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Allowing trans women to compete against biological women ruins sports (thecollegefix.com)
11 points by sjcsjc on Oct 28, 2019 | hide | past | favorite | 4 comments


I would usually flag or hide an article that seemed off topic particularly one related to what I feel is a "culture war" topic. I feel there are better places to have those kinds of discussions. It also sucks that transgender people have traditionally been and are still the target of harassment and deserve a better lot that afforded them by our society.

However, even with those caveats, I feel the article is valid.

Being the father of daughters in competitive sports I feel it would be fundamentally incorrect to allow transgender athletes who identify as women to compete in women's events. Particularly transgender athletes who have experienced male puberty prior to transitioning.


We are insufficiently adept at turning a male body into a female body. We can significantly curtail advantage factors like muscle mass and bone density but are unable to address others like myonuclear count and skeletal size and layout. Until we are good enough at transitioning a body that trans athletes rank at the same relative competitive level before and after transition, cis women are not able to compete fairly with trans women.


This is simply scientifically accurate. There's all sorts of social mayhem around this, but it's simply unfair to women.


Women are always getting screwed




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