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Everyone should agree that it's fundamentally unfair for biological males to compete against biological females in most sports. But the problem is any strict ru
by russellbeattie 5y ago
Everyone should agree that it's fundamentally unfair for biological males to compete against biological females in most sports. But the problem is any strict rules against this will lead to discrimination in so many other areas, I'm basically willing to look the other way as it's such a rare occurrence anyways. How many trans athletes are there?
It's very sad that this is a political issue - it makes any reasonable solution impossible. Any restrictions that liberals might find practical and fair (like a ban on competing where muscles are involved) will inevitably be used by conservatives to justify bigotry and prejudice in a number of other areas (exclusion from public bathrooms, for example, or even restrictions based on race, nationality or sexuality).
- fallingknife 5y agoThe line between competition and everything else is pretty black and white.
- hirundo 5y agoWhen a trans athlete wins an Olympic gold medal, it will surely encourage more to try. As rare as they might be, they could easily come to dominate at the elite level in strength and speed events, and crowd out women who don't have the hormonal advantages.
- jl2718 5y agoDuring the men’s 1500 freestyle heats it was noted the Katie Ledecky would have had the top seed by a significant margin if she were to compete with the men. Similar things sometimes happen in ultra running. I wonder if intersex competition in endurance sports would bring out more greats from the women. As a spectator sport, I think audiences would go crazy for an event with no distinction between sexes and equal chances of winning.