DARVO

I had never heard the term DARVO, but find it insightful.  It stands for Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender.  In this article, DARVO is discussed as it relates to Lia Thomas breaking women's college records.  Lia is a trans-athlete who retains male genitalia.  Nonetheless, she shares a locker room with women who are vilified if they object to this situation.  They are the intolerant bigots while Lia is the victim of their narrowmindedness.  Thus, we have Denied the reality that Lia retains her biological maleness, Attacked those who object to a biological male competing with biological females, and Reversed the roles of Offender and Victim.  Lia is the victim and the entirety of Ivy League female swimmers are the offenders.

If Lia wants to be a woman, great.  Go for it.  However, it is rather suspicious that a college swimmer who did not win while male chose to transition to female and then won regularly and broke records.