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Male and Female Athletic Performance: Worlds Apart
- sinyug 5y agoThe problem with articles like these is that rational people don't need them to be convinced while those that do are not rational. Watch this mixed relay race[1] to see how Poland, which has a 5s lead at the beginning of the last leg, manage to let FOUR men pass them because they went with a m-m-f-f tactic instead of the more common m-f-f-m. And watch this "She v. He" exhibition match between "The Most Dangerous Woman in the World" and some random male Muay Thai fighter.[2] Both have similar heights and weights, but the woman, who ended her career with a 36-0 record, gets KOed in the second round. Transwomen competing in women's sport will have very similar results. Genetics and testosterone cannot be wished away. [1] WAC 2019, Doha, Qatar, 4x400 Mixed Relay Finals (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUUWYOqxR84 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUUWYOqxR84) [2] Lucia Rijker v. Somchai Jaidee (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2QgDWSfQik https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2QgDWSfQik)
- rozab 5y agoI guess I was naive to expect this to be about anything else, but the title of this should be "Why I Think Trans Women Shouldn't be Allowed to Compete as Women". It's adapted from some report by some right-wing Canadian thinktank, which apparently is very interested in fairness in sport. I was hoping to read about those interesting cases where women generally outclass men (ultra distance running), or where individual women have completely outperformed men in a sport where they have no biological advantage. My favourite example of this is Lynn Hill's first free ascent of The Nose on El Cap. Shortly after she returned and did it in under 24 hours. No other climber repeated the ascent for 4 years, and none matched her time for over a decade.