Sports really isn’t that important compared to other issues. You were the one who brought it up.
But this is also a non-issue because trans women are underperfoming in sports and in many cases they actually have disadvantages, e.g. because of testosterone levels that are often lower than those of cis women.
And even if there was an advantage, that’s just how literally all of sports works. Do you want to ban cis women who are tall or have naturally high testosterone? Should Michael Phelps be banned because he has a biological advantage?
Biologically speaking, this debate remains stupid. Also, all females are biological.
You never see people like this advocating for banning Michael Phelps from competitive swimming. He has ‘unfair’ genetic advantages în lung capacity and lactic acid production.
The day that is seriously considered is the day I might take them slightly more seriously.
A lot of confusion seems to stem from people thinking that allowing transwomen means a lot of men would just sign up into women’s sports. Which of course is a not a very good take if you know anything about transitioning (and in money making levels you wouldn’t be allowed into women’s sports without being on hormones likely for years anyway) and it’s effects on the body. Even without talking about dysphoria, you can’t just go forwards and backwards with transitioning without having some major physical consequences
Absolutely, most people know little to nothing about hormone therapy and it shows.
Fun fact, Ben Shapiro tried to make a documentary about men competing in women’s basketball but they found out that you can’t actually just do that and they were unable to find men who were willing to undergo HRT for it (surprise). Which is incredibly funny because it completely disproves all the stupid shit he and people like him have been saying.
Sports really isn’t that important compared to other issues. You were the one who brought it up.
But this is also a non-issue because trans women are underperfoming in sports and in many cases they actually have disadvantages, e.g. because of testosterone levels that are often lower than those of cis women.
And even if there was an advantage, that’s just how literally all of sports works. Do you want to ban cis women who are tall or have naturally high testosterone? Should Michael Phelps be banned because he has a biological advantage?
Biologically speaking, this debate remains stupid. Also, all females are biological.
You never see people like this advocating for banning Michael Phelps from competitive swimming. He has ‘unfair’ genetic advantages în lung capacity and lactic acid production.
The day that is seriously considered is the day I might take them slightly more seriously.
or that guy that could run non-stop for hours on end with a similar condition to phelps
A lot of confusion seems to stem from people thinking that allowing transwomen means a lot of men would just sign up into women’s sports. Which of course is a not a very good take if you know anything about transitioning (and in money making levels you wouldn’t be allowed into women’s sports without being on hormones likely for years anyway) and it’s effects on the body. Even without talking about dysphoria, you can’t just go forwards and backwards with transitioning without having some major physical consequences
Absolutely, most people know little to nothing about hormone therapy and it shows.
Fun fact, Ben Shapiro tried to make a documentary about men competing in women’s basketball but they found out that you can’t actually just do that and they were unable to find men who were willing to undergo HRT for it (surprise). Which is incredibly funny because it completely disproves all the stupid shit he and people like him have been saying.
Here’s an article about the film. They tried to make it a comedy instead.