It is a fact that males are on average bigger, stronger and faster than females. That is why men and women compete separately in sports. That is easily proven by comparing men’s and women’s world records. And research has shown that during puberty there are permanent changes in physiology that cannot be undone by hormone therapy after puberty. Here is a quote from a research paper on the subject: “Male physiology cannot be reformatted by estrogen therapy in transwoman athletes because testosterone has driven permanent effects through early life exposure.” (See “Transwoman Elite Athletes: Their Extra Percentage Relative to Female Physiology” by Alison K. Heather in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.)

Based on the science, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) does not allow transgender women who transitioned after age 12 to compete in the women’s category. The World Athletics and International Cycling Union both have similar criteria to the IOC.

Peterson also makes the point that trans athletes are a very small percentage of NCAA athletes. That is irrelevant. The point of having rules is to keep the competition fair. Arguing that the unfairness only happens occasionally, and therefore we should ignore it, doesn’t make sense at all.

James Brandt, New Brighton

My company consisted of about 450 employees, and our management team consisted of 12 managers, including accounting, finance, U.S. sales, international sales, customer support, field service, personnel, manufacturing, quality control, engineering, software, advertising, public relations and maintenance. Our goal was to maximize our efficiency.

So we met every Monday at 10 a.m. with two topics: What will you be doing this upcoming week, and what were your results last week? It was a good solution in that managers laid out their plans for next week and reported their results from the previous week. Every manager was proud of their activity levels. Efficiency is everything for organizations. And it would be equally good for government employees. So I believe that Trump is doing the same thing: asking for organizational efficiency.