Charles D Dolson IV

If you still believe that perverted men won’t go to any lengths — any lengths — to gain access to girls and women for sexual assault, you are willfully blind. That’s exactly what happened in the case of Kallie Keeler, the young wrestler in Washington forced to compete against a male opponent. During the match, he assaulted her. This wasn’t some clumsy accident. It was a deliberate violation on the mat, enabled by policies that prioritize feelings and ideology over female safety and fairness. And if you think men like this wouldn’t exploit those openings, you haven’t been paying attention. Take Larry Nassar. The former “doctor” for the USA Gymnastics Team for nearly 30 years. He did the job for free. Out of his apparent “love of the sport.” He had unfettered access to young girls and women. He was respected. Trusted. The guy who could fix you up and get you back on the floor. He abused over 500 athletes. Over decades. He became a D.O. with the sole intention of abusing girls. He called it “pelvic floor therapy.” No matter what the girl came to him for — wrist pain, ankle sprain, back issue — that’s what he did. Ungloved hand inside her vagina. Or anus. Or both. He didn’t explain. He just did it. Girls covered under a sheet while he hid his body — and his erection — behind the table at just the right angle. Sometimes mothers were even in the room. He had a fancy PowerPoint to defend the “treatment.” Oh, those silly girls, they just don’t understand my advanced medical techniques. There were complaints for years. Ignored. He pretended to be kind. A pillar of the community. Asked the girls about school, favorite subjects, complimented their shoes. All during the assaults. He called himself a Christian. Did all the things. Just so he could keep assaulting young girls for decades. This is what predators do. They hide in plain sight. They build trust. They exploit positions of authority and access and respectability. They weaponize institutions that look the other way. So when a young man insists he’s a woman in order to wrestle girls, rub up against them, pin them and knows the system will defend him while calling her a bigot for objecting — you really think he won’t use that opportunity? You think he won’t shove his hand where it doesn’t belong and leave it there? You think this was accidental? He knew exactly what he was doing. He knew he’d be protected. She’d be doubted, dismissed and smeared. “Stunning and brave,” they’d say. He’s the vulnerable one! While the girl is left traumatized. Nassar didn’t invent this. He just exploited the same blind spots we’re seeing now in sports, locker rooms, shelters, and prisons. Bad men will always seek access. The question is whether we’ll stop pretending they won’t.