The natural death of social norms: when the Olympic games were part of the manosphere

There were times when various racial theories were in vogue. And while racism is still alive and kicking, it is impossible not to acknowledge the much higher level of inclusiveness that the most socially advanced parts of the globe has achieved. Nevertheless, within both the more racially diverse countries, as well as the more homogenous nations we still find various advocates of racial purity. Countries like the UK are unrecognizable and there are hardly any whites left, some say. Poland must remain white, say others.

This social resistance against the interracial mixing of people has not yet died its natural death. However, there are plenty of historical examples of such irrational defense against social change that have. For instance, today billions of spectators spend many hours devouring the various sport competitions proposed by the Olympic games. Many men and many women watch the games, where there are both male and female athletes. But merely 100 years ago, women were not considered as suitable contenders for such competitions.

“Pierre de Coubertin, the founder and leader of the modern Olympics, made his attitude known repeatedly over the years. Having women in the Olympics, he said in 1912, ‘is impractical, uninteresting, ungainly and, I do not hesitate to add, improper.’ By 1928, his thoughts had not evolved. ‘As to the admission of women to the Games, I remain strongly against it,’ he said that year.”

The patriots of our time, no doubt, consider themselves to be on the correct side of history when defending their ideal of national racial purity. Pierre de Coubertin would have also claimed to be representing the historical truth by believing that “women's glory came from the quantity and quality of their children, and from the way they trained and encouraged their sons to take part in sports.”

This founder of the modern Olympics died in 1937 and “has been heralded as a visionary of sport.” Was he a visionary of sport? Maybe. But what is sure is that he was no visionary of historical social change. It is more than likely that he died while still stubbornly believing that women should not be allowed into the Olympic games. And he could hardly have imagined the level of parity between the sexes that we would have achieved in sports today.

Our contemporary conservative friends are likewise not capable of conceiving of interracial global community. Their social norms are stuck in the 20th century. However, if it helped in any way to alleviate their anxiety over what is to come in the future, they might find it worthwhile to take notice of how joyful the Olympic games are today. They can, therefore, rest assured - their white descendants will live happily in a multi-racial society, and will be surrounded by love while raising their mixed-race offsprings. The future generations will not share the ideals of racial purity, so dear to our conservative friends. These racist ideals are merely another set of social norms, which currently find themselves in the process of dying their natural death with every passing generation.

Sources:
1. https://francis-press.com/uploads/papers/rE1WNTZSaAushg9ClGjHFY6cjJg9EoQhVdDCIXeD.pdf
2. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/10/olympics-women-milliat.html

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