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 @VulcanMan6 CommentssportsGenderStarted 2yrs agoActive 4mos ago

We shouldn't be separating sports by gender to begin with.

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 @9QR8QLX from Minnesota  disagreed…12mos12MO

The whole point of dividing them originally was to provide the biologically weaker sex in our dimorphic species an environment where they can be physically active and have a reasonable competition.

It's why we don't have high schoolers in the same league as the 8 year olds, even when they are the same biological sex, although funnily enough, females are so much weaker than males they frequently get shamed by high school boys teams.

  @Renaldo-MoonGreen  from Pennsylvania  commented…8mos8MO

Cut the BS. Women may not be naturally as strong but they sure can train and end up being just as strong.

 @9V8RCRSDemocrat from Pennsylvania  agreed…9mos9MO

I agree. While men are often stronger physically than women, women have more endurance usually. Neither gender has an overarching advantage in sports.

 @B3TTQQK from Arkansas  disagreed…4mos4MO

Engaged Transgender Athletes

Even if women have more endurance, males still outperform females drastically. More endurance isn't enough when males are that much more dominant in almost every other category.

  @Ars-Gratia-Artiscommented…1yr1Y

I mean, fair assessment, and I thought the same for a while, but the problem is men would have an easier time against a significant percent of women. I'm not against, however, a woman applying for the MLB or something, provided she's held to the same standards as the men. If she can compete on that level, why not?

Men in women's sports is a problem and there is research on this. Probably worth a Google.

  @Renaldo-MoonGreen  from Pennsylvania  disagreed…8mos8MO

So basically you have no problem with trans men? You can't hold the two sides of trans to different standards that's not fair and this whole argument is about equity.

Also trans women generally have larger frames and are taller than bio women. However transitioning actually makes it so they have roughly the same level of muscle, as estrogen does not stimulate muscle growth the way testosterone does. This actually can give them a disadvantage, as they have the same amount of muscle moving a larger frames, leading to decreased stamina and ability to recover. The advantages actually balance out with the disadvantages.

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