Three recent books press us to understand the humanity and lives of gender-expansive athletes.
I’ll say it again: make all sports mixed and divide by classes that actually make sense for each sport, like weight or height
That still doesn’t work. When I transitioned, I was a sub elite runner. My weight didn’t change, but my body fat and muscle mass ratio did, and I ended up slower. I also lost strength, and cardio capacity. None of which was reflected by my weight or height…
“Being inclusive benefits most people”, ground breaking idea right there
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You sound stupid. They enforce gender shit in darts and chess.
All this shit is nuts.
the fairness argument is a bullshit excuse for bigotry and it always has been. it has been debunked in scientific studies, and trans women don’t even do that well. it’s not like we’re actually dominating any women’s sports. these facts have done nothing to convince transphobes they are wrong because they have only ever argued in bad faith. their position is bigotry and hate, so no argument based in logic will ever convince them.
Separate, but equal? Where have we heard that before…
I don’t think it would. Because I believe that in reality this would just mean a trans only league. While letting the sports that everyone else watches continue trans exclusion. Only further supporting exclusion for trans people from normalcy
I agree, but it is the same with the male/female categories. A “mixed” category would be the least controversial?
All I’m afraid of is for it to become the “freestyle” swimming category, where everyone goes for the same thing.
There are many sports leagues where what is considered to be the mens league, is actually open to women, it’s just that no women have ever competed in those leagues.
(If this is because of biological differences, or because of patriarchal systems (or both) is up for discussion, though I think patriarchal systems do play a massive role)
In baseball for example there have been some women playing professionally for minor league teams, and some time ago for the first time in D1 college baseball.
It doesn’t have to be trans only. Just trans friendly.
The same way monoracial churches are theoretically open to everyone, sure. In reality they’re monoracial.
Someone who is for segregation isn’t going to listen to reason.
“would it not be easier to create an “all races” Olympic equivalent than convincing sports fans to allow colored people to join?”
It would also be easier to roll over and die, but I’m not doing that either.
