There’s a lot to discuss about the purpose of sports and why there are performance differences between men and women. I don’t think it’s as clear -cut as you seem to.
More to the point, my position is that instead of gender we should be segregate sports by pertinent categories like weight class.
There are definitely gray areas when it comes to intersex and trans people, but you need some sort of gender division for sports where strength and speed are important. Testosterone makes a big difference that weight class doesn't address, which is why 1700 men and 0 women have broken the 4min mile
It's probably not the only cause but I think it's probably the biggest, idk though I'm not an expert. My point was that men are stronger pound-for-pound than women. That could maybe work, but would require universal blood testing that isn't feasible for youth or amateur sports
The argument seems to be
1. Men share inherent trait X
2. X doesn’t exist—or exists at a totally different level—in women
3. X means men always beat women
4. Only men winning is bad
5. Segregating sports by gender is the best way to avoid that
It almost seems like the only way to get it right is to take a person’s (meaning everyone, not just trans) performance over an extended period of time & using the average/mean to place them in the appropriate category.
I know that’s a lot of work. getting a committee to do that seems impossible.
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More to the point, my position is that instead of gender we should be segregate sports by pertinent categories like weight class.
1. Men share inherent trait X
2. X doesn’t exist—or exists at a totally different level—in women
3. X means men always beat women
4. Only men winning is bad
5. Segregating sports by gender is the best way to avoid that
I think all points except 4 are wrong.
I know that’s a lot of work. getting a committee to do that seems impossible.