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When I was in high school, we had an influx of Somali refugees at our school who in short order came to absolutely dominate in basketball. In comparison to the
by montroser 5y ago
When I was in high school, we had an influx of Somali refugees at our school who in short order came to absolutely dominate in basketball. In comparison to the other kids in the area, physically there was no contest. Our team of Somalis were a head taller than anyone else, and no amount of other teams getting up early to practice had any glimmer of a hope of overcoming their new disadvantage. We never came close to losing a game.
Was that fair? I feel like there are no easy answers here.
- okareaman 5y agoNo that doesn't seem fair but it's a fairly isolated example that won't affect millions of young girls who want to excel at sports when they grow up. If Somalis were dominating sports in every high school in America (sorry to be America-centric) then I'd say you could compare the two more effectively.
- leephillips 5y agoAlso, there are no “average height” leagues, where extra tall people are allowed to unfairly compete while everyone pretends that they’re of average height, because they “identify” as being 5'9" tall. Average height people are not an oppressed class that fought for decades to have leagues where they could compete with each other, only to suddenly face a new reality where extra tall people identifying as “average” are admitted to their leagues.
- okareaman 5y agoThe bottom line is that if I were a member of the trans community I would concede on this issue because it's one that causes a lot of hostility from the general public. Why give people an issue to dislike you when you might find a few that are more friendly to you? Is it really that important for trans women to compete in women's sports? You have to learn to pick your battles.
- montroser 5y agoAre transgender people dominating sports in American high schools? The point is that the Somalis came with some genetic traits that made them predisposed to winning at sports. So too do trans girls. In either case we shouldn't ban them because they happen to be better physically suited to play the game.
- okareaman 5y agoNot yet, but if this trend continues they will. There are enough boys who identify as girls to have an impact. how many boys have gender dysphoria?: Over the years, prevalence rates for gender dysphoria in adults have varied considerably. The variation is likely a function of many factors, including definition, time period, and source of ascertainment. For example, in the Standards of Care of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (112), probably relying on an estimate given in the DSM-IV-TR, the prevalence of gender dysphoria in adult males was estimated to be 1 in 30,000. In the meta-analysis by Arcelus et al. (113), the prevalence in adult males was estimated at 1 in 14,705 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.632784/full https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.6327... How Many High Schools are in the US?: The total number of high schools in the U.S. is expected to reach about 26,727 https://admissionsly.com/how-many-schools-are-there/ https://admissionsly.com/how-many-schools-are-there/
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- ashwagary 5y agoI don't see what Somali women or German women named Helga have to do with men in wigs dominating female sports. You put forth a terrible argument.