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How would you respond to the statement "Trans women are biologically male" ? (literature.cafe)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by Karl@literature.cafe to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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(I'm just trying to learn. No hidden mockery in this and this is no gotcha bs aimed at t women. I'm NOT transphobic. Just saw this in a debate and wanted to know other people's thoughts)

I just want to know:

Is this factually correct?
If it is, does it matter? Why or why not?
How would you logically respond to this?
How does this statement not contradict with Trans Women are Women

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[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (2 children)

Change rooms should be unisex either way and professional sports is totally solvable - we already have weight classes etc but at the end of the day sports is just entertainment and not what we should be basing our society about. It can fuck off and disappear for all I care - plenty if other entertainment out there.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

The reason why sports are segregated by gender is because men can't stand to lose to women.

Think about this. Why are even non-contact sports segregated? Tennis? Why?!

Even chess is segregated by gender. Chess!

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 1 points 5 hours ago

Why are even non-contact sports segregated? Tennis? Why?!

This has been tested on multiple occasions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Sexes_(tennis)

The only real win in singles was Billie Jean King (then 29yo) over Bobby Riggs (then 55yo). Riggs had recently beaten Margaret Court who was a 17 year number one in the women's game.

Martina Navratilova in 2023 stated that the reason the 55-year-old Riggs lost to the 29-year-old King was simply because of age.[37] Navratilova said Riggs lost "because Bobby was too old," and added, "A 35 year old Bobby would have beaten all of us."[37]

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

Maybe bit it's more likely it's jus5 entertainment based. Women leagues are created to attract more viewers/participants.