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9. Boys vs Women's Records

Thu May 16, 2024, 05:33 PM

May 2024

Most of the time, the top BOY'S high school track and field records surpass female WORLD records. You may want there not to be a physical difference, but that just isn't the case.

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What is fair regarding transgender athletes? [View all] SarahD May 2024 OP

The science does not back their claim FreeState May 2024 #1

Boys vs Women's Records dwnsouth May 2024 #9

You might want to review EarlG's post on the rules of the forum. Ms. Toad May 2024 #14

High school boys sports records dwnsouth May 2024 #16

Per EarlG (the owner of this discussion board). Ms. Toad May 2024 #26

So it's a topic that can't be discussed, on a discussion board Mosby May 2024 #21

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

What? Mosby May 2024 #27

It's ananalogy. Ms. Toad May 2024 #30

It is a BS analogy. former9thward May 2024 #35

I haven't made any personal attacks. Ms. Toad May 2024 #44

chiming in to say ecstatic May 2024 #63

Unless every athlete who set a record is tested for testosterone levels Ms. Toad May 2024 #65

The post made a statement of fact Zeitghost May 2024 #52

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

Again, all facts Zeitghost May 2024 #64

You are expressing an opinion ("testosterone is responsible for some of them"), not fact. Ms. Toad May 2024 #67

It's not my opinion Zeitghost May 2024 #74

I know. We get it BootOutTheGoons May 2024 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby May 2024 #51

There is absolutely nothing wrong with the post! NoRethugFriends May 2024 #31

Except that it advocates a scientific basis for discriminating against trans women. Ms. Toad May 2024 #43

all it does is state a fact. infer what you will from it NoRethugFriends May 2024 #70

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

How many of those Records were made by trans women? LostOne4Ever May 2024 #23

Yes and how many of those record breakers were on hormone therapy? Voltaire2 May 2024 #71

According to your logic a woman should be able to take enough testosterone rainy May 2024 #2

Post removed Post removed May 2024 #3

Yours is a legitimate point of view which means it will likely be dismissed out of hand here. elocs May 2024 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author jimfields33 May 2024 #4

You might want to review EarlG's post on this matter. Ms. Toad May 2024 #15

No they aren't vercetti2021 May 2024 #39

I think the governing bodies of the sports should determine what's fair bhikkhu May 2024 #5

There should be no restrictions. Jirel May 2024 #7

Pro Football Teams dwnsouth May 2024 #11

All the major leagues are completely open (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, PGA) Mosby May 2024 #32

I'm trans and I really don't care, tbh. Oneironaut May 2024 #8

This! Silent Type May 2024 #49

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

Always remember Lurker Deluxe May 2024 #12

Perhaps a reminder is warranted... Patton French May 2024 #13

Trans women are women and trans men are men. WhiskeyGrinder May 2024 #17

So WHY are sports segregated by "Gender"? mackdaddy May 2024 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity May 2024 #20

If they weren't segregated, and biological cis males were allowed into one exclusively 'open' for all arena, women's' Celerity May 2024 #22

and that, in a nutshell, is the very nub of the sitiuation stopdiggin May 2024 #53

Do you really want to see Brock Lesnar fighting Amanda Nunes? Polybius May 2024 #66

Hard to imagine anyone who has had daughters play and thrive in girls sports would make this claim Prairie Gates May 2024 #80

I Don't Think RobinA May 2024 #82

Stop electing people who are influenced by Alex Jones and Ben Shapiro? Initech May 2024 #19

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

Entertainment for you, not for the people participating. former9thward May 2024 #37

exactly. please DO try to throw that in the face stopdiggin May 2024 #54

The anthropological origin of sports is training, and a substitute, for war Ponietz May 2024 #86

People suddenly care about "fairness" because it sounds like a good cover for hate unblock May 2024 #29

Political disttraction IbogaProject May 2024 #34

Do you favor merging all sexes in sports? former9thward May 2024 #38

I didn't say that at all, and there's little "fairness" in any arrangement unblock May 2024 #41

but you didn't answer the question either. stopdiggin May 2024 #56

Because it's an irrelevant question and has nothing to do with me or my post unblock May 2024 #61

gottcha' that's pretty straightforward and on point stopdiggin May 2024 #62

Are you referring to wrestling or boxing with the 95lb to 145lb line? JanMichael May 2024 #46

True- something actually relevant to those particular sports unblock May 2024 #50

we have women's wrestling teams stopdiggin May 2024 #59

Exactly. Voltaire2 May 2024 #72

You Could Do That RobinA May 2024 #84

Post removed Post removed May 2024 #33

Let them play vercetti2021 May 2024 #40

This! Times infinity! LostOne4Ever May 2024 #42

And rules aren't even enforced for it vercetti2021 May 2024 #45

Yup. Ms. Toad May 2024 #58

It's easy: no genital inspections. Shame the motherfuckers for their child genital obsession. AnrothElf May 2024 #47

Post removed Post removed May 2024 #48

Create a new category pfitz59 May 2024 #57

Trans people are like .1% of the population. Oneironaut May 2024 #69

Agree Ponietz May 2024 #87

You could answer the question experimentally DBoon May 2024 #60

I'm staying out of this one Polybius May 2024 #68

Wisdom John Shaft May 2024 #73

I think it's such a rare case that it's a distraction Johnny2X2X May 2024 #75

It seems odd to ask for opinions when the board has specific rules about what can be posted Prairie Gates May 2024 #76

Ding Ding - we have a winner. Fix The Stupid May 2024 #83

What would be fair ... Think. Again. May 2024 #77

Key observation..."evidence doesn't suggest a massive advantage for trans athletes"... Rafi May 2024 #78

Yes and that was pointed out to the OP FreeState May 2024 #85

I believe this is a highly controversial subject Bucky May 2024 #79

To those who missed it the first time around EarlG May 2024 #88