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In reply to the discussion: What is fair regarding transgender athletes? [View all]bhikkhu
(10,748 posts)5. I think the governing bodies of the sports should determine what's fair
...and the whole thing that's been going on where it's a big internet thing, which some people seem to think will be solved "democratically" on social media by determining what position is the loudest - that's not going to work. I have opinions, but I'm more than happy to say they don't amount to much at all, as compared to the people who are involved and responsible for judging matter.
I'm not a surfer and I'm not trans, and no matter how much I researched either thing my opinion would be worth less than someone's who was involved in the sport, or someone who was trans or who was involved in gender science or the medical field.
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Just like you can't advocate that science establishes that whites are superior to blacks on *this* discussion board. n/t
Ms. Toad
May 2024
#25
Until it added, "You may want there not to be a physical difference, but that just isn't the case."
Ms. Toad
May 2024
#55
You are expressing an opinion ("testosterone is responsible for some of them"), not fact.
Ms. Toad
May 2024
#67
Except that it advocates a scientific basis for discriminating against trans women.
Ms. Toad
May 2024
#43
I think over emphesis on winning is a big barrier to equal access in amateur sports. Are we watching for winners or ...
marble falls
May 2024
#81
Yours is a legitimate point of view which means it will likely be dismissed out of hand here.
elocs
May 2024
#6
I'm too disinterested in sports to really care a whole lot personally, but as an issue of fairness for those who do...
Silent3
May 2024
#10
If they weren't segregated, and biological cis males were allowed into one exclusively 'open' for all arena, women's'
Celerity
May 2024
#22
Hard to imagine anyone who has had daughters play and thrive in girls sports would make this claim
Prairie Gates
May 2024
#80
What I think would be fair would wait until their is evidence of a problem
LostOne4Ever
May 2024
#24
Maybe fairness, or perfect fairness for all, isn't possible... And if so then
RockRaven
May 2024
#28
People suddenly care about "fairness" because it sounds like a good cover for hate
unblock
May 2024
#29
It's easy: no genital inspections. Shame the motherfuckers for their child genital obsession.
AnrothElf
May 2024
#47
It seems odd to ask for opinions when the board has specific rules about what can be posted
Prairie Gates
May 2024
#76