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A 16-year-old Rogers High School wrestler in Puyallup, Washington has come forward saying she was sexually violated during a girls’ match in December, and the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has opened a directed Title IX investigation into the Puyallup School District. The federal inquiry will examine whether the district allowed males to compete in girls’ sports and whether it failed to respond promptly to allegations that this student was assaulted during competition.
Video of the match, recorded by the girl’s mother, has circulated and shows the young athlete visibly distressed on the mat while her opponent, who identifies as female but is biologically male, wrestles on top of her. The family and local outlets report the girl said she was inappropriately touched during the bout, and her account has sparked outrage among parents and athletes who say administrators sat on complaints for months.
Reports indicate the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office has opened a criminal investigation and that multiple female wrestlers had previously complained to school leaders about encounters with male competitors in the girls’ locker room and on the mat. If true, these failures to act are not merely policy disputes — they are failures to protect the privacy and bodily safety of girls who come to school expecting to compete on an even playing field.
This is about more than one terrible incident; it’s about the consequences of athletic policies that prioritize ideological labels over physical reality and the safety of our daughters. Conservatives have warned for years that allowing males into girls’ sports would produce exactly this kind of harm, and now federal investigators must hold school officials accountable for putting social experiments ahead of student protection.
Lawmakers and school boards owe it to every parent to act swiftly: require sex-separated fair competition where physiological differences matter, create transparent reporting and immediate law-enforcement notification policies, and ensure survivors receive support without being silenced. Protecting girls’ sports and girls’ safety is not discrimination — it is common-sense stewardship of youth athletics and the basic duty of any school district receiving taxpayer dollars.
Hardworking Americans should be furious that parents had to go public to force an investigation, and we should demand the courage from our leaders to restore safe, fair competition for girls. The answer is not to vilify victims who speak up, but to stand with them, change the rules, and make sure no other young woman has to endure what this teenager says she went through.
