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Far-left activists in Biden's Department of Education are changing the definition of "sex" in Title IX -- and the consequences will be detrimental to women.
Title IX prohibits discrimination based on sex in any educational program receiving Federal financial assistance. The vast, vast majority of public schools and colleges receive such assistance and thus fall under the purview of Title IX.
For the entirety of its existence, Title IX has been enforced using the self-evident definition of "sex." That is, a person's status as male or female based on immutable biological traits.
Now, Biden's radicals in the Department of Education want "sex" to include "sex stereotypes, sex-related characteristics (including intersex traits), pregnancy or related conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity." Such a change is ill-advised.
Schools will be forced to allow any man who identifies as a woman to participate in women's sports and share women's private spaces like bathrooms, locker rooms, dorm rooms, or any other sex-segregated area.
Women will be especially affected when it comes to sports. One study revealed that 94% of senior female executives played competitive sports. Yet women's sports will cease to be competitive if men are allowed to participate.
Males have inherent physical advantages that cannot be suppressed by hormone therapy (greater lung capacity, higher bone density and greater muscle mass).
Allowing men to compete in women's sports will destroy the notion of "competitive" and hurt women in the long run.
And to make matters worse, the federal government will likely spend millions of dollars defending the indefensible in court.
Many states have passed laws banning men from competing in women's sports. This clash will most certainly set up lengthy and costly litigation -- all of which is funded by taxpayer money.
Biden's new Title IX rule puts women's safety, privacy and equality at risk. The rule will hurt the very people Title IX was intended to protect.
Americans should oppose it and Congress should stop this disaster in its tracks.
Julia Nestor
Elkins