and BEFORE YOU FUCKERS EVEN START WITH ME

It is absolutely not celebrating the crime of Jack the Ripper but looking at why and how the women got in that situation in the first place.

But men DONT compete in women’s gymnastics because males and females have different bodies. That’s the whole point, duh.

Beam isn’t even part of men’s gymnastics so I don’t know what your point is. And male gymnasts are still stronger than female gymnasts. There are certain moves (like the Thomas salto) which are banned from women’s gymnastics, because women simply don’t have the strength to pull it off consistently (a female gymnast…

The photo I posted illustrated my point. My point being that this issue desperately requires some serious discussion.

Bigots, 2020s: “But if you let autonomous robots serve, it’ll destroy unit cohesion!”

So what if everyone’s body is unique? STATISTICALLY, xy bodies are advataged over xx bodies. That is an indisputable fact. So far there is little evidence demonstrating that xy bodies lose their advantages via transition.

You’re completely right, but I didn’t have the courage to point that out.

It is also concerning because it calls Rousey’s comments hostile, but there is nothing in the comments that can be reasonably interpreted as such unless you’re predisposed. You can debate all day if her concern is valid, but she doesn’t go off hating on trans athletes.

There isn’t any physical sport where being a biological woman is an advantage over being a biological man. None. Even in sport like gymnastics where flexibility is high, men are still better athletes.

It’s not just density, it’s structure. Longer bones improve reach, for example.

Beyond that even the studies that they’re wanting to claim say that trans women don’t have advantages over cis women actually say nothing of the sort, all they say is that a trans woman will have lower hormone and bone density levels than a man. At no point do they ever attempt to claim that a trans woman won’t still…

Honestly, I’m not sure where I come down on that argument either. I support the trans* community in every other way possible, but I’ve seen scientific studies that argue in both directions with regards to innate advantages. And even the “there’s no advantage” studies tiptoe around the issue; they’re always careful to…

No, it’s not just hormones and muscle mass. Skeletal structure plays a huge role in physical advantage and transgender treatments do not resolve the issue.

Aren’t there massive disparities in performance between men and women (as in middling male athletes out-performing the best women in the world) in most gender-segregated sports? I’d assume people who attribute the difference primarily to testosterone would tend to be more inclusive, given that testosterone levels are…

Competitive sports are comprised of people with the most physically advantaged bodies. And XY bodies are statistically more physically advantaged than XX bodies. That’s the point.

The issue of trans women competing in women’s sports desperately needs some real discussion. Here is trans woman Gabrielle Ludwig with her basketball team:

Your first sentence should read: “When Bruce Jenner BLACKMAILED ESPN/ABC and disgraced Arthur Ashe…

do we want a future in which all the best female atheletes are trans women?

What other extreme body modifications do sports allow to compete?