If you are running for president, pledge to protect female athletes like me

College volleyball player Macy Petty reacts to the U.S. House passing a bill that would ban biological males from competing in women's sports on 'Fox News @ Night.'

Like dominoes, one by one, American institutions have fallen captive to woke activists seeking to abolish sex-based protections. Women are left in the dust as the NCAA, the government, the media, Hollywood, education, and more, place women on the back burner. The American people have had enough and seek a leader who will restore and defend the dignity of womanhood. Though, the issue appears to stay on the back burner for many hopeful presidential candidates.

This lack of leadership feels all too familiar for me as a female athlete.

As an aspiring college volleyball player, I dedicated nearly every weekend in high school traveling to tournaments to showcase my skills to college recruiters. I certainly did not sign up for a co-ed league, but I was forced to play against a male athlete participating on the opposing girls’ team.

FEMALE ATHLETES ARE RETIRING AFTER COMPETING AGAINST BIOLOGICAL MEN, TRACK CHAMPION WARNS

Instead of demonstrating skills I’d built over the previous several years, the recruiters watched a boy slam the ball in our faces. He was playing on a volleyball net over 7 inches shorter than he should have as a man. I felt embarrassed and robbed. Little did I know, this signaled a wave of male intrusion that had yet to become widely prevalent.

I assumed this was obviously cheating and USA Volleyball or Junior Volleyball Association wouldn’t let this happen again. I couldn’t be more wrong.

Sports organizations continue to stand by as the integrity of the female sports slowly fell to an ideology that allowed discrimination against women to reign