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Nevilledog

(55,244 posts)
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 09:06 PM 18 hrs ago

Heritage Foundation now targeting women's sports after SCOTUS' anti-trans sports ruling

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/07/heritage-foundation-says-title-ix-womens-sports-harm-mens-sports-feminine-graces/

Following the Supreme Court’s recent decision in West Virginia v. B.P.J., which ruled that states can exclude trans people from school sports with out violating Title IX—Scott Yenor, a senior fellow of the Heritage Foundation, is calling for Title IX to be rewritten to remove requirements for equality between men and women’s sports programing at universities.

“Equality under Title IX does not require identical outcomes or the erasure of sex differences,” Yenor writes in a July 8 Heritage Foundation report—entitled, “Title IX’s Failed Experiment: Why Accommodating Sex Differences Beats Engineered Parity”—while claiming that women would rather do yoga than play “competitive varsity sports.”

“[Title IX] requires opportunity rooted in human nature that will reveal genuine differences between the sexes,” he writes. “Recovering an approach that accommodates the partly natural, partly cultural differences between the sexes can sustain vibrant women’s sports, protect and perhaps expand male opportunities, and contribute to a healthier, more humane social order.”

While Yenor’s “report” might be dismissed as offensive misogyny, his role and the power that the Heritage Foundation have over U.S. politics under President Donald Trump make this more concerning. This is a mission statement from the Heritage Foundation who, having won the anti-trans sports case at the Supreme Court now want to take up an anti-woman cause.

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Heritage Foundation now targeting women's sports after SCOTUS' anti-trans sports ruling (Original Post) Nevilledog 18 hrs ago OP
Fuck that asshole. Solly Mack 18 hrs ago #1
The Heritage Foundation are the ones that need to be disbanded. Fuck these evil fucks. Initech 18 hrs ago #2
Uh oh. Looks like the leopard needs to be fed again. GoodRaisin 18 hrs ago #3

Solly Mack

(97,612 posts)
1. Fuck that asshole.
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 09:12 PM
18 hrs ago
Speaking of feminist thinkers and activists who pushed for greater inclusion of girls’ and women into school sports, Yenor writes, “Promoting assertive athletics formed a core element of a broader project to remake female character itself—producing a new woman who would be more aggressive, assertive, dominant, and less deferential, less graceful, and less oriented toward motherhood and traditional feminine graces.”

Instead, Yenor claims that rather than providing access and opportunities to the same sports that are provided for men, compliance with Title IX should be eligible by offering alternatives, noting that “cheerleading, dance, yoga, hiking clubs, recreational intramurals, and other athletic opportunities more aligned with average female interests and tendencies.”

Initech

(109,871 posts)
2. The Heritage Foundation are the ones that need to be disbanded. Fuck these evil fucks.
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 09:14 PM
18 hrs ago

No, I don't want this corrupt and demented think tank making decisions for us. I want them permanently banned from DC, this horrible organization has abused their powers enough.

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