Independents or \u201csomething else\u201d answered that men should not be in women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n

The highest bracket that believes men should be allowed to play in women\u2019s sports are Democrats, equaling 31%.<\/p>\n

The results of this poll came just before President Trump declared<\/a> there are only two sexes in America, male and female. The survey was taken from Jan. 2 to 11.<\/p>\n

When reached for comment, Ipsos vice president for public affairs Mallory Newall repeated the question posed to respondents and said \u201cwe cannot speculate on what people meant or interpreted beyond the wording of the question.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ipsos is a global market research and polling company, according to its description in the poll document.<\/p>\n

Men in women\u2019s sports has become an issue<\/a> in recent years, with high school girls such as Payton McNabb getting injured by a male competitor on a volleyball team and former University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines becoming an activist defending women’s-only sports after placing second to a transgender female swimming competitor.<\/p>\n

The Independent Women\u2019s Forum senior legal advisor Beth Parlato told The Center Square that \u201cwithout female-only athletics, the safety of girls and women is endangered, and men will dominate the playing field, which unfairly takes away awards, opportunities, scholarships and roster spots.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Independent Women\u2019s Forum (IWF) is a nonprofit women\u2019s organization \u201cdedicated to developing and advancing policies\u201d that \u201cenhance people\u2019s freedom, opportunities, and well-being,\u201d according to its website<\/a>. IWF has taken a staunch stance<\/a> against men competing in women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n

\u201cMales and females possess unique and immutable biological differences,\u201d Parlato said. \u201cWith respect to sports, males have biological athletic advantages over females, as the average male is stronger, bigger and faster.<\/p>\n

\u201cFurthermore, allowing males in female-only spaces is an invasion of a women\u2019s right to privacy and threatens women\u2019s safety and well-being,\u201d Parlato said.<\/p>\n

\u201cDefining sex-based terms in law and policy is essential to protect women\u2019s sports and spaces,\u201d Parlato said.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s executive order on two sexes provides \u201cneeded clarity to preserve the legal existence of women as distinct from men,\u201d Parlato said. \u201cProtect women\u2019s sports bills at both the federal and state levels must be codified into law to ensure equal athletic opportunities for women and girls.”<\/p>\n

The NYT-Ipsos survey was \u201cof the American general population\u201d aged 18 and up, interviewing a total of 2,128 people; 1,022 of those polled were Republican\/Lean Republican, 1,025 were Democrat\/Lean Democrat, and 81 were Independent or \u201csomething else.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a vein similar to transgender-identifying men playing in women\u2019s sports, the poll showed that the majority of Americans are not for sex changes in minors, either.<\/p>\n

Respondents were asked \u201cthinking about medications used for transgender care, do you think doctors should be able to prescribe puberty-blocking drugs or hormone therapy to minors between the ages of 10 and 18?\u201d<\/p>\n

A total of 71% of Americans do not think anyone under 18 should have access to such drugs or therapy.<\/p>\n

Shortly after this poll, Trump signed an executive order \u201crestricting transgender drugs and surgeries for minors,\u201d The Center Square previously reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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