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> I do wonder if there's really much of a reason to keep insisting that the genders be separated into exclusive leagues. The world champion team of female socc

> I do wonder if there's really much of a reason to keep insisting that the genders be separated into exclusive leagues. The world champion team of female soccer gets beat by a boys under 15 high school team https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/a-dallas-fc-under-15-boys-squad-beat-the-u-s-womens-national-team-in-a-scrimmage/ https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/a-dallas-fc-under-15-b... The 203rd male tennis player absolutely crushes the Williams sisters https://www.marca.com/en/more-sports/2017/06/27/595296da468aeb99218b464c.html https://www.marca.com/en/more-sports/2017/06/27/595296da468a... Women 100m record is 10.49. High-schoolers can run in 10.00 s https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/Athlete.aspx?AID=12657819 https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/Athlete.aspx?AID=1265... Men's record is under 10. If you do away with the women leagues, you will see 99% males in almost all sports.

munk-a 5y ago
While we do have the special olympics, there are all sorts of classes of people who lack genetic traits to excel at sports and no allowance is made for them to compete within their own bracket - the only bracket we have is men and women. I will admit that this is not a hill I'll die on though - I have almost no interest in sports as a profession so it's a fair bit out of my wheelhouse.
- fork1 5y ago
  There is plenty of brackets so all can play at their respectives levels, separation in different leagues for collective sports, different levels in individual sports, etc. You can have fun in your local amateur <whatever>, but there would not be any point in a game against professionals. And at the top level, olympics or international competitions, there would be no match in mixed genders for most sports.
  - darkerside 5y ago
    There are weight classes in weightlifting, boxing etc
    - inkblotuniverse 5y ago
      Men would win every weight class due to stronger ski, connective tissues, different and more efficient bone structure...

munk-a 5y ago

While we do have the special olympics, there are all sorts of classes of people who lack genetic traits to excel at sports and no allowance is made for them to compete within their own bracket - the only bracket we have is men and women. I will admit that this is not a hill I'll die on though - I have almost no interest in sports as a profession so it's a fair bit out of my wheelhouse.

fork1 5y ago
There is plenty of brackets so all can play at their respectives levels, separation in different leagues for collective sports, different levels in individual sports, etc. You can have fun in your local amateur <whatever>, but there would not be any point in a game against professionals. And at the top level, olympics or international competitions, there would be no match in mixed genders for most sports.
- darkerside 5y ago
  There are weight classes in weightlifting, boxing etc
  - inkblotuniverse 5y ago
    Men would win every weight class due to stronger ski, connective tissues, different and more efficient bone structure...