But that’s literally the premise of having men’s and women’s sporting events.

Do you believe there should be men’s and women’s divisions in sport?

I’m actually not certain which side you’re arguing for here.

it seems like there’s a conflation or a collision in public understanding between two definitions of “woman,” one being “members belonging to a socially-constructed gender, who are a protected class in sports due to a history of vile discrimination and lack of basic understanding of biology,” and the other being…

Is this our Spartacus moment?

Caster?

Samer, do you believe that men and women should race in different divisions?

The new regulation even has an exception for women who have naturally high T levels but also are insensitive to it and thus do not gain an advantage from it.

Yeah, I really wondered at that line.

I agree, but I’m impressed that you think these kids actually filled out the applications.

Sure. That’s not actually an argument against the ruling though.

Unfortunately boring post to test something about kinja

That’s one reason I’m not convinced that her case is simply hyperandrogenism,  But all we have to go on are rumors.

Bodies are messy, and dividing them clearly into categories is hard. But if it’s not done then it’s the end of women’s sports. Those who are caught in the “no man’s land” (excuse the pun) are going to end up forced to move into the “open” division where they will be non-competitive.  And it sucks for them. But someone…

There are no sports where women can reliably beat men.  (At the highest level.)

Do you believe there should be separation divisions for men and women?

People are forced to do things all the time to compete.  The key is that she isn’t being forced to compete.

The long arms argument is crap. The correct analogy is weight classes.

The long arms argument is crap. The correct analogy is weight classes.

The long arms argument is crap. The correct analogy is weight classes.