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The American Department of Education noted that the University of Pennsylvania had violated title IX by allowing the TRANS Lia Thomas athlete to compete in the female swimming team, he announced on Monday.
A pair of former female swimmers from Upenn who have experienced the experience of sharing a swimming pool and changing rooms with Thomas opened on what the recent declaration of the administration of President Donald Trump means for them.
Conservative influencer Paula Scanlan, who was one of the first of Thomas teammates to express themselves against school, told PK Press Club Digital that the news “excited it”, but she is also skeptical about her impact.
“I was delighted to learn that the Ministry of Retract Education at the University of Pennsylvania. In the end, but I am skeptical about what my Alma Mater takes significant measures. They have had years to solve this problem and apologize to the female athletes affected, but they chose not to do it,” said Scanlan.
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The swimmer of the University of Pennsylvania, Lia Thomas, on the left, and the Kentucky swimmer, Riley Gaines, react after having finished equally in the 5th rank of the 200 free knots at the NCAA swimming and diving championships on March 18, 2022 at McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta. (Rich von Biberstein / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
The former swimmer of Upenn, Grace Estabrook, told PK Press Club Digital that she hoped that more serious measures are taken.
“I am grateful to this administration for their leadership on these questions, and I hope to see soon responsibility for all those who have held apart while the male athletes have deprived us of the female athletes of our opportunities and violated our rights in our locker room.
“I am grateful that the federal government noted that Penn had violated title IX, just as we said to Penn in the 2021-2022 season when they forced us to take a shower and compete with a man. The conclusion of the government of sex discrimination is an important first step, but the protection of female athletes cannot stop here. The men of our sports and our sports.
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“Future generations of girls and women must be saved against the hideous emotional and sexual harassment that my teammates and I endured in Penn. The current policy that Penn and the NCAA are now trying to leave vulnerable women. I and my teammates who are not half, half, half, to the Ivy, Half, halfway, to the Ivy League, and to the NCAA, which is not halfway up, half, to the Meavar which does not fully protect women.
THE Department of Education Office for Civil Rights said he would give university for 10 days to comply with title IX or risk facing a criminal reference to the Ministry of Justice. Compliance would include the publication of a declaration on its intention to follow title IX with two other key actions.
“Restore to all female athletes all individual sports discs, titles, honors, rewards or similar recognition for swimming competitions of the Division I unparalleled by male athletes which participate in female categories.
PK Press Club Digital contacted the University of Pennsylvania to comment.
The University is currently being continued by Estabrook and two of its other former teammates, Margot Kaczorowski and Ellen Holmquist, on the situation of Thomas.
The trial also appoints Ivy League and NCAA, citing their experience with Thomas and the treatment of institutions of the situation. The costume also seeks to cancel all Thomas’ distinctions in the women’s category.
