Democrats are once again trying to dismiss the problem of men in women's sports with false equivalencies, manipulation, and gaslighting.Meet Graham Platner. A Democrat combat veteran running for senate in Maine. Platner made waves in October 2025 fortrying to hide a Nazi-style tattoo, while at the same time making a fuss about Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's Christian tattoo. It's always funny to see the party hellbent on calling Trump, his cabinet, and over half of America who voted for him, "Nazis," yet their candidates have Nazi tattoos and Democrats likeArizona Senator Ruben Gallego defend him and dismiss the backlash. Now Platner is bragging about beating up girls in high school wrestling.
"I was a captain of my high school wrestling team in 2003. I wrestled girls. Nobody cared," Platner said prior to noting that he beat those girls during hisdiscussion with Anna Sale on Slate's "Death, Sex, & Money."
First off, this is a false equivalency. Pretending that women in men's sports is in the same category as men in women's sports is manipulative, laughable, anti-science, and anti-women. No one in their right mind would affirm that girls competing in men's high school wrestling and football, as Platner stated, is a fairness and integrity issue.
You know why nobody cared, Graham? No one thought it was unfair.
Also, you know why he competed against women in high school wrestling? Women didn't have their own wrestling teams up until fairly recently.
- Even at the same body weight, males have significantly more lean muscle mass.
- On average, men have 30-40% more upper-body strength.
- After puberty, like Platner at this point in high school, men have up to twenty times more testosterone, which leads to greater muscle development, higher power output, and faster strength gains.
- Males have higher bone density, wider shoulders, and typically longer reach.
- Men produce more fast-twitch muscle fibers, which helps with explosive take-downs, lifts, and throws.
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