ONE TROUBLE RUNS INTO A DITCH?

There's nothing so crazy that some intellectuals won't give it credence, which led to this.  "What will happen to all of these boutique competitions when the eternal tussle between freaks and straights takes a new turn, with a new pharmacopeia?"

Not so fast, Pilgrim.  Maybe the Ivy League will return to irrelevance in swimming.

World swimming’s governing body effectively banned transgender athletes from competing in women’s events on Sunday.

FINA members at the organization’s extraordinary general congress voted 71.5% in favor of its new “gender inclusion policy” that only permits swimmers who transitioned before age 12 to compete in women’s events.

“This is not saying that people are encouraged to transition by the age of 12. It’s what the scientists are saying, that if you transition after the start of puberty, you have an advantage, which is unfair,” James Pearce, who is the spokesperson for FINA president Husain Al-Musallam, told The Associated Press.

“They’re not saying everyone should transition by age 11, that’s ridiculous. You can’t transition by that age in most countries and hopefully you wouldn’t be encouraged to. Basically, what they’re saying is that it is not feasible for people who have transitioned to compete without having an advantage.”

I should hope not, as it's crazy to talk about puberty blockers for kids who aren't even at puberty, let alone capable of a sexual experience, and preadolescence is not the age of majority for anything else, including being able to drive a car, drink a beer, carry a gun, or be invested as Prince of Wales.  But experiments against reality have to crash into reality.

The tide is turning as more “detransitioners,” now young adults, tell their tales of woe.

The Post told some of their stories over the weekend. Chloe decided she was transgender at 12, was placed on puberty blockers and prescribed testosterone at 13 and had a double mastectomy at 15. By 16 she realized it was all a mistake. But testosterone had masculinized her jawline, broadened her shoulders, given her facial hair and may have stolen her fertility.

Maybe it's time for the medical and behavioral scientists to behave like Responsible Adults.

Disproportionate numbers of young people who go to gender clinics are reported to be autistic or have poor mental health, which makes the rush to feed them hormones and mutilate their bodies all the more reprehensible.

What we see is that the medical profession is not proceeding with caution, as they once did in the “watchful waiting” era when most kids grew out of any gender confusion, with some just being gay.

In so doing, do the Wise Experts risk more anger from the people they've misled?

Because transitioning at the age of 12 is a form of child abuse. Chemical castration is child abuse. Mutilating the genitals of an individual who is not yet able to fight for their country or vote-even if it’s for a numbskull who falls off a stationary bicycle-is child abuse. Loving and supporting your child to the point of not being able to shoot him or her with the simple reality of their chromosomal makeup is child abuse.

Perhaps, like with other extreme popular delusions, the end comes when the people most aware that the experiments against reality are running into reality, whether it's swim teams, or perhaps employers who cannot find people of ability, are the first to say no.