Comment on A real question about trans athletes and records
Mac@mander.xyz 1 day ago
I don’t speak for trans people or make any decisions but here’s my thoughts:
No, because the people who hold records are already freaks of nature. The common example is Phelps who is biologically built different.
Or cyclists with a VO2 max that is literally unattainable by normies.
Or quarterbacks with vision better than everyone else.
Or, or, or
We’re already allowing people with unfair advantages to win everything, why would allowing trans people to compete suddenly change things—especially when they aren’t even winning everything?
You know what I’m fine with? A playerbase that is regulated to only accept those who are biologically average.
Them’s some sports i might actually watch, tell yew whut
Witchfire@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’ll add, as a trans person with the athleticism of a rock, about 75% of the sports debate is coming from transphobes. The proof of this is that they’re fighting to get trans people banned from darts and chess
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 1 day ago
Not everyone you disagree with is a “transphobe”. In fact, I don’t think there’s a single person in the world who has an “intense and overwhelming fear” of trans people. Most just want them to stay out of the opposite sex’s spaces.
Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I know you’re not going to read it. But what the hell.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jnr.23953
www.webmd.com/…/how-male-female-brains-differ
Many differences in performance have more to do with culture. There are smaller talent pools of women for previously male dominated sports because fewer women are interested/supported/encouraged to get into them.
barooboodoo@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Just a hunch, you’re cis aren’t you?
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 1 day ago
Wow good one sherlock! Just like 99.9% of the worlds population, yes, my “gender identity” is the same as my sex. Well it would be if I had a “gender identity”.