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Not an expert, but have read news long enough to notice a few things get overlooked
there are cases where it would be a disadvantage. If the athlete went through full male puberty their skeleton is going to be larger and heavier than someone who went through female puberty, after enough time at typical female hormone levels muscle mass generally decrease to be inline with cis women. It would take more energy to haul your own bones. On the otherside of the coin, more recent transwomen may not have gone through male puberty due to the use of blockers, why should they be penalised
People also tend to focus on transwomen, but conceivably there are sports where transmen might be at an advantage, where a typically lighter smaller frame may be a win. There are also so few trans people competing at a competitive level that as someone who lives outside the american culture wars and tends not to give a shit about sport, it always seems like an such a waste of effort to make a drama out of it
Muscle mass != strength though. Also someone that is physically larger isn't going to have their muscle mass shrink to that of someone that is a foot shorter.
The complete abscense of trans men in male sports competitions says this isn't a thing.
"Drama" needs to be made out of it before it becomes the norm, and by "drama" I mean it needs to be assessed properly based on science, biology, and reality and have a decision reached for the future. Make no mistake - if trans women are allowed to compete with women in professional sport, and even at a high school level, eventually it will be just all trans women in the womens divisions with no "cis" women with the rate at which people are coming out as trans.
Weight and height classes exist
The near absence of trans people in sport, tends to indicate this really isn't much a of a thing to begin with
hyperbole much?
Not in every sport. Are there weight and height classes in track and field? Football? Soccer?
Also would you be ok with a man and a woman facing off in Boxing or MMA just because they're the same weight?
It's becoming more and more prevalent, don't pretend like it isn't. If it isn't stopped there will be no women in the womens divisions of sports, only trans women.
https://thenationaldesk.com/news/americas-news-now/un-study-reveals-transgender-athletes-have-won-nearly-900-medals-in-womens-competitions-united-nations-sports-lgbt-gender-identity-title-ix-athletics
IIRC this is the study that counted medals multiple times
But I'm glad you have your culture wars to fill in your day
You act like you’re not participating in this “culture war” as much as I supposedly am lol.
You said it’s barely affecting anyone. I posted evidence that it affects hundreds/thousands of people. You dismiss it based on you thinking you remember something lol Even if it did count every medal twice, which you’ve provided no evidence to show it even counted a single one twice, it’s still thousands of women affected.
Pretty clear the study is flawed
do you remember the part where I said I'm not an expert, not invested or care about sport?
Who has the energy to care? assuming you're a seppo, your country has a shit tonne more to worry about than how good someone's chromosomes make them at putting a hockey stick in a basket from the other end of the pool
Yet here you are, caring.
Not american, and that is a pathetic way to try and kill a discussion. Just because something more important might be happening everything else should be ignored?
I'm waiting for code to compile if I'm being honest
Still here caring I see.
I clock off in half an hour
You unironically posted John Oliver and expected people to take it seriously lol
that is a pathetic way to try and kill a discussion, especially when your source was repeating conservative echo chamber nonsense and the section of the video I linked was literally talking about your stats, in a clear concise manner, something your article never took the time to do
It's John Oliver, a "progressive" shill (who is supposed to be a comedian lol) who is just a propaganda mouthpiece. If I posted a video of Joe Rogan talking about trans women and all the physical advantages they retain forever would you watch it and think it's a good source? Somehow I don't think so. Being "clear and concise" doesn't change the fact that he's a biased bullshit artist.
If Joe Rogan was researched and prepared instead of what he says off the cuff with his room temperature IQ, old mate can't even read a graph, maybe he'd have some credibility.
Oliver's team have given him the references to support what he's saying, you not liking him doesn't change the contents of the report you referenced
😂 So because you like what Oliver says, his "team" have given him all the absolute undeniable evidence to support his points, but Joe Rogan is just goofing around and hasn't got a team or done any research or anything at all.
You're the democrat propaganda machines favourite.
I never got to vote for Cheryl Kernot
the references are in the video, if you bothered to watch it - so yes?
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