Olympian Ilona Maher disrupts radical left’s view of femininity

(The Daily Signal) – Ilona Maher has put women’s rugby on the map following her performance on and off the field at the 2024 Paris Olympics, breaking the radical Left’s view of femininity in the process.

Chances are, I am not the only American who two weeks ago had never heard of Maher and didn’t even know women’s rugby sevens was a sport at the Olympics. (Come to find out, women have played rugby at the Games since 2016.)

Fans of Maher know that the 27-year-old athlete from Vermont is one of the best rugby players in the U.S. She led her team at Quinnipiac University to three National Intercollegiate Rugby Association titles and earned All-American honors.

Her success continued in Paris as she led the U.S. women’s team to medal in the sport for the first time at the Olympics, finishing third. 

Maher’s success as an athlete can be rivaled only by her success as a social media influencer. Upon arriving in Paris for the Games, she began making funny, clever videos on social media joking about looking for love in the “Olympic villa” and celebrating the fact that she is 5’10,” 200 pounds, and fully a feminine woman.

As The Wall Street Journal put it, Maher “Plays Like an NFL Running Back,” but she does it with red lipstick and long hair. 

“I don’t want to be just one thing out there,” Maher told “CBS Mornings” during a recent interview. “I feel that I can be a beast and compete in this very physical, aggressive sport while also keeping my femininity while I do it.” 

Maher is the reminder so many young girls need right now: If you are a tomboy and enjoy football, rugby, or wrestling, you are STILL a woman and can be fully feminine even while your lefty teacher or counselor might be asking if you’d like to identify by male personal pronouns.

Maher breaks a mold that the feminist movement tried to break a long time ago, but that the transgender movement has sadly cobbled back together.

Maher has rightly earned the title of Problematic Woman of the Week on the “Problematic Women” podcast for her joyful embrace of her skill as a rugby player and her strong femininity. 

Catch this week’s full edition of the “Problematic Women” podcast here.