'Assault on women's sports': Joe Rogan doesn't hold back on allowing trans swimmers to race against women
On Thursday's (March 31) ‘Joe Rogan Experience’, the host, Joe Rogan, talked about transgender swimmer Lia Thomas and how it's ‘unfair’ for biological men like Thomas to compete against female opponents. Rogan said, "What it is now is not good. What it is now is an assault on women's sports, and the idea that anybody would think it's fair that someone who was number 462 as a man, 462 in the nation is number one as a woman a year later, and that's fair.”
According to the New York Times, Thomas had previously raced as a man and was ranked 462nd in the country before soaring to number one among female competitors just a year later. Guest Yannis Pappas joked during the podcast, "You don't think maybe it was her passion for swimming that got her to number one? Or changing diet?" Rogan responded, "Could be, maybe just becoming her true self.” Pappas added, "I can't think of any other factor it could be. I'm just passionate about swimming.” "Maybe, you’re probably right," Rogan said. He then went on to argue that having biological guys compete against female athletes is just not fair.
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