• naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    6 months ago

    If you’re position is excluding trans women from sport because of vibes you’re just a transphobe.

    There is no rabid hoard of transwomen waiting to overrun sport and sweep the awards. Until recently this wasn’t even an issue, the Olympics has allowed trans women to compete from like 2000. Where are the medals?

    We’re a tiny population who generally perform worse than natal women because our T is lower. Despite all the contrived “just asking questions” about skeleton size or whatever nonsense there is no clear picture of advantage. At any rate tall women aren’t banned from sport. Even women with PCOS aren’t banned from sport.

    We don’t have seperate leagues for people raised in stable households on good diets and yet that’s got performance benefits that swamp anything from having a slightly higher forearm to middle finger ratio or whatever insane thing people bring up.

    This whole thing is completely drummed up and is just an acceptable way for the general unease cis people feel about trans people to be voiced.

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      We don’t have seperate leagues for people raised in stable households on good diets and yet that’s got performance benefits that swamp anything from having a slightly higher forearm to middle finger ratio or whatever insane thing people bring up.

      This is actually a really good point. There’s no much natural variation in body types and hormone levels.

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      6 months ago

      If this is all drummed up, then why do transgender athletes have such a problem with competing in the all-comers category instead of the women’s category, which is reserved for XX born females who have all of the disadvantages you describe above since birth?

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        6 months ago

        The same fucking reason why people resented segregation you idiot.

        You are not this stupid, this is entirely bad faith. Just say “I find trans women gross and I don’t give a shit about trans men” instead of pretending you have anything principled to say.

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          6 months ago

          Except skin color does not affect athletic performance whereas sex does. There is a huge difference in segregation and this topic.

          • naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            6 months ago

            Please provide evidence that trans women’s performance in athletics competitions is favourably outside of the expected range for cis women.