What hormones you release during puberty is dictated significantly by what chromosomes you have, and some of the effects of having testosterone rushing through your system during puberty are permanent (e.g. height), no matter how much hormone replacement you go through after puberty. The question is whether going…

We seperate the sports by sex because of the physiological differences associated with having XX or XY chromosomes, one of which is a significant difference in average height. It's not the only reason, but height is one of the main relevant physiological differences when you're talking about sports.

No, those differences don't all go away, only some of them can be changed through hormone replacement. Height, for an obvious example, does not.

So then there shouldn't be a seperate league for women, they should be in the same league as the male MMA fighters? While maybe you have a point, I don't think the women MMA fighters would be thrilled with that (as it would likely result in far fewer of them getting to play on a professional level).

You know that's a homophobic (or at least sodomy-phobic) insult, right?

I'm pro-porn and pro sex work too, but I also don't go around railing against the objectification of women like the Jezebel bloggers do. I'm okay with bodies being objectified in the appropriate context, I'm just not okay with hypocrisy.

It does make sense, because it's not about whether an individual woman is taller than an individual man, but about tendencies and the extremes. Women tend to be shorter than men, and even among the tallest women, most of them are not tall enough to competitive with the giants in the NBA. There's overlap between men…

Well they have to, doing this to women would be objectification, but it's magically totally fine when you do it to men.

Remember kids, it's only objectification if you do it to a lady.

But that's because the cis-woman went through puberty as a woman, and so did not have the physiological advantage of growing up with testosterone coursing through her system while she went through her growth spurt, leading to a larger frame. It's impossible to know how tall/big/good a fighter this transwoman would be…

You do handstands for a living?!

The issue is that, while an individual women might be taller than an individual man, on average women tend to be shorter than men. Precisely these sort of physiological tendencies among the genders can lead to one gender being entirely excluded from professional level play.

In any sport height plays a factor, whether or not it's a negative of a positive. In the case of fighting height is usually an advantage, as it comes with a longer reach. I would say height difference is probably the main reason WNBA players don't stand much of chance against against NBA players, so we keep the…

Their muscle mass might be lower, but they'll still likely be taller. I would expect a survey of transwomen to have an average height more similar to that of men than women.

Genetics play a role in your life no matter how many hormone supplements you've taken, and if you only start taking hormones after puberty, you've already had the majority of your growth dictated by your genes (and the hormones your genes think you should have). There's certainly a degree to which one can become more…

If this is true, why are you able to run the simulation on your computer when you're disconnected and it only crashes once it tries to sync with the server? Isn't that a sign that it doesn't need an internet connection for anything other than interacting with other peoples cities (which, in single player, would be…

Yes, I think it's fine for anyone who feels their sexual preferences do not fall into the mainstream to call themselves queer, as all those people face a similar form of unfair social judgement by the mainstream and deserve more tolerance than they tend to get these days. Also, at least from my experience, most people…

"sticking their tail between their legs and sincerely apologizing, takes big balls to do that"

The Simpsons Tapped Out is plagued by server problems every week. Not surprising from an EA game.

I didn't say it was the standard for everywhere, but it's what I heard used in the GSA of my liberal New England high school, and then saw used again at the liberal arts college I attended. People also know what you mean when you use ze in both those places, so I never would claim that these are standards shared by…