Source: Family First
Todayโs superb (and well overdue) policy change by Sport New Zealand regarding biological males in womenโs sports simply reflects public opinion.
A recent Curia Market Research poll found that only 13% of New Zealanders thought that boys who identify as girls should be able to play in a girls team. 68% said they shouldnโt, and 19% were unsure.
What is most interesting is that a similar poll in 2018 by the same polling company found that support and opposition was locked at 39% each. Opposition has grown markedly over the last five years to the unfairness and safety concerns around boys competing against girls.
Contrary to the narrative, โ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐โ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ. ๐๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐ฆ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐๐ฑ. The other option is to create a new mixed category.
But females deserve to play in their own league. The government had dropped the ball on this by not sending clear guidelines to sporting groups.
๐๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ, ๐๐๐ข๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง & ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐.
