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here is a thought experiment for you: no more genders in sports. at all. everyone competes under the same rules. we bother with quirks like gender? i mean, we w
by rantwasp 5y ago
here is a thought experiment for you: no more genders in sports. at all. everyone competes under the same rules. we bother with quirks like gender? i mean, we want equality right? everyone competes under the same rules /s
- woodruffw 5y agoYour snideness is noted, but this is precisely the stoic mindset: athleticism is most virtuously practiced when we only compare current selves to our best possible versions of ourselves. We can’t change anything about how others are; we can only better ourselves. Telling transwomen that they can’t perform athletic excellence on their own terms is myopic and inconsistent with our own praise for factors outside of our control. Worry less about them, and more about yourself.
- rantwasp 5y agonah. if you’re working on yourself that’s fine. if you’re working a lifetime to be the best at something only to be cheated out of it, we’re talking about something else. to nail this point home: if you are training to ride a bike and you’re the best in the world at it and after that someone comes along with an electric bike and wants to “compete” with you you’re gonna have a problem. nothing wrong if everyone has an electric one and the sport involves electric bikes. something is wrong if someone brings an electric bike and claims the bike is the same as the others.
- beerandt 5y agoI don't think they like to be referred to as "electric" anymore.
- meowkit 5y agoWe are talking about competition between others. You have worry about yourself compared to other people - that's the whole point. We are not arguing the virtues of athleticism I don't understand why you wrote that.
- tomp 5y agoNobody is telling transwomen that they cannot perform/compete. Just that they shouldn’t compete with women.