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I am curious, if you divided by weight tiers do you think there would still be a significant athletic advantage for men over women in sports like sprinting?
by InfiniteRand 6y ago
I am curious, if you divided by weight tiers do you think there would still be a significant athletic advantage for men over women in sports like sprinting?
- leephillips 6y agoYou don’t have to guess about these things. Just look up the stats. Without sex segregation, there are no competitive sports for women.
- stallmanite 6y agoI agree 100%. Unfortunately you severely undermine your argument by referring to transwomen as “men who can’t compete with other men and want to take home a few trophies.” I am frankly irritated by identity politics but your approach of misgendering transgender athletes and asserting that anyone would go through all the pain and disruption of transitioning to another sex and getting permanent surgical modifications to their bodies because they are “Men who can’t compete with other men” comes across as disgusting and dehumanizing. As if transwomen are craven losers who have thought of this crazy scam to win in athletic competitions. You’re going to make people who agree with your main argument re: women needing their own leagues “back away slowly” because you’re spouting really disgusting misconceptions about trans people in the process.
- InfiniteRand 6y agoNo what I am thinking is that the top tier of male athletes is probably significantly heavier than the top tier of female athletes, probably there is a height difference too. I might be wrong but it seems if the goal is just to make sure people competing against each other are within the same tiers of athletics, there may be other ways to do that. But I have not really done any research on how the top men under x pounds compare to the top woman under x pounds, so their performance might not be comparable