Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Bad Publicity

The 23 campus California State University System is the “largest public university system in the United States.” It produces 110,000 baccalaureate degrees every year. 

My undergrad alma mater - San Jose State University - is the oldest (est. 1857) of the 23 CSU campuses and the 5th largest in enrollment. The other DrC’s B.A. is from another campus of this system. 

Outside the greater Bay Area, San Jose State rarely makes the news. The current exception is over the presence on its girls volleyball team of a transsexual player. 

Several other schools in the Mountain West athletic league have refused to play SJSU and forfeited their scheduled games. This isn’t how I prefer my alma mater to be identified in the public mind. But then, I don’t favor former men playing in women’s sports. 

It’s no coincidence there are no former women competitively playing in men's sports. The XY physical advantage is real, Darwin was no dunce. Men and women evolved to fill different niches in our species’ overall survival strategy, our abilities are complementary. This should be obvious to everyone who has paid attention.