Women's sports conflicts with the Liberal philosophy of DEI or diversity, equity and inclusion, since it does not allow diversity and inclusion beyond women; trans athletes or males. Nor does it allow equity for women if some bio-men get to play. I would like to present an analogy for the pitfalls of DEI. I call it climbing Mount Everest and DEI.
Say we decided to plan a mountain climbing trip to Mount Everest. We will apply the Liberal DEI philosophy and allow anyone to go, not based on merit and experience, but on shallow diversity standards like sex, skin color, age, ethnicity, gender, weight, etc. This will make the trip diverse and inclusive at a superficial level.
What is left to do is make this trip equitable? Climbing Mount Everest is not going to be easy. Rather it will be quite exhausting and dangerous. If you are not prepared and experienced, it can be deadly. Even dealing with elevation can be difficult, if you do not train in advance. The idea of shallow criteria to take this trip and expect equity of results is irrational. This is a specific task with specific skills needed for safety. There may be a group or league of climbers who can do this, but that group is not based on the shallows, but experience and preparation. The group may not check all the liberal boxes but will have the best chance to succeed and be safe.
The diversity, equity and inclusion approach might work up through the flight to Nepal. But after that, equity for the DEI will start to break down, unless we either dumb down the achievers and not allow them to go beyond the point, where the least of the shallows can go. Our we may need to add lots of extra resources, to create an illusion that this shallow diversity can achieve equal results, all the way to the top.
We can hire Sherpa Guides to carry the weakest diversity members up the mountain. But this is no longer equity, since those who will hike by themselves do not get to be carried. While those who are not on the trip, who have paid taxes for the trip, have no equity outcome. They also need to have equity, to make up for spending but not going on the trip. What should be done to balance this off for the support people? The answer according to DEI is nothing. Equity only applies to Leftist. Everyone else owes them.
A better approach is based on merit first. In this case, all the shallows are welcome; diversity and inclusion, but equity will be based on your own level of talent and experience. Funding will be done though charity and fund raising. Some will need to stay at a hotel in Nepal, others will make it to base camp, some will make it half way, and a few will make it to the top, with merit deciding what is fair for each of you; different leagues.
Everyone gets to play, but not everyone will get the same results, since shallow diversity has different levels of merit, since merit is different. One is not born with merit, since merit depends on many factors including talent, will power, preparation and desire. The Left needs to think deeper, and not stay so shallow. To them equity means benefit their group, at the expense of others. Trans in women sports cheats women, who lose their equity in sports. It is disheartening to force ringers onto them.
