I feel like studies on athletic performance differences are a red herring. If society insists on segregating sports by gender, trans women go in the women’s sports category.
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A lot of sports would be exclusively won by amab people if they were unisex. The men's world record for a 1 mile run is like 20 seconds faster than the women's
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
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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.