I'll try to rephrase the question this article poses more briefly: If the performance diversity between genders is big, but there is a similarly big performanc

I'll try to rephrase the question this article poses more briefly: If the performance diversity between genders is big, but there is a similarly big performance diversity among individuals of the same gender, why not create divisions for people of different sizes rather than different genders? Weight classes in boxing and MMA are a positive example of this (besides those being divided by gender before weight). As the article says, > Why not create height divisions in basketball? Weight divisions in football? Why not segregate athletes based on bone density, testosterone levels, or lung capacity? Gender is too reductive a framework to reasonably classify physiology. Ask transgender and Paralympic athletes. Or look at Kenyan runners [...] if it was up to me I'd go ahead and create a division for people on steroids Actually, sports fans just care about who is best at a given discipline that they can also identify with. There's more money in male brackets because there are more males sports fans and males prefer to watch other males compete. And yes, males perform better at many sports, this just contributes to the incentives. Sports fans historically don't care that physiological categories are fair. It is reasonable to think that male/female categories in sports is a historical relic. It is also reasonable to think that the best competitors (often males) form the first category, and the largest group who are excluded form the second category (often females). There are categories for people on steroids. In bodybuilding the steroid class is called "bodybuilding", where the non-steroid class is called "natural bodybuilding". In bicycling the steroid class is called "Tour de France". Performance enhancements will be controversial as long as transhumanism is a fringe philosophy. Side note: I misread the title as "Women's sportswear has a crotch problem". Women's sports don't have a crotch problem. The western world has a gender problem. Sports fans continue to watch sports.