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This is the weakest of the arguments for trans rights. There's a reason they want everyone to focus on it.
We shouldn't be allowing them to frame the conversation around the one area where identifying as whatever you want actually affects other people.
that sports argument is so disingenous, "newspaper" headlines were screaming about a woman who finished a marathon at 14000th place in common bracket and 6000th in female only bracket
Most trans women have no such thing and in the rare case they do people treat them as if they are cheaters. Cheating implies malicious intent.
Most trans women aren't in competitive sports. The conversation isn't about MOST trans women. It's a trans strawman people use to call others bigots when they want to look like they have statistics on their side.
It actually doesn't. Studies show that trans women perform on par with cis women in athletics. This wishy-washy attitude essentially amounts to "you can only participate if you lose"
Except, it doesn't, so you're literally taking the bigots' side here.
Then let’s stop dividing all sports by sex or gender and see how it all shakes out.
No dramatic change is needed. Athletic boards need to provide guidance on who will be accepted to compete and athletes will have to decide if they can abide by those rules. Many of us chose not to compete, it's no sin.
They're right. Calling them "bigots" just proves you're a bigot